Fact Check: 'The Matrix' green code was inspired by sushi recipes. That's not the full story

The film's code designer, Simon Whiteley, reportedly created the effect by scanning characters from his wife's Japanese ...
TechCrunch

‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again

And then there were two: Of the original 11 co-founders who kickstarted xAI with Elon Musk three years ago, only two remain as the deep learning lab continues a personnel overhaul to compete with ...
The New York Times

A.I. Writes Buggy Code. A Silicon Valley Start-Up Wants to Fix It.

Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check for mistakes. Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check ...
Forbes

Meet The $9 Billion AI Company Reimagining Vibe Coding

Amjad Masad’s Replit allows users to build apps together like they’re doodling on a white board. It also made the Jordanian immigrant a billionaire along the way. Two years ago, Replit CEO Amjad Masad ...
C&EN

Farm bill and Trump’s glyphosate order magnify pesticides’ ‘watershed moment’

A photo of a defensive spraying machine’s wide arms applying a mist of pesticide to a dense, green field of soybean plants. The glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup, often sprayed on soybean fields like ...