AI startups are eating the venture industry and the returns, so far, are good Well, the data is out. AI startups accounted for 41% of the $128 billion in venture dollars raised by companies on Carta last year — a record-high annual share. In a sense, though, we knew that. Investors last year were voracious in deploying capital to AI startups, to the point that 10% of startups accounted for...

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I Tested 6 Major Frozen Fry Brands and the Best One Is a Total Steal at Just $3High-quality frozen fries don't have to be expensive. In fact, when I tested six major brands, the most affordable option outperformed the more expensive names. Yes, you can have delicious, crispy fries at home for just $3.And guess what: The air fryer is the most effective tool for preparing them. It delivers a more...

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds The team from Bluesky has built another app — and this time, it’s not a social network, but an AI assistant that allows you to design your own algorithm, create custom feeds, and, one day, vibe-code your own app. At the Atmosphere conference over the weekend, Bluesky’s former CEO, Jay Graber, now chief innovation officer, and...

In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate diagnoses than emergency room doctors A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors. The study was published this week in Science and comes from a research team led by physicians and computer...