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• Meet the 24-Year-Old Who Raised $64M to Build an AI Mathematician

  31-12-2025 20:17 via eweek.com
  A 24-year-old just raised $64 million to build an AI mathematician that’s smarter than Terence Tao (widely considered the world’s greatest living mathematician).Her name is Carina Hong, and her startup Axiom Math has already solved a 130-year-old problem and disproved a 30-year-old conjecture.Don’t get it twisted, though; this isn’t about making ChatGPT better at algebra. This is about creating AI that discovers entirely new mathematical theorems, proves them formally, an
  
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• Chinese AI Startup MiniMax Eyes $600M IPO Backed by Alibaba and Abu Dhabi

  31-12-2025 19:35 via eweek.com
  MiniMax is no longer just another AI startup. It’s preparing for a public debut.The Chinese AI company is targeting a $600 million IPO with backing from Alibaba and Abu Dhabi investment authorities, according to people familiar with the matter. The final size and timing of the offering could still change.According to a report by The Business Times, sources familiar with the situation said the Chinese startup recently secured a deal with the investment authority of Abu Dhabi and Alibaba. Th
  
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• How to Pick an AI Chatbot That Fits Your Work

  31-12-2025 19:11 via eweek.com
  Most people choose chatbots the wrong way. They compare model names, skim benchmarks, or follow brand momentum, then wonder why the tool feels unreliable in daily use. But the problem isn’t intelligence; it’s fit.AI chatbots fail in different ways depending on the task. Some drift from instructions. Some sound confident but can’t back up their claims. Others work brilliantly in a demo, then fall apart when fed real documents or long threads. This guide will help you look a
  
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• Zu Beginn des Jahres 2026 sehen sich Behörden mit rekordhohen Cyberbedrohungen konfrontiert – warum hochsichere Notebooks zur ersten Verteidigungslinie werden

  31-12-2025 18:55 via eweek.com
  Das Jahr 2025 endete mit einer beispiellosen Welle von Cyberangriffen auf öffentliche Institutionen in Europa. Mehrere EU-Ministerien meldeten gezielte Phishing-Kampagnen, die durch generative KI unterstützt wurden, während neue Vorschriften – wie die erweiterte EU-Cyber-Resilience-Act, die Anfang 2026 in Kraft tritt – die Anforderungen an Hardware- und Datenschutzmaßnahmen weiter erhöhen.Für Behörden waren die Risiken noch nie so groß: Vertr
  
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• This AI Tool Can Plan and Execute Penetration Tests on Its Own

  31-12-2025 17:15 via eweek.com
  A new generation of AI tools is reshaping offensive cybersecurity, making vulnerability discovery faster, cheaper, and far more automated.
  NeuroSploitv2 exemplifies that shift. The AI-powered penetration testing framework works across multiple large language models, including Gemini, Claude, GPT, and Ollama, automating tasks that once required skilled human researchers.
  In practice, it’s beginning to replace entire phases of the penetration testing process.
  That transition is already real.
  
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• A Stark Warning: The Man Who Built Modern AI Says Your Job May Not Survive It

  31-12-2025 17:04 via eweek.com
  “Human intelligence is becoming irrelevant.”That was Geoffrey Hinton’s warning as the AI pioneer predicted that millions of jobs could disappear by 2026, driven by artificial intelligence advancing faster than workers, companies, and governments can respond.On Dec. 28, during CNN’s State of the Union, Hinton raised concerns about AI’s staggering advancement, noting that the technology has already replaced jobs in call centers and will replace more in the coming year
  
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