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Inside Palantir's recent developer conference, where it doubled down on a vision of AI built for battlefield advantage as its commercial business soars (Steven Levy/Wired)

Steven Levy / Wired:
Inside Palantir's recent developer conference, where it doubled down on a vision of AI built for battlefield advantage as its commercial business soars  —  As business soars, Palantir is doubling down on a vision of AI built for battlefield advantage—and attracting customers who agree.

Sources: OpenAI aims to grow to about 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, from ~4,500 today, as it seeks to stop Anthropic's momentum with business customers (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI aims to grow to about 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, from ~4,500 today, as it seeks to stop Anthropic's momentum with business customers  —  OpenAI plans to almost double its headcount by the end of the year as it accelerates a push to sell to businesses and gain ground …

The Night of the Hunter is the ultimate one-and-done thriller

Charles Laughton's only movie as director, starring Robert Mitchum, is an eerie, visionary horror film

The man who bet against humanity — and lost

On February 9, 1970, Johnny Carson did something that would be unthinkable for a late night host today, or really anyone on TV: He gave a full hour of The Tonight Show to a Stanford professor. But Paul Ehrlich, the author along with his wife Anne of the blockbuster book The Population Bomb, was charismatic, […]

Dreame’s self-cleaning L10s Pro Ultra is nearly $1,000 off its original list price

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale doesn’t kick off until next week, but the retailer is already dropping a host of good deals, especially on robot vacuums. We recently saw Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 and X9 Pro Omni drop to $599 ($501 off) and $679 ($621 off), respectively; however, if you’re looking for a cheaper robot vacuum / […]