Windsurf was a rising artificial intelligence (AI) start-up – until it wasn’t. Days after OpenAI’s US$3 billion acquisition deal collapsed, Windsurf’s founders and top researchers joined Google DeepMind under a non-exclusive licensing agreement. What remained was sold to another company. Windsurf, as an independent innovator, ceased to exist. This is how many AI start-ups today…
Drastic shifts in US scientific research policy and funding since President Donald Trump’s return to power could trigger a mass exodus of scientific talent, with three-quarters of respondents to a recent poll indicating they were considering leaving the United States. The survey by British scientific journal Nature carried out earlier this month found that 1,200…
When Neelam Daswani was studying to be a health coach in 2020, she learned about the health risks of consuming too much sugar and started cutting down on the sweet stuff. Having a diabetic father also concerned her – she had a sweet tooth and did not want to develop diabetes herself. “I learned that…