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Gemini 3 Pro scores 69% trust in blinded testing up from 16% for Gemini 2.5: The case for evaluating AI on real-world trust, not academic benchmarks

Just a few short weeks ago, Google debuted itsGemini 3 model, claiming it scored a leadership position in multiple AI benchmarks. But the challenge with vendor-provided benchmarks is that they are just that — vendor-provided. A new vendor-neutral evaluation fromProlific, however, puts Gemini 3 at the top of the leaderboard. This isn't on a set of academic benchmarks; rather, it's on a set of real-world attributes that actual users and organizations care about. Prolific was founded by r

Trump administration rolls back fuel economy standards, again

The regulatory decision would make it harder for future administrations to implement stricter fuel efficiency standards.

WordPress’s vibe-coding experiment, Telex, has already been put to real-world use

Though WordPress's Telex is still an experiment, the vibe coding software has already been used to help build real-world websites.

VCs deploy ‘kingmaking’ strategy to crown AI winners in their infancy

While VCs have long used big investments to spur category winners, they are taking this strategy to new extremes.

‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted

Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.

Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract

Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.

Tonight, the future of deep tech will be explained to you at StrictlyVC Palo Alto

On Wednesday evening at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don't understand yet will explain what's coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous.

Fintech firm Marquis alerts dozens of US banks and credit unions of a data breach after ransomware attack

Marquis said ransomware hackers stole reams of banking customer data, containing personal information and financial records, as well as Social Security numbers, belonging to hundreds of thousands of people. The number of affected people is expected to rise.

Energy department hands out $800M in grants for small nuclear reactors

The Tennessee Valley Authority and Holtec were awarded substantial grants to build one reactor in Tennessee and two more in Michigan.

Anthropic hires lawyers as it preps for IPO

It has brought on law firm Wilson Sonsini to help kick off the process, and the company is tackling an internal checklist to prepare it for what could be one of the largest IPOs ever.

Elon Musk says his kids agree that AI will make their skills unnecessary in the future, but they still want to go to college for…

Elon Musk revealed his children acknowledge AI could make their technical skills obsolete within two decades. Despite this, ...

Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again

Elon Musk has spent the past day (and more) reposting and praising X commentary that disparages immigrants and warning that white people “are on the verge of extinction.”

Musk predicts 2 Vance terms to succeed Trump in DOGE reunion

Elon Musk predicted JD Vance will serve two presidential terms after Donald Trump, calling it the start of a "12-year span" ...

Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders

The philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s ...

AWS doubles down on custom LLMs with features meant to simplify model creation

AWS is launching more capabilities in both Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI to make building custom models easier.

Nothing looks to its community to raise $5M, wants to be ‘IPO-ready’ in 3 years

The new round, which opens on December 10, will enable consumers to buy the company's shares at its Series C valuation of $1.3 billion.

After intense backlash, India pulls mandate to pre-install government app on smartphones

On Wednesday, the Indian telecom ministry said Sanchar Saathi, an anti-theft and cybersecurity protection app, would remain voluntary, and that smartphone makers would no longer be required to preload it on devices they sell.

Uber and Avride launch robotaxi service in Dallas

The robotaxis will initially have a human safety operator behind the wheel who will monitor the ride.

Tariff turbulence exposes costly blind spots in supply chains and AI

Presented by CelonisWhen tariff rates change overnight, companies have 48 hours to model alternatives and act before competitors secure the best options. At Celosphere 2025 in Munich, enterprises demonstrated how they’re turning that chaos into competitive advantage — with quantifiable results that separate winners from losers.Vinmar International: Theglobal plastics and chemicals distributor created a real-time digital twin of its $3B supply chain, cutting default expedites by more than 20% and

Healthify upgrades its AI assistant Ria with real-time conversation capabilities

Healtify is adding live conversation capabilities to its AI assistant, powered by OpenAI's realtime APIs