This is one of those Silicon Valley real-life episodes that seems pulled from the HBO satire show. This week, some really atrocious malware was discovered in an open source project developed by Y Combinator graduate LiteLLM. LiteLLM gives developers easy access to hundreds of AI models and provides features like …

As demand grows for training and refining AI models, Deccan AI — a startup supplying post-training data and evaluation work — has raised $25 million in its first major funding round, with much of that work carried out by an India-based workforce of experts. The all-equity Series A round was …

and China are locked in an all-out race to build the most powerful AI on the planet. Beijing is throwing billions at homegrown models, tightening its grip on the tech sector, and watching nervously as its best AI talent gravitates to U. Yet Manus — one of China’s most buzzed-about …

'Managing my finances with ADHD felt overwhelming' 5 hours ago Yolanda ShirinNorfolk A woman has said that managing her finances with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) felt like "holding on to 10 helium balloons in a strong wind". Laura Bush, 31, from Norwich, said her problems with money began when …

The UK's biggest energy firm has seen a 50% rise in solar panel sales after the US-Israel war with Iran pushed oil and gas prices up, its boss told the BBC. Greg Jackson, head of Octopus Energy, described a "huge jolt" in sales of solar panels and heat pumps, as …

I re-visited one of England's most spectacular hikes after a £5. 5m upgrade 5 hours ago Danny SavageCoast to Coast trail The tradition at the start of the Coast to Coast walk is to dip your boots in the sea near the village of St Bees. Just don't get them …

Rap legend Slick Rick on Mobo honour and shaping hip-hop: 'We took novels to the next level' 4 hours ago Mark SavageMusic Correspondent If hip-hop is the folk music of the post-industrial age, then Slick Rick is it's Woody Guthrie. Born in London and raised in the Bronx, the rapper …

9 hours ago Paulin Kola Iran's foreign minister says the country is not currently negotiating with the US to end the war and "does not intend" to do so. Abbas Araghchi's comments came as US President Donald Trump's press secretary said talks were "ongoing" and "productive". Araghchi said the US …

The UK government is set to invest £100m to reopen a shuttered plant which produces carbon dioxide (CO2) in a contingency plan against supply disruption caused by the war in Iran. The Department for Business is expected to announce on Thursday that a site in Teesside, operated by Ensus, will …

Who wants what and why from US-Iran peace talks? 8 hours ago Frank GardnerSecurity correspondent, Doha When one side, the US, says there are ongoing, productive negotiations to end the war and the other side, Iran, says "no, there are not", then who to believe? What exactly is going on …