Read the pitch deck these ex-DeepMind scientists used to raise $5 million for an AI 'algorithm factory'

Former DeepMind scientists raise $5 million for Hiverge, a startup developing AI to improve code.
InfoWorld

Qwen Code is good but not great

Qwen Code’s Qwen3-Coder model doesn’t seem as good as its benchmark scores imply, but the tools are free and the usage limits ...
9to5Google

Gemini 2.5 Deep Think scores competitive coding gold in ‘profound leap’ for abstract problem-solving

After a mathematics win in July, Gemini 2.5 Deep Think has now scored a gold-medal level performance in competitive coding.

Google and OpenAI’s coding wins at university competition show enterprise AI tools can take on unsolved algorithmic challenges

Gold medal winning performances of GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 DeepThink at prestigious coding competition shows how far LLMs have come.

Gemini AI solves coding problem that stumped 139 human teams at ICPC World Finals

Gemini's solutions for this year's ICPC were scored by the event coordinators, but Google also turned Gemini 2.5 loose on ...

Gemini just aced the world's most elite coding competition - what it means for AGI

Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, a state-of-the-art version of Google's flagship AI model that uses advanced reasoning capabilities to break problems down into multiple components, has achieved gold medal ...

Exclusive: Former Google DeepMind researchers secure $5 million seed round for new company to bring algorithm-designing AI to the masses

The company, which is called Hiverge, emerged from stealth today with $5 million in seed funding, led by Flying Fish Ventures ...
CNET

How China uses facial recognition to control human behavior

Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. The Chinese government is accused of ...