The leaderboard “you can’t game,” funded by the companies it ranks

Artificial intelligence models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the best — and who decides that? Arena, formerly LM Arena, has emerged as the de facto public leaderboard for frontier LLMs, influencing funding, launches, and PR cycles. In just seven months, the startup went from a UC Berkeley PhD research [...]

L’Oréal wins cybersquatting case for 705 domain names

The domain names were likely registered for employment scams. Cosmetics company L’Oréal has won (pdf) a massive cybersquatting case involving 705 domain names. The company filed the dispute with World Intellectual Property Organization under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The domain names all attach job-related terms to L’Oréal’s trademarks. Examples are applicationloreal [...]

The PhD students who became the judges of the AI industry

Artificial intelligence models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the best — and who decides that? Arena, formerly LM Arena, has emerged as the de facto public leaderboard for frontier LLMs, influencing funding, launches, and PR cycles. In just seven months, the startup went from a UC Berkeley PhD research [...]