Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows
Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows Flock would not say if CEO Garrett Langley would take a pay cut following the staff cuts. Flock would not say…
Xona’s commercial GPS alternative is about to go live
Xona’s commercial GPS alternative is about to go live Xona's precision timing and navigation service will enter beta testing after SpaceX launches six satellites designed by the company. Xona's precision…
President Trump awards big tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes
President Trump awards big tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes On Thursday, President Trump awarded Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and AMD’s Lisa Su the National Medal of…
Pretend you’re sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk on this weirdly detailed website
Pretend you’re sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk on this weirdly detailed website With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents from the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend…
Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect
Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals…
Watch the trailer for ‘The Altruists,’ Netflix’s show about the FTX scandal
Watch the trailer for ‘The Altruists,’ Netflix’s show about the FTX scandal A fictionalized Sam Bankman-Fried is coming to your TV screen on November 19. A fictionalized Sam Bankman-Fried is…
Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights.…
Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months
Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months The company behind the popular LMArena leaderboard has raised $200 million led by Lightspeed and Khosla, and…
OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected
OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected It had previously been reported that the AI lab's annualized revenue was some $70 billion, but a new report claims…
Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses
Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses Google is turning Gemini into an AI agent that can plan, execute tasks, and work across business apps and systems. The…