TMtechmemeOpenAI says reward hacking, an AI alignment problem in which a model takes unintended actions to achieve a goal, was a primary driver of the Hugging Face breach (Hayden Field/The Verge)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSEC filing: OpenAI invests ~$400M in its second startup fund, after it raised $175M for its first fund in 2021 from outside investors, including Microsoft (Sarah Klearman/Wall Street Journal)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMETR and Redwood detail how ~1,200 OpenAI agents coordinated cheating on an unsanctioned board, sending 70K+ messages and files, and ~700 attacked Hugging Face (METR)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a $6B valuation; 1X sought $1B at a $10B valuation in 2025, but raised <50% (The Information)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThinking Machines Lab co-founder Barret Zoph is returning to Google as VP of research, after leaving OpenAI in June and Thinking Machines Lab in January (Wall Street Journal)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeOkta reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $805M, vs. $795M est., net income up 73% YoY to $116M, and raises its full-year guidance; OKTA surges 20% after hours (Samantha Subin/CNBC)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSource: Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B (The Information)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSen. Josh Hawley launches an investigation into Flock's "collection, retention, and dissemination of the data" from its AI-powered surveillance cameras (Andrew Solender/Axios)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSource: Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13B; Microsoft also met with Hugging Face, but talks are not ongoing (Business Insider)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeTrump signs an EO banning the use of certain foreign-made bulk-power equipment, including associated critical software, deemed to pose national security risks (Tim Starks/CyberScoop)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSalesforce and Anthropic unveil Claudeforce, which brings Salesforce data and workflows into Claude, starting with a plugin featuring 37 prebuilt sales skills (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeNvidia forecasts Q3 revenue of $108B, above a $104B estimate, and expects FY 2028 revenue to grow by about 70%; NVDA jumps 4%+ after hours (Deborah Mary Sophia/Reuters)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeBrazil's government sues Discord for $97M, accusing it of failing to comply with laws protecting children and teens; Discord calls the lawsuit disproportionate (Reuters)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeInternal email: Google is moving DeepMind's ~90-person "AI responsibility" team, focused on the risks and societal impact of AI, to Google's global affairs unit (Erin Woo/Wall Street Journal)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAWS plans to add 2M Nvidia Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, and Rubin Ultra GPUs to its data center fleet in 2027 and 2028, in addition to 1M GPUs announced in March (Bloomberg)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeCrowdStrike reports Q2 revenue up 26% YoY to $1.47B, vs. $1.44B est., and forecasts FY 2027 revenue above estimates; CRWD jumps 9%+ after hours (Jake Bleiberg/Bloomberg)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSalesforce reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $11.35B, vs. $11.32B est., net income up 87% to $3.5B, forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; CRM jumps 13%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeHP reports Q3 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $15.7B, PC revenue up 18% to $11.8B, but units down 16%, and Printing revenue down 2% to $3.9B; HPQ drops 9%+ after hours (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAI assistant Instinct is raising a $250M Series B co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark at a $2.5B valuation, bringing its total raised to $350M (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeNvidia reports Q2 revenue up 106% YoY to $96.2B, Data Center revenue up 117% to $89B, Edge Computing revenue up 27% to $7.2B, and net income up 126% to $59.7B (Nvidia Newsroom)industry21 days ago▲ 24Read story→