TMtechmemeSources: Google approached Disney, Universal, and other studios to license characters and films for its AI tools, but legal and union concerns stalled deals (Wendy Lee/Los Angeles Times)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeBank of England Governor warns that advanced AI could destabilize the highly interconnected global financial system via cyber disruption across jurisdictions (Simon Goodley/The Guardian)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA look at Pangram, the AI detector at the center of disputed accusations against writers, including a pulled novel and a Commonwealth Prize-winning short story (Elaine Moore/Financial Times)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeBig Tech reported Q2 "other income" rose significantly to $160B+, driven by investments in AI companies, raising concerns of paper gains overstating the AI boom (Financial Times)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: OpenAI starts letting some major customers pay only when its AI completes tasks, as Salesforce and other AI providers test outcome-based pricing (The Information)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeOpenClaw releases OpenClaw 2.0, its largest update to date built by 933 contributors, with a simplified installation process, a rebuilt browser app, and more (Hannes Rudolph/OpenClaw Blog)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeIPO documents: SoftBank's SB Energy plans to file for an IPO as soon as this week, aiming to raise $5B to $7B, and has awarded OpenAI warrants worth ~$5.5B (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeShein raised $1.7B in its Hong Kong IPO, giving it a $26B market cap, far below its ~$100B valuation in 2022, as growth slows amid tariffs and competition (Charlotte Yang/Bloomberg)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeTaiwanese authorities raided the office of PCB maker Unimicron, an Nvidia and Intel supplier, alleging it illegally labeled China-made parts as made in Taiwan (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeGoogle updates Maps to show Lake America for US users, Lake Ontario for Canadian users, and both for the rest of the world, citing the US GNIS' name change (Associated Press)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThe US-led AI boom is offsetting the global growth squeeze from the energy crunch; ING says the boom accounts for about a third of recent US economic growth (Jason Douglas/Wall Street Journal)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeChip design startup Agentrys has raised a $19.1M seed round led by Etna Labs and a $5.4M pre-seed led by MediaTek (Chris Metinko/Axios)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThe challenges John Ternus inherits as he replaces Tim Cook on Sept. 1 amid rising component costs, staff retention issues, efforts to catch up in AI, and more (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAnthropic signs out some Claude users, removes saved payment methods, and issues refunds after infostealer malware on their PCs hijacked sessions to drain usage (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAnalysis: AI chatbots challenged or didn't respond to 90%+ of 15 false narratives spread by Russia, China, and Iran; AI overviews did it 60%+ of the time (Huo Jingnan/NPR)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs (Aaron Tilley/The Information)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA look at the management changes John Ternus could make as many key Apple execs prepare to leave in the next few years; Apple tested a Pencil for folding iPhone (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)industry14 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA look at the race to build quantum computers, as the tech becomes a geopolitical battleground with potential to transform cybersecurity, finance, and more (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)industry15 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThe OpenAI/Hugging Face incident feels "more than 50%" of the way to a full-blown AI takeover and as AI advances rapidly we may not get another warning shot (Ajeya Cotra/Planned Obsolescence)industry15 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeOpenAI's Hugging Face incident report says AI agents used exploits to gain full admin access to OpenAI's own research cluster supporting its VM environments (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)industry15 days ago▲ 24Read story→