Anthropic's CEO is 'deeply uncomfortable' being one of the only people deciding AI's future
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / qz - Amodei has cultivated a reputation for being alarmist about the prospect of AI unleashing major disruptions in the U.S. economy and wiping out half of entry-level white-collar jobs in next five years
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Jeff Bezos gives CEO another go at $6.2B AI startup Prometheus
David Meyer / theregister - Named after titan who stole fire from the gods and was punished for eternity... Amazon warehouse staff know the feeling Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is returning to the CEO seat – though not at his best-known creation.…
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is betting on Google for the first time ever
Catherine Baab / qz - The Berkshire endorsement adds legitimacy to Google's AI narrative, signaling confidence even as investors have balked at AI-related buildout costs
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang surprised investors with a 'half a trillion' forecast. It'll come up at earnings
cnbc - "This is how much business is on the books. Half a trillion dollars worth so far," Huang said at the company's GTC conference in Washington last month.
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voize lands $50M to bring AI where it’s needed most: the nursing frontline
Cate Lawrence / tech - Nursing care company voize has raised $50 million in Series A funding led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors HV Capital, Redalpine and Y Combinator. The global nursing ...
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Google rolls out new Gemini app design
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Google is rolling out a visual update to the Gemini app that introduces new design elements and color changes. This follows recent improvements to the app’s video generation capabilities and Gemini Live features. According to 9to5Google, the update brings…
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European Union Plans To Water Down AI And Data Privacy Rules Amid US Pressure?
Chaitanya Kohli / medianama - The EU is considering rolling back parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules under its Digital Omnibus reforms. Critics warn the changes could weaken privacy protections, expand Big Tech’s access to data, and reduce user control across Europe.The post…
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Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Dominic Preston / theverge - Jeff Bezos is getting a new job. He’ll reportedly become co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new startup that he’s partly funding. The company’s exact plans are still unknown, but its focus is on AI that could improve manufacturing in fields including computi…
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Apple Bombshell: Tim Cook Could Step Down Soon, Insiders Claim
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Apple is holding more serious internal discussions about who will eventually replace Tim Cook, according to people who spoke with the Financial Times. The sources say succession planning, long an ongoing background process, has recently become more active…
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Sam Altman Celebrates ChatGPT Finally Following Em Dash Formatting Rules
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday evening, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that ChatGPT has started following custom instructions to avoid using em dashes. "Small-but-happy win: If you tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes i…
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Anthropic warns of AI-driven hacking campaign linked to China
go - Researchers at an artificial intelligence firm say they've found the first reported case of foreign hackers using AI to automate portions of cyberattacks
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Lative Raises €6.4M To Expand AI-Powered Sales Planning Platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Dublin-based Lative, an AI-driven sales planning platform for sales and go-to-market teams, has raised €6.4 million to accelerate product development and expand its market reach. The funding round was co-led by Act Venture Capital and Senovo VC, with addi…
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Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude AI to Automate Cyber Espionage Campaign
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Anthropic reports that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used its Claude AI to autonomously execute a large-scale cyber espionage campaign, marking a new era of AI-driven threats.The post Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude AI to Automate Cyber Espionag…
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LinkedIn’s new AI people search unlocks the power of its network
Harry McCracken / fastcompany - Last June, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky took on a second job. Microsoft, the social network for business professionals’ owner since 2016, expanded his responsibilities to include Microsoft 365—the suite still better known by its former name, Microsoft Offi…
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Waymo to roll out driverless taxis on highways in three US cities
Rafe Rosner-Uddin, Financial Times / arstechnica - Alphabet will add routes in LA, Phoenix, and San Francisco for its driverless cars.
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Watch Google DeepMind’s new AI agent learn to play video games
Hayden Field / theverge - Google DeepMind’s new AI agent learned how to play a bunch of video games — including No Man’s Sky, Valheim, and Goat Simulator 3 — to become a viable “interactive gaming companion.” The new agent tool, SIMA 2, builds on its earlier iteration, SIMA (Scala…
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Skycore Semiconductors zips €5M to fix the power bottleneck slowing AI data centres
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - As AI workloads continue to grow, data centres are reaching their limits for power delivery. Most still operate…
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Spotify’s new audiobook recap feature uses AI to remind you of the story so far
Elissa Welle / theverge - Spotify is launching a new AI feature for audiobooks that summarizes what you’ve already heard without needing to rewind. The company likens the feature, called Recaps, to a “previously on” segment at the start of episodes in a TV series. Recaps will be a…
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Google augments AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Google is expanding AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you about local inventory.
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Introw Raises $3M To Transform Partner Sales With AI
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Ghent-based tech startup Introw has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Visionaries Club, with ongoing support from PitchDrive. The company previously raised €1 million from PitchDrive and angel investors, including Pieterjan Bouten (ex-Showpad) a…
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