TMtechmemeThe UK's Office for National Statistics cites AI as a major driver of the country's summer growth spurt, with GDP growing 0.4% in July, above expectations (Tom Rees/Bloomberg)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Cohere is in advanced talks to raise between $2B and $3B, including financing from the Canadian government and existing backers, at a $20B valuation (Globe and Mail)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: some lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to cancel the fall House recess until Congress passes AI safeguards, after Anthropic researcher warnings (Andrew Solender/Axios)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: in an internal Slack message Matt Mullenweg claims he is back in control of Automattic; on X, he says this may have been fifth coup attempt against him (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
YhackernewsMind-altering drugs played key role in rise of Andean civilizationhackernews18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeInternal note: Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer, saying it is "time for me to move on and try new things" (Tom Warren/The Verge)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeRoblox announces new features, including game-creation tools, ability to make games available as standalone apps across platforms, and Roblox Wallet and Card (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMeta says it is making changes to Meta AI's suggested prompts after a viral Instagram video showed it posing invasive questions about a woman's young daughters (Maggie Harrison Dupré/Futurism)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMeta says it is making changes to prompts suggested by Meta AI after a viral video showed it posing invasive personal questions about a woman's young daughters (Emma Roth/The Verge)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeGSA says OpenAI is replacing its $1-per-year pilot for US agencies with a usage-based deal providing a 50% discount from October 1, with access to GPT-6 Astra (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeEx-Biden officials deny Marc Andreessen's claims that they discussed secret plans to ban AI startups at a May 2024 White House meeting, pushing him toward Trump (Politico)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThreat intelligence report: Anthropic says it disrupted a Yemen-based guided weapons engineering cell using Claude to develop guidance software for missiles (Bloomberg)industry18 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA US court sentences Ukrainian Oleksii Lytvynenko to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the Conti ransomware attacks (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSource: former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo joins the board of directors at AI infrastructure startup Nscale; Simo will continue as a part-time advisor to OpenAI (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeOpenAI says it's no longer sponsoring Caltech's math hackathon, where participants use AI to solve research problems, following criticism of "slop mathematics" (Truman Dickerson/Business Insider)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSource and draft press release: the Trump admin will lend $100M to Africell, Africa's only US-owned telecom company, aiming to counter Huawei's Africa expansion (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Moonshot AI told investors it topped $1B ARR in August, up from $300M in June, driven by its Kimi K3 release; it aims to hit $2B ARR by the end of 2026 (Bloomberg)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA US judge dismisses two lawsuits against LinkedIn over its scanning of browser extensions, saying users voluntarily expose data by downloading extensions (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAyar Labs, which is developing a way to link AI chips directly with optical connections, raised $150M, an extension of its $500M Series E in March 2026 (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeGarry Tan says "I would do nothing" about China's AI distillation and urges the industry to focus on current AI risks instead of doomsday-style extinction fears (CNBC)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→