TMtechmemeLetter: the Senate disaster management subcommittee, led by Sen. Josh Hawley, is probing OpenAI's handling of the Hugging Face breach, calling it "reckless" (Axios)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA look at why the oft-discussed predictions that AI will deliver double-digit GDP growth in advanced economies are extremely unlikely over the next 10-15 years (Ghosts of Electricity)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThe AI boom is fueling a resurgence in VC bets in "moonshot" sectors such as BCI; Dealroom says non-AI deeptech funding has topped $150B since the start of 2024 (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Grab is in talks to buy a majority stake in Advance Intelligence Group's Singapore-based BNPL platform Atome Financial at a $2B+ valuation (Bloomberg)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeHow Amazon's Zoox, which has ~100 AVs in its fleet, is utilizing social media influencers, community events, and ad campaigns to compete with Waymo in SF (Emmy Martin/New York Times)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeChinese tech giants are hiring skilled professionals as specialized AI trainers to build high-quality datasets, mirroring efforts by US platforms like Mercor (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeQ&A with AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who quit Anthropic, on the need for industry-wide, international coordination to limit recursive self-improvement, and more (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Chinese AI chipmakers Huawei, Cambricon, MetaX, and Iluvatar CoreX have raised prices for current and next-gen chips by 20%-50% due to rising HBM costs (Reuters)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources including French public officials detail how Mistral's rise over the past three years owes much to the privileged relationship it built with Macron (Océane Herrero/Politico)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeOpenAI Foundation board member Paul Christiano says the AI industry is currently not on track to reduce the acute loss-of-control risk to an "acceptable" level (Paul Christiano/@paulfchristiano)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Alibaba is set to lead a $300M round in AI model testing startup UniPat AI at a $2.5B valuation; UniPat founder Li Kuan worked at Alibaba's Tongyi Lab (Bloomberg)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAmazon names Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board of directors, noting his extensive experience "combating cyber threats" in public and private sectors (Annie Palmer/CNBC)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeNew Mexico, the only US state taking the Cambridge Analytica case to trial, accused Meta of failing to protect Facebook user data in its opening statements (Mikella Schuettler/Associated Press)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemePaul Christiano, an AI researcher and advisor at CAISI, is joining the OpenAI Foundation board of directors and its Safety and Security Committee (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeKepler Computing, which claims its 3D stacking and new material can increase HBM and SRAM density without relying on EUV, emerges from stealth with $468M (Lauren Goode/Wired)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMassachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signs an EO requiring data centers above 25MW of peak demand to bring their own power and meet 100% of demand with clean energy (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: DOJ is investigating whether Nvidia tried to skirt antitrust scrutiny of its 2025 Groq deal, described by Groq as a "nonexclusive licensing agreement" (New York Times)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAI researcher Jacob Coxon says he quit Anthropic after four months, two months before his equity would have vested; he still has equity in prior employer OpenAI (Madison Mills/Axios)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law two bills, backed by Anthropic and OpenAI, regulating how outside groups evaluate AI for safety (Christine Mui/Politico)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeApple unveils AppleCare One Family, extending AppleCare coverage to every eligible device in an Apple Family Sharing group of up to 6 people for $49.99/month (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)industry13 days ago▲ 24Read story→