The U.K.’s landmark AI Safety Summit, a conclave of around 120 representatives from leading AI companies, academics, and civil society representatives taking place at Bletchley Park this week, has encountered an unexpected wrinkle thanks to an urgent letter by nearly a dozen participants who believe the summit is targeting the wrong issues.
Representatives from 11 civil society groups, all of which are included on the government’s official guestlist for the event, have
WeWork stock is plunging in pre-market trading on Wednesday after reports said the company is on the cusp of filing for bankruptcy. News of its impending bankruptcy announcement sent WeWork shares to an all-time low. Here’s what you need to know.
- What’s happened? Yesterday The Wall Street Journal reported that WeWork plans to file
LinkedIn is rolling out a new premium experience that uses generative AI to help job seekers find new positions.
The features are powered by large language models in combination with a massive knowledge graph containing information and insights about 67 million employers and a billion professionals. Starting with a limited group of premium users, the platform will help job seekers research industries and opportunities, and help them generate content they’ll need to pursue op
On September 15, 2022, Adobe made an announcement that took the tech world’s breath away, yet somehow had a whiff of inevitability to it. The software behemoth, long known for its acquisitiveness, had agreed to buy Figma, the wildly popular web-based platform for interface design, for $20 billion. The merger faced immediate resistance from Figma fans, who worried about the product’s fate as an arm of Adobe. Many on Wall Street were doubtful for their own reasons, finding the pri
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How do you celebrate your 50th birthday? is a question that’s been on my mind as I prepare to exit my forties. Maybe a big party with lots of food and an iPhoto-esque slideshow of my “greatest hits” going back to Halloween costumes in elementary school, bizarre hair styles from my teens, up to and including high school and college graduations, plus marriage, my own children, and holiday memories.
Since the pandemic, more and more people have relied on food delivery companies to bring their meals to them. But a message sent by DoorDash to some customers has set off a firestorm of debate over who should pay the drivers: customers or DoorDash?
The prompt, first spotted on Twitter/X, encourages users to tip their drivers while placing an order, reading, “Orders with no tip might take longer to get delivered—are you sure you want to continue?”
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Testimony in Sam Bankman-Fried’s federal fraud trial ended Tuesday, wrapping up with Bankman-Fried on the stand maintaining that he hadn’t known until October 2022 about the $8 billion that Alameda Research, his hedge fund, had taken from customer deposits at FTX, his crypto exchange.
As she finished her cross-examination, prosecutor Danielle Sassoon focused on vivid details about Bankman-Fried’s relationship with officials in the Bahamas, where FTX was headquar
Makers of generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have been using copious amounts of copyrighted news material to train their chatbots, according to new accusations from a new trade group.
The News/Media Alliance, which represents over 2,200 publishers, showcased its research in a blog post and white paper Tuesday, saying AI companies regularly used the information in news stories without authorization, and violate laws protecting that intellectual property.
Investors in Pinterest are waking up to a very nice Halloween treat this morning: Shares in the image-sharing social media platform are skyrocketing after the company posted better-than-expected Q3 numbers yesterday. Here’s what you need to know.
- What’s happened? Pinterest shares (ticker: PINS) are surging in pre-market trading this morning, up over 17% to $29.40 as of the time of this writing. Shares in the image-sharing website haven’t tr