Publishers like Reddit and Yahoo launched a new licensing standard to charge AI companies for training data. The Really Simple Licensing protocol lets sites demand payment per crawl or per AI response. No major AI company has agreed to comply yet.
Good Morning from San Francisco, Meta's $72 billion talent splurge hits turbulence. ChatGPT co-creator Shengjia Zhao nearly bailed
Meta's $72B AI talent hunt is imploding. ChatGPT co-creator nearly quit within a week, forcing tripled compensation. Elite recruits defecting to rivals while existing employees demand parity. The secretive TBD Lab creates new corporate castes.
Amazon needs startup speed to win in AI, CEO Andy Jassy told shareholders Thursday. His annual letter shows how the tech giant plans to stay nimble while spending billions on artificial intelligence.
Good Morning from San Francisco, James Cameron, king of expensive spectacles, discovers budgeting. The Avatar director joins AI firm Stability
A new jobs platform called Drafted thinks LinkedIn and Indeed are failing recent graduates. Their solution? Video resumes powered by AI that help companies see beyond the usual keyword matching.
According to a recent ElevenLabs blog post, TBS wants more viewers for KASSO, its skateboarding show. But Japanese dialogue blocks many potential fans.
Google just launched a protocol that turns isolated AI agents into teams of digital workers. The Agent2Agent (A2A) standard arrives with backing from SAP, PayPal, MongoDB, and 50 other tech leaders.
Research shows AI models could perpetuate harmful biases against mental health groups, potentially impacting healthcare outcomes.
Google revealed Ironwood, its seventh-generation AI chip, designed to run AI applications faster and more efficiently. The new processor aims to handle the heavy lifting behind AI chatbots and similar tools.
President Trump threatened TSMC with up to 100% import taxes if it fails to build plants in the United States. He made these remarks at a Republican National Congressional Committee event, taking aim at both the semiconductor giant and Biden's chip policies.
The European Union unveiled an ambitious plan to catch up in the global AI race by building five massive computing facilities. Each "AI gigafactory" will house 100,000 AI chips - four times more than current installations.
☀️ Good Morning from San Francisco, 🏭 The EU wants to flex its AI muscles. Their plan? Five massive computing centers, each
Trump's White House claims Apple can start making iPhones in America right now. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the U.S. has "the labor, workforce, and resources to do it." She points to Apple's $500 billion U.S. investment as proof.
Meta claimed a major victory in AI last weekend when its new Llama 4 Maverick model grabbed second place in industry rankings. But there's a catch.
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