The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
…How did that go? Well, the AI arm of SpaceX lost $6 billion in operations and had revenue of just $3.2 billion. Meanwhile, Anthropic is going to be turning an operating…
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Altana’s Evan Smith on the new normal of global trade
…Which way is it going? Which way do people want? I think we’re going toward a world that is more economically secure and, therefore, more physically secure. By knowing the provenance…
How Iran out-shitposted the White House
…worked on human rights issues in the Middle East and North Africa for many years. The internet blackout is still ongoing. Although Iranians are still able to secure tiny pockets of access…
My baby deer plushie told me that Mitski’s dad was a CIA operative
…did you know people are saying her Dad was a CIA operative?” Normally, that kind of out-of-the-blue text from a friend wouldn’t faze me. This time, my eyes…
Who decides when AI is too dangerous?
…is operating within. Like this is fundamentally offensive technology. We can deploy it against our enemies. We can use it to attack the banks. Everyone is worried about the security implications here…
Labor and worker’s rights in tech
…Today’s actions are not a cost-cutting exercise or an assessment of individuals’ performance; they are about Cloudflare defining how a world-class, high-growth company operates and creates value in…
ICE agents are making house calls for online critics
…Though Streever didn’t know it yet, while he’d been away, agents with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had shown up to his home in Rochester and spoken to his…
Artificial Intelligence
…security firm Calif say they used Anthropic’s cybersecurity AI to create a privilege escalation exploit, the Wall Street Journal reports: Last September, Apple said it leveraged its hardware and operating system…
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
…One of the questions I have here is that you describe it as an operating system. That seems like a good framework. People understand what operating systems are. I realize car operating…
Experian’s tech chief defends credit scores: ‘We’re not Palantir’
…That means he oversees big operations like security and privacy, and now, of course, AI — all of which is always important, but is even more critical when you factor in what…