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CEO Melanie Perkins explains Canva’s big pivot to AI
…Is Canva the right tool to do that work? You’re right up against Claude. Or you’re right up against, I don’t know, Oracle, whatever big enterprise business process automation…
AI warfare is already here
…In 2024, the Biden administration published a memorandum on AI and national security, setting up rules for how AI can be used in certain national security scenarios — and for now, even…
AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
…taking action to help safeguard artist’s rights and promote transparency for fans.” Qobuz was next to implement a detection system. It also published an AI charter, promising that it would never…
Alexis Ohanian shocks Washington with pro-immigration remarks
…A politician becomes good at the internet, perhaps even great, but then eventually falls off. This week I published a feature about one of those former internet darlings: Rep. Dan Crenshaw…
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks on AI, KPop Demon Hunters, and Harry Potter
…I’m sure there’s going to be a digital collectible, I’m just not quite sure we found the right version of it yet. I get that feeling, and I also…
The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
…But right as AI hype really started to take off, she left the company, citing ethical concerns and anxiety over the environmental impacts of data centers. Now, she has left the tech…
Ring’s Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime
…Jamie just published a book about his experiences launching and leading Ring. It’s called Ding-Dong: How Ring Went from Shark Tank Reject to Everyone’s Front Door. And I have…
Read this before you vibe-code another app
…OWASP, the nonprofit behind many web security standards, has published an AI security verification standard aimed at organizations. Firms like Trail of Bits have started releasing “skills,” add-on instruction packs that…
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
…The Xbox console homescreen is slightly different, with the user profile in the top right and three ad slots along the bottom instead of the usual four. The Xbox PC app also…