How Shivon Zilis Operated as Elon Musk’s OpenAI Insider
…She later served as a director of its nonprofit board from 2020 until 2023 and has worked as an executive at Musk’s other companies, Neuralink and Tesla. When asked about the…
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The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
…But in December 2023, the company declared victory, announcing default end-to-end encryption for Messenger and promising that it was in testing to roll out for Instagram Direct Messaging as well…
The iPhone That Never Was
…It would be a computer that combined a phone and fax machine; you would use it to send text messages, watch movies, play video games, buy plane tickets, and download new apps…
Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions
…The executives’ comments are part of statements from six Anthropic leaders in support of a preliminary order that would allow the San Francisco company to continue doing business with the Department of…
Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale
…And last year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered to pay several top AI researchers as much as $100 million a year, or what a former executive calls “insane amounts of money relative…
Vertu Is Back With a Folding Phone Powered by—Surprise—an AI Agent
The company announced the AlphaFold smartphone on Thursday—targeting business executives—which comes outfitted with the Hermes Agent. This agent can purportedly handle schedules and tasks on a user's behalf and…
Demis Hassabis Thinks AI Job Cuts Are Dumb
…s Google’s I/O event. “Perhaps there is an ulterior motive for putting those messages out; raising money or whatever,” Hassabis says. “From my point of view, from DeepMind and Google…
Anduril Wants to Own the Future of War Tech. Mishaps, Delays, and Challenges Abound
…Notably, no California executives showed up for the McHenry ribbon cutting. Anduril cofounder and executive chairman Trae Stephens marked the occasion with an interview on CNBC, apparently from a studio in San…
Trump Administration Won’t Rule Out Further Action Against Anthropic
…President Trump is currently finalizing an executive order that would formally ban usage of Anthropic tools across the government, according to a person at the White House familiar with the matter but…
Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
…Last month, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco home and wrote a manifesto advocating for crimes against AI executives. No one has more to lose…