Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
…OpenAI would supply new models to power the tool, but this was Microsoft’s turf. OpenAI spent much of 2023 and 2024 investing instead in its multimodal AI models and agents—designed…
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He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up
…My wife and my new baby girl—she’s now 21 months old—we were in Sydney, and I told them, “I’m going to be very busy for the next few…
There Aren’t a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone
…Such a move suggests this new smartphone could run Android; however, the Reuters report indicates that Transformer might have an AI interface that would “eliminate the need for traditional app stores.” Generative…
You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law
The Take It Down Act applies broadly to a range of apps and online services, including social media and gaming platforms, according to business guidance published by the Federal Trade Commission, which…
Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming
…Messenger scam detection features for more users around the world, introducing warnings about potentially suspicious activity when a user is initiating a new WhatsApp device link, and testing new Facebook alerts to…
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
…For instance, Manhattan psychologist Becky Kennedy has built a parenting advice business that features a chatbot named Gigi trained on her acumen and knowledge. Kennedy’s company pulled in $34 million last…
Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates
…and then saying, "Oh, nevermind, here's this new shiny thing." AI is not another metaverse. AI, I think, has a better business case behind it. But at the same time, to…
Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI
…the FBI. Business email compromise, tech and customer support scams, personal data breaches, and confidence or romance scams, make up the other most common crime reports. Crimes mentioning AI led to $893…
A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
…horn.” A dark-web site for the group, which links to “business contacts” likely used to carry out ransom negotiations, features Matrix-style cascading ones and zeros, a reggae fusion soundtrack, and…
The 19 Most Exciting Cars at the Beijing Auto Show 2026
…joint venture partner, SAIC Motor, and adopts VW's new vehicle electronic architecture for the Chinese market. It also features an AI assistant that can be operated by voice and gestures. Its…