South Korea confirms that a fire at National Information Resources Service's data center, housing 647 government IT systems, directly damaged 96 of them
Covering social issues on Seoul, civil security, climate — The Ministry of Interior and Safety said Sunday that recovery work …
iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks details why humanoid robots won't learn human-level dexterity from current methods, how to make them safe for humans, and more
rodneybrooks.com/why-todays-humanoids- wont-learn-dexterity/ — In this post I explain why today's humanoid robots will not learn …
Apple's internal chatbot deserves a public release; sources: Apple nears production of M5 MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs, and two monitors for Q4 2025 or Q1 2026
Apple should release its internal ChatGPT-like app publicly to give its revamped AI system more credibility.
A look at AI-powered “nudify” tools, which make it fast and easy to make nonconsensual, deepfake porn, and the limited legal options available to their victims
In June of last year, Jessica Guistolise received a text message that would change her life.
Experts warn that Nvidia's large investments in data centers and startups, almost like a stimulus program, could be artificially inflating demand for its GPUs
Even by the standards of one of the most prodigious dealmakers in tech, the past month or so has been a head-spinning one for Nvidia's Jensen Huang.
A look at the implosion of CaaStle, a clothing inventory monetization startup whose ex-CEO Christine Hunsicker is accused of swindling investors out of $300M
CaaStle pulled off one of the biggest financial heists in recent tech history, according to the SEC and DOJ. X: @bernardmoon . LinkedIn: Jill R. Shah , Kim Bhasin , Jack Newsham , Matt Townsend , and ...
Fermi, a data center real estate investment trust co-founded by former Energy Secretary Rick Perry, aims to raise $550M in a US IPO at a $13.16B valuation
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ ferm... … Threads: @bloombergbusiness : Fermi, a real estate investment trust co-founded by former Texas Governor Rick Perry, has filed for an initial public offeri...
A profile of Justin Sun, who was facing an SEC fraud lawsuit before investing $90M in Trump family cryptocurrencies and becoming a business associate of Trump
Justin Sun was facing an SEC fraud case, but $90 million of Trump coins later, he's doing business with the president's family.
A look at the setbacks facing the US DOD's Replicator program that seeks to quickly produce low-cost drones and other autonomous weapons to counter China
here's why it matters for drone pilots Haye Kesteloo / DroneXL.co : DJI Loses Major Pentagon Lawsuit in Sweeping Defeat X: Alex Plitsas / @alexplitsas : SOCOM given the mission to finish acquiring aut...
At the UN, the US rejected calls for collaborative efforts around AI governance, even as many leaders endorsed a need for urgent international collaboration
While heads of state and world experts highlighted risks and opportunities from AI, U.S. representatives expressed deep opposition …
Education software company EdSights, which uses SMS texting and AI to reach students and identify those at risk of dropping out, raised $80M from JMI Equity
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How Mode to Code, a nonprofit founded by a teenager, is teaching Bay Area seniors to use AI and avoid scams through free coding and tech literacy classes
Jacob Shaul is the kind of rising high school student who spends Saturdays playing chess and devours books by Malcom Gladwell and Angela Duckworth.
A book excerpt details how a small team of content curators hired by ByteDance in Mexico City in 2018 shaped TikTok's For You algorithm in Latin America
An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app's powerful recommendation engine was shaped …
The US ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder says the EU must either prove that its digital rules, such as the DMA, do not punish US tech companies or change them
Donald Trump's ambassador to EU says no US president can ‘allow these kinds of infringements’ on American companies
Sources: data integration company Fivetran is in talks to acquire data management company dbt Labs in a deal valuing the combined entity at between $5B and $10B
Fivetran, a startup used by companies to manage and prepare data for analytics and artificial intelligence … LinkedIn: Katie Roof LinkedIn: Katie Roof : Saturday scoop: Fivetran in talks to buy dbt La...
Q&A with Oura CEO Tom Hale on why many CEOs love its rings, competition from Apple, and more; Oura sold 2.5M rings in 2024 and expects $1B revenue in 2025
Jordyn Holman / New York Times :
A profile of Ant International, Ant Group's cross-border payments unit using AI and blockchain for treasury management, which handled $1.1T in cash flow in 2024
a very elaborate form of an IOU. Process ~30 seconds,then money paid to merchant in local $’
Sources: AI image generation startup Black Forest Labs is exploring raising $200M-$300M at a $4B valuation, after a prior undisclosed round at a $1B valuation
Black Forest Labs explores raising between $200mn and $300mn — A secretive, one-year-old German artificial intelligence start …
Leaked Meta internal document shows updated training protocols for its AI chatbot to refuse any prompts involving sexual roleplay with minors
Jyoti Mann / Business Insider :
Accenture, which laid off 11K+ employees in the past three months, warns of more cuts if workers cannot be retrained to have the skills needed for the age of AI
I wonder if this is people who didn't meet some threshold of AI tools usage or people in roles eliminated due to AI productivity gains who don't have skills for other roles? …
Manas AI, the AI drug discovery startup founded by Reid Hoffman and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee, raised a $26M seed extension after a $24.6M seed in January
OpenAI executives working on Stargate say that it costs about $50B to build a data center with roughly 1 GW of capacity, with $35B going toward AI chips
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