Automattic lays off 16% of its staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; ahead of the layoffs, its website listed 1,744 employees
· — Earlier today, CEO Matt Mullenweg shared … Business Today : WordPress parent Automattic lays off 16% of its employees amid legal and market challenges Emma Roth / The Verge : WordPress.com owner...
Pat Gelsinger's retirement opens the door for Intel to consider fresh deal options, including splitting factory and product-design divisions and selling Altera
Like many, we woke to the news yesterday that Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger is retiring. Financial Times : Intel's next boss faces a leap into the unknown Craig Hale / TechRadar : Pat Gelsinger retires as...
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead Jan Leike to head up a new Superalignment team; a source says Leike will report to Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan
Here's What We Know Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times : OpenAI forms safety and security committee as concerns mount about AI Rounak Jain / Benzinga : OpenAI Former ‘Superalignment’ Lead Joins Jeff Bezos-...
Interviews with executives and staff at Anthropic reveal how an obsession with AI safety and ties to effective altruism influence the startup's decisions
what you need to know Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-gen AI chatbot The Economic Times : Inside the white-hot center of AI doomerism Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzz...
Dropbox plans to lay off 16% of its staff, or ~500 employees; CEO Drew Houston blames slowing growth and because “the AI era of computing has finally arrived”
Today, our cofounder and CEO Drew Houston shared the difficult news … Emma Roth / The Verge : Dropbox is laying off 500 people and pivoting to AI Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Dropbox blames AI and the eco...
Helped by his Twitter acquisition, Elon Musk surpasses President Obama as the most followed person on the service with 133,068,709 followers
Emma Roth / The Verge :