Block employees describe a deteriorating culture, as morale plunges amid rolling layoffs and Jack Dorsey pushes generative AI tools to maximize productivity
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.
Solve Intelligence, which offers generative AI tools to law firms for IP and patent law work, raised a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $55M
With most intellectual property or patent law work done with spreadsheets, docs, and PDFs, this is a ripe arena for generative AI …
Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce “workslop”, or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others
A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates …
YouTube unveils new generative AI tools for Shorts, including a custom version of Veo 3 called Veo 3 Fast, which includes sound, and an Edit with AI feature
At its Made on YouTube live event on Tuesday, the company unveiled new generative AI tools for Shorts creators.
Anthropic's Threat Intelligence report for August says Claude was weaponized for sophisticated cybercrimes, including a “vibe-hacking” data extortion scheme
and It Could Happen Again Vyom Ramani / Digit : Vibe-hacking based AI attack turned Claude against its safeguard: Here's how Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2503: Anthropic's Claude helps ...
FTC v. Meta: Meta rested its case on May 21 after four days of arguments, including that it faces hefty competition and helped build Instagram and WhatsApp
And So Are We ”: Meta is even trickier. We think of it as a social media company—but it's far more than that. In last week's FTC antitrust trial, The Verge reported that Meta is in the midst of an i...
NewsGuard audit: the 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, repeated false claims from a pro-Kremlin disinformation network 33% of the time
An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow's disinformation goals by repeating false claims …
Activision confirms on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Steam page that it “uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets”, after fan speculation
Activision has finally admitted to using AI-generated content in its games and Call of Duty players aren't the least bit surprised.
Harvey, which builds generative AI tools for law firms, raised a $300M Series D led by Sequoia at a $3B valuation; CEO Winston Weinberg says ARR surpassed $50M
Harvey, a San Francisco AI startup focused on the legal industry, has raised $300 million in a funding round led by Sequoia …
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says generative AI tools have helped it lower frauds by 30% and reduce call center customer wait times by 40% in 2024
“The technology helped lower frauds by 30% and its AI messaging app trimmed call center customer wait times by 40% this year.” — AI Cuts Scam Losses, Speeds Up Home Loans at Top Australia Bank — w...