Figure AI's former head of product safety sues the humanoid robot startup, alleging he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety
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Apple's lead AI researcher for robotics, Jian Zhang, leaves for Meta's Robotics Studio; sources say three more researchers left Apple's Foundation Models team
including its lead for robotics research. X: Mark Gurman / @markgurman : NEW: Apple has lost four more AI researchers, including the head of research for robotics in its AI division. The latest set of...
Leaked audio and memos: at a heated all-hands, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi defended upping required in-office days to three per week, saying “it is what it is”
In response to irate employees, Uber's CEO said “If you're here for a sabbatical and this change causes you to change your mind, it is what it is” Lora Kolodny / @lorak : Uber employees and leaders cl...
A group of former OpenAI employees files an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk in his lawsuit opposing OpenAI's for-profit transition
it's not getting much in return Hayden Field / CNBC : Ex-OpenAI staffers support Musk's case against startup's effort to transform into for-profit company Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : Former OpenA...
A TuSimple shareholder letter alleges “potentially fraudulent activities” as it tries to move ~$450M to China to pivot from self-driving trucks to AI animation
TechCrunch : Threads: @lorakolodny . X: @sokane1 , @techcrunch , and @mattrosoff Threads: Lora Kolodny / @lorakolodny : Whatever happened to TuSimple? They're trying to pivot. https://techcrunch.com...
Internal records: Twitter now has ~1,300 active employees, including fewer than 550 full-time engineers, and ~1,400 non-working staff who are still being paid
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Sources detail Twitter after mass layoffs: key teams gutted, severance packages account for the WARN Act, and an ad hoc Google Docs directory of remaining staff
Hi 👋 - Third quarter earnings show that big tech … Rise & Shine ☀ : Twitter Layoffs: The lawsuit and Fears of misinformation Nikhil Subramaniam / Inc42 Media : Musk & Mayhem @Twitter Kristin Majcher /...
Profile of Ifeoma Ozoma as she launches The Tech Worker Handbook, an online guide for tech workplace complaints, and Silenced No More Act becomes California law
- Ifeoma Ozoma, a former employee at Pinterest and Google, just published a resource guide for tech workers who are considering … Tweets: @ashleygjovik , @jenn_elias , @joshbbornstein , @ifeomaozoma ,...
Oracle senior staffer George Polisner resigns after co-CEO Safra Catz joins Trump transition team, starts petition for colleagues to protest Catz's involvement
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