A profile of AI hearing aid startup Fortell, which has raised $150M so far and is targeting affluent clients in NYC with a $6,800 device that uses a custom chip
AI-powered startup Fortell has become a secret handshake for the privileged hearing-impaired crowd who swear by the product. X: @recurrented , @mikeisaac , @franklinleonard , @stev...
Michael Burry's warning that hyperscalers are underestimating AI chip depreciation shows that tech investors may have forgotten how much depreciation can hurt
Costing tens of thousands of dollars each, Nvidia Corp.'s pioneering AI chips make up a hefty chunk of the $400 billion …
Sources: Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave Meta in the coming months to found his own startup; a source says he is in early talks to raise funds
Turing Award winner seeks to depart as Mark Zuckerberg makes ‘superintelligence’ push — Melissa Heikkilä in London …
Court docs: in a deposition, Ilya Sutskever discussed conflicts at OpenAI that he sent to board members before Sam Altman's firing, his OpenAI exit, and more
Anthropic initially expressed “excitement” about a possible merger with OpenAI two years ago, after OpenAI's board fired CEO Sam Altman …
Elon Musk says he will rehire a DOGE staffer who resigned following the exposure of his posts advocating for racism and eugenics, after Trump endorsed the idea
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.” — “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.” — “Normalize Indian hate.” — www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st... [...
Chat logs reveal DOGE member Edward Coristine's ties to cybercrime community The Com, and a Telegram handle linked to him sought a DDoS-for-hire service in 2022
Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
DOGE staff member Marko Elez resigns after being linked to racist X posts; the 25-year-old was embedded in the US Treasury and previously worked at SpaceX and X
A staffer for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved …
Sources: Tim Cook will personally donate $1M to President-elect Trump's inaugural committee in the spirit of unity; Apple is not expected to donate
The company is not expected to give. — Cook, with a consistent presence in Washington, has made it clear over the years that he believes …
In an event that raised $27M, Kamala Harris vowed to help grow investments in “AI and digital assets”, her first comments on crypto as the presidential nominee
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A look at the restaurant reservation ecosystem in New York City, where new apps have sprung up to help diners book a table at buzzy restaurants for a price
How bots, mercenaries, and table scalpers have turned the restaurant reservation system inside out. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social . X: @theattack5 , @blackbird_xyz , @matth...
Sources: some Tesla and SpaceX directors have consumed drugs with Elon Musk feeling there is an expectation to do so, raising concerns about their independence
Sources: some Tesla and SpaceX directors have consumed drugs with Elon Musk feeling there is an expectation to do so, raising concerns about their independence
Board members have reaped hundreds of millions from stock awards and separate investments, even as some have done drugs with Musk …
OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as Chair alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo
OpenAI said late Tuesday that it had reached a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with a new board chaired by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor.
OpenAI insiders and other sources describe the turmoil within OpenAI following Sam Altman's ousting and how Altman's supporters rallied behind him
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A jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts of fraud and money laundering in the FTX trial; the judge sets SBF's sentencing for March 28, 2024
and what comes next Qadir AK / Coinpedia Fintech News : DOJ Cracks Down: Binance and Tether Face Terrorism Financing Charges PC Gamer : ‘The king of crypto’ found guilty of fraud, ...
A jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in the FTX trial; the judge sets SBF's sentencing for March 28, 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, has been found guilty …
Filing: the US SEC sues Elon Musk to force him to testify in its probe into his Twitter takeover in 2022, after Musk failed to appear for testimony in September
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Filing: the US SEC sues Elon Musk to force him to testify in its probe into his Twitter takeover in 2022, after Musk failed to appear for testimony in September
- Agency says that billionaire failed to appear last month — Musk attorney says that his client testified multiple times
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others are expected to attend Senator Schumer's first AI Insight Forum on September 13
Rebecca Klar / The Hill :
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others are expected to attend Senator Schumer's first AI Insight Forum on September 13
Rebecca Klar / The Hill :