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a16z releases its first AI spending report that shows which AI-native application layer companies startups are actually spending money on .

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Google says hackers associated with the Clop ransomware gang are emailing executives at multiple organizations claiming to have stolen their personal information from a suite of Oracle E-Business apps.

OpenAI employees sold $6.6B in shares, leading company's valuation to jump to $500B.

Bloomberg reports that the tech giant is developing at least two types of smart glasses.

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Spacecoin envisions a decentralized rival to SpaceX's Starlink.

Leverage Edu places over 10,000 students annually into universities across 11 countries.

The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users' phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy theory -- and one that the company has disputed before.

Einride raised the funds five months after founder Robert Falck left the CEO role and took over as executive chairman of the board.

Current and former OpenAI researchers seem torn over how the company's Sora app fits in with its broader mission.

The six-year-old firm's third fund is nearly the size of it previous fund raised during the fintech boom in early 2022.

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Tilly Norwood is not real, but the company that created her hopes that she's the first of many AI-generated stars.

The SPAC King's newest, dubbed "American Exceptionalism," went public with $345 million. But Chamath doesn't want people to buy shares.

"Character.ai is freeriding off the goodwill of Disney’s famous marks and brands, and blatantly infringing Disney’s copyrights," a Disney lawyer wrote.

Whizz has seen e-bike rentals drop by about 8% since Trump threatened to send National Guard troops to the city.

California just made history as the first state to require AI safety transparency from the biggest labs in the industry. Governor Newsom signed SB 53 into law this week, mandating that AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic disclose, and stick to, their safety protocols. The decision is already sparking debate about whether other states will […]

OpenAI's Sora app makes it too easy for people to create misleading AI content.

Waymo's permit to test autonomous vehicles in New York City has been extended to the end of the year, giving the company a few more months to make it big in the Big Apple.