TECHNOLOGYIf AI is a bubble, could rising yields pop it?Many stocks tied to the AI trade have soared on the promise of posting ultrahigh earnings years from now, but rising yields could throw water on that outlook.CNBC·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYRobin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’Robin Williams' children are taking over their father's Instagram account after his daughter spoke out against the use of his AI likeness, as reported earlier by The Wrap. In a post on Tuesday, Zak, Zelda, and Cody Williams write that they want the late actor's Instagram profile to be a "safe, trustThe Verge·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYOpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging FaceOpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques. The company had already put the brakes on a new model, AstraThe Verge·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYOpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went RogueThe ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” cyber capabilities, prompting it to halt a significant number of training runs while it tightens internal safeguards.Wired·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYEtched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a monthJane Street has installed Etched's first shipped AI cluster system, and was so impressed, it led another massive round, the startup says.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYApple overhauls its EU App Store fees, loosens rules for alternative app storesApple is simplifying its EU App Store fees, replacing its per-install fee with a 5% commission for apps distributed outside the App Store and making it easier for developers to operate alternative app marketplaces.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYApple squashes EU beef with new App Store rulesApple is once again overhauling App Store rules in the European Union, which the company says will resolve its "disagreements with the Commission over business terms and alternative distribution." As part of the changes, every developer that distributes apps will be moved to a single set of businessThe Verge·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYWhy Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fearApple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYNvidia's AI moat is shifting from chips to capitalNvidia still has dominant market share in AI chips, but with competition picking up steam, the company is taking greater advantage of another key asset.CNBC·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYMeta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female PoliticiansOne advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.Wired·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYWarp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI developmentOn Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.TechCrunch·1w ago
TECHNOLOGYAnthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteriesBattery materials startup Anthro Energy has broken ground on a Louisville factory to make electrolytes, including those for solid-state batteries.TechCrunch·1w ago
