Meta is reportedly considering major layoffs that could affect 20% or more of its workforce. These potential cuts would impact a company that employed nearly 79,000 people as of the end of last year. According to the report, these layoffs…
I understand it is not an easy time for a legacy automaker to sell electric vehicles, with incentives being reduced and Chinese automakers increasing competition. However, Honda is taking this to another level. This week, Honda ended its modest and…
In the lead up to the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada last month, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar spoke to ChatGPT about her feelings of isolation and an increasing obsession with violence, according to court filings. The chatbot allegedly validated…
Of the original eleven co-founders who launched xAI with Elon Musk three years ago, only two remain. The deep learning lab is undergoing a significant personnel overhaul as it strives to compete with rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI. Elon Musk…
After widespread complaints that Facebook has become an “AI slop hellscape,” Meta announced new tools on Friday to detect impersonation. The company also updated its creator guidelines to better define what Facebook considers “original content.” Last year, Meta announced a…
AI agents are expected to soon start making autonomous purchasing and scheduling decisions on behalf of humans. However, Michael Fanous, a UC Berkeley computer science graduate and former machine learning engineer at CareRev, argues that these agents are currently missing…
Digg, Kevin Rose’s reboot of his once-popular link-sharing site, is laying off a sizable portion of its staff, the company announced on Friday. The startup is not closing, however, according to Digg CEO Justin Mezzell. Instead, Rose will return to…
Uber founder Travis Kalanick has launched a new robotics company called Atoms. According to its website, the company will operate in the food, mining, and transportation industries. Kalanick is folding his existing ghost kitchen company, CloudKitchens, into Atoms. The specific…
You can chart a year through product launches, or you can measure it in the greater moments that change the way we look at AI. The AI industry constantly churns out news, from major acquisitions and indie developer successes to…
Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg spoke out against the use of AI technology in creative endeavors during an interview at the SXSW conference in Austin. When asked about AI’s utility in filmmaking, Spielberg stated, “I’ve never used AI on any of…
