You have likely experienced that moment with a friend. The conversation is flowing, you are making each other laugh, and perhaps you even say something surprisingly insightful. Then someone suggests it: “We should start a podcast.” Most of the time,…
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says he is not anti-AI. As the founder of a technology company, he cannot be. However, he has clear limits. Conte does not believe AI companies should train their models on the work of creators without…
It has been almost exactly one year since Trevor Milton, the founder of the now-bankrupt electric truck startup Nikola, was pardoned by President Trump. Now, the Wall Street Journal has published one of the first deep dives into Milton’s new…
Facebook announced the launch of a new program called Creator Fast Track on Wednesday. This initiative is designed to help creators grow their presence on Facebook by offering guaranteed pay and increased content reach. The company also revealed that it…
Every new technology creates a new environment in which we work, but it is not clear how AI will do that. One possibility is that the interface disappears entirely. That is the vision of Josh Sirota, who founded the startup…
You open your phone to check the time or a quick message. The next thing you know, an hour has passed and you’ve scrolled through endless celebrity drama, cat videos, awful news stories, influencer rants, and whatever else the algorithm…
Google has been steadily integrating Gemini across Google Workspace, embedding AI into Docs, Gmail, Sheets, Slides, Drive, and Meet. With so many updates rolling out, the real question is not what Gemini can do, but what is actually useful in…
The team behind Cove, a Sequoia-backed startup developing an AI-powered collaboration board, has joined Microsoft. This news came via an email to customers informing them that Cove’s service is shutting down. Cove was founded in late 2023 by Stephen Chau,…
At Etsy, Zoë Weil helped to drive a billion-dollar increase in gross merchandise volume within a single year by improving the online marketplace’s AI ranking systems. With her new startup, Sequen, she aims to bring her and her co-founders’ years…
A group of hackers suspected of working at least in part for the Russian government targeted iPhone users in Ukraine with a new set of hacking tools designed to steal personal data and potentially cryptocurrency, according to cybersecurity researchers. Researchers…
