Tesla’s board of directors has announced a new compensation package for CEO Elon Musk worth approximately $29 billion in shares. The company cited the intensifying competition for AI talent and Tesla’s position at a critical turning point as key reasons…
Researchers at security firm CrowdStrike report a significant rise in cases where North Koreans posing as remote IT workers have infiltrated companies to generate funds for the regime. Over the past 12 months, CrowdStrike identified more than 320 incidents, marking…
Amazon is shutting down its Wondery podcast studio, which it acquired in late 2020, and cutting 110 jobs as part of a broader reorganization of its audio business. According to reports, the company plans to move existing Wondery series under…
Spotify announced on Monday that its premium subscription prices will increase for users in multiple markets across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Over the next month, affected subscribers will receive an email notifying them…
Social media apps today are flooded with AI-generated videos, and AI-native apps are eager to capitalize on the trend. The latest to join this movement is Character.AI, which announced on Monday that it is introducing a social feed to its…
Many companies are focused on building robots or the hardware components that help them move, grip objects, or interact with the world around them. Silicon Valley-based OpenMind, however, is working under the hood. The company is developing a software layer…
Recent crackdowns on games with adult content in online marketplaces have sparked controversy, with many attributing the actions to pressure from payment processors. Mastercard responded to these claims with a statement clarifying its position. The company denied evaluating games or…
Apple has formed a new team to build a ChatGPT-like app, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This team, reportedly called Answers, Knowledge, and Information, is working to develop an “answer engine” capable of responding to questions by pulling information from…
SAP announced on Friday that it has reached an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, a recruiting software company. In a press release, the European software giant stated that SmartRecruiters’ powerful, user-friendly interfaces and seamless workflows will complement SAP’s existing HR tools.…
Shortly after Hunter Lightman joined OpenAI as a researcher in 2022, he watched his colleagues launch ChatGPT, one of the fastest-growing products ever. Meanwhile, Lightman quietly worked on a team teaching OpenAI’s models to solve high school math competitions. Today,…
