AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation
AI law startup Norm has raised a $120 million Series C round led by Kholsa Ventures, valuing the startup at $1.2 billion.
OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before.
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some of its models broke their containment and hacked into the computer systems of Hugging Face, another AI company, was the first time I got…
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This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car
Bidbus, which lets dealerships bid on used cars, has raised $15 million in a Series A round that was led by early-stage mobility fund Ibex Investors.
Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites
The U.S. Army has fixed two of its websites that were hacked to display messages calling President Trump a “pedophile” and a “thief.”
He Started a Business at Age 13 and Made $85 His First Year. Now, He Brings in Up to $100,000 Per Job.
Chase Gallagher skipped college once his business started paying a full-time salary.
The Download: your stake in OpenAI, and the Treasury’s AI warning
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI Sam Altman’s proposal that Americans should share in the wealth created by AI is back in the spotlight, with reports that he is discussing giving…
Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday.
The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale
With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces risk, leaving IT leaders to wonder which investments will prove valuable even six months into the future. Returning to the foundational elements of AI architecture—the…
Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution
Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dairy farmer, pulls a rake through a bed of dark, wet wood chips on his family’s land in Hickman, a tiny town in the state’s agricultural heartland. He reaches down with both hands and pulls up a clump of muck, turning it over to reveal a half-dozen squirming red earthworms.…
The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine
Forterra has deployed more than 100
Netflix invented binge-watching. Now it may have outgrown it.
A new report suggests Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for Season 2. The bigger issue may be that binge-watching itself is no longer the advantage it once was.