Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit
Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, will round out the leadership team at Meta’s new AI lab.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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Intel Is Laying Off 33,000 Employees in Turnaround Plan: ‘Scale Back the Company’
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stated that the layoffs followed a “systematic review” of the company’s headcount and spending.
AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B
AI platforms in June 2025 generated over 1.13 billion referrals to the top 1,000 websites globally, up 357% year-over-year.
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Cancel Culture Isn’t Going Anywhere — Here’s How Smart Leaders Respond
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The Fastest Way to Remove Bad Press (And What to Do If You Can’t)
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Sam Altman warns there’s no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist
In response to a question about how AI works with today’s legal system, Altman said one of the problems of not yet having a legal or policy framework for AI is that there’s no legal confidentiality for users’ conversations.
Here’s Why I Tell Enterprise Companies to Make Time for Play
Playful, warm-up activities can foster team vulnerability and boost innovation in the workplace. Here’s how.