How Ecommerce Businesses Are Leveraging Web Data to Understand Their Customers and Stay Ahead of the Competition
Companies in any ecommerce industry can benefit from public web data collection. Here’s how.
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such as Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman push for regulation of these seemingly “superhuman” systems, while a separate faction, led by policy organizations…
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‘Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest’: Kohl’s CEO Fired After Board Finds ‘Highly Unusual’ Deals
Kohl’s board says that the now former CEO, Ashley Buchanan, had a “personal relationship” with someone he allegedly directed the company to enter into a multimillion-dollar deal with.
Is Your Company Struggling to Innovate? Here’s What’s Really Holding You Back — and How to Turn Things Around
To scale creativity, leaders must stop waiting for lightning to strike — and start engineering the storm.
‘Way for Identifying Humans’: Sam Altman’s Startup Is Bringing Eyeball-Scanning Orbs to the U.S.
The technology will debut in six U.S. cities, including Los Angeles and Miami.
Ai2’s new small AI model outperforms similarly-sized models from Google, Meta
‘Tis the week for small AI models, it seems. On Thursday, Ai2, the nonprofit AI research institute, released Olmo 2 1B, a 1-billion-parameter model that Ai2 claims beats similarly-sized models from Google, Meta, and Alibaba on several benchmarks. Parameters, sometimes referred to as weights, are the internal components of a model that guide its behavior. […]
Chasing Every Marketing Trend? Your Brand Looks Desperate for Attention. Here’s How to Stand Out Without Making People Cringe.
From viral stunts to trend-chasing misfires, brands often try too hard to be the life of the party — and end up embarrassing themselves instead.
Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics
A previously unreported document distributed by senior US State Department official Darren Beattie reveals a sweeping effort to uncover all communications between the staff of a small government office focused on online disinformation and a lengthy list of public and private figures—many of whom are longtime targets of the political right. The document, originally shared…
Nvidia takes aim at Anthropic’s support of chip export controls
Nvidia clearly doesn’t agree with Anthropic’s support for export controls on U.S.-made AI chips. On Wednesday, Anthropic doubled down on its support for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion,” which would impose sweeping AI chip export restrictions starting May 15. The next day, Nvidia responded with a very different take on […]
How to Prepare Your Startup for Early-Stage Funding in a Tight Market
Early-stage funding is tightening quickly and becoming harder to secure. Here’s how to position your startup for success.
May Mobility to launch robotaxis on Uber platform this year in Texas
Startup May Mobility plans to deploy its autonomous vehicles on the Uber platform by the end of 2025, starting in Arlington, Texas, as part of a multi-year partnership. The tie-up with Uber offers May a chance to grow beyond offering shuttles within campuses and planned communities, while Uber adds May Mobility to its growing roster […]