UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents
The shift comes after a UNICEF test found leading AI models struggled to accurately retrieve global development statistics.
The Download: climate tech companies to watch and AI’s discovery problem
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Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal
Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI’s data practices “theft” while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers.
He Joined Citadel in 1994 With No Trading Experience and Helped Build It to $10 Billion. He Credits His Success to This Mindset.
Alec Litowitz says Citadel founder Ken Griffin appreciated ‘how his brain worked.’
A 30-Year Study Followed Students Into Their Careers. Here’s What It Revealed About the Power of Investing in People.
A 30-year study of scholarship recipients offers an unusual look at what can happen when people are given opportunities early in life.
Waymo restarts San Antonio service five months after flooding troubles
The company suspended service in the city in April after one of its robotaxis got swept away.
I Failed at Going Global — But This 3-Step Framework Has Fueled Every Successful Expansion I’ve Led Since
Here’s what I learned from a failed international expansion — and how founders can validate a market before committing capital.
Job-Seekers Are Facing a ‘Jarring’ New Interview Experience
More employers are using a new kind of interview, prompting job-seekers to adapt.
Even the King of England has his hesitations about AI
King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and UK government.
Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire
Base Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models.
Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI
Pinterest is testing Restyle, a new AI-powered feature that lets users visualize furniture, decor, lighting and other changes in photos of their own rooms — potentially helping turn saved inspiration into purchases.