Visa Reveals New ‘Cybersecurity’ Division as AI Voice Scams Skyrocket
Banks are having trouble keeping up with AI-generated scams.
Musk v. Altman week 3: Musk and Altman traded blows over each other’s credibility. Now the jury will pick a side.
In the final week of the Musk v. Altman trial, lawyers traded blows over Elon Musk’s and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s credibility. Altman was grilled on his alleged history of lying and self-dealing involving companies that do business with OpenAI. But he fired back, painting Musk as a power-seeker who wanted to control the development…
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Google’s AI coding agent Jules is now out of beta
Google today launched its AI coding agent, Jules, out of beta — just over two months after its public preview debut in May.
Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Meta is aiming to achieve smarter-than-human AI. He seems to have a recipe for achieving that goal, and the first ingredient is human talent: Zuckerberg has reportedly tried to lure top researchers to Meta Superintelligence Labs with nine-figure offers. The second ingredient is AI itself. Zuckerberg recently said on…
Billing platform Lava raises $5.8M to build digital wallets for the ‘agent-native economy’
Lava is a digital wallet that lets merchants use credits to facilitate transactions.
Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government’s website
Internet sleuths say the U.S. Constitution’s website is now missing key sections from its website, including a key legal provision relating to habeas corpus, which protects citizens from unlawful detention.
Are You Recognizing Your Employees? If Not, They’re Twice as Likely to Quit
Recognition can help make significant strides in rebuilding employee trust, motivation and long-term commitment. It’s a business strategy that we need now more than ever.
Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web
The one-year-old startup raised a Series A led by Insight Partners.
Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent
Ron Deibert, the head of the prominent digital human rights groups Citizen Lab, sounds the alarm at the Black Hat security conference about the “dramatic descent into authoritarianism,” but one that the cyber community can help to defend against.
Apple to announce $100B further commitment for U.S. manufacturing
This is on top of Apple’s previously announced plan to invest $500 billion into the U.S. over the next four years.
Instagram takes on Snapchat with new ‘Instagram Map’
Instagram notes that location sharing is off by default on Instagram Map, and a user’s location only updates when they open the app, meaning it doesn’t provide real-time location updates.