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The open source project said hackers stole its codebase and threatened to publish its source code if the company did not pay.
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South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses
A lens the size of a thumbnail — and the South Korean startup that makes it could become the optical backbone of the AI glasses era.
How to Turn AI From Threat to Teammate — 3 Proven Ways to Align Your Vision with What Employees Actually Need
Data shows there’s a gap between CEO’s AI aspirations and employee’s AI reality. To ensure AI mandates stick, executives need to focus on three things.
Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats
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Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial
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If you’re giving a commencement speech in 2026, maybe don’t mention AI
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TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive
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For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras win is just the start of realizing its physical-world thesis
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The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush
The vibes around the current AI boom aren’t great, even in the tech industry.