DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models
DesignArena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.
They Gave an AI Bot a Storefront, 3 Employees and $100,000. Can It Build a Profitable Business?
Can AI run a profitable business and oversee human employees? A new experiment put the technology to the test.
Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe than awe: They stumble, kick children, and despite advances are still worse at using their hands than my toddler. It’s a nascent industry, and such robots…
Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.
Your Balance Sheet Is Missing the Assets That Actually Drive Growth
How positioning, reputation, insight, networks and trust can reverse the natural drag on a business.
Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report
Apple has appealed a new legal demand by the U.K. government, which critics say could threaten the privacy rights of users all over the world.
Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?
Apple’s long-awaited AI overhaul finally makes Siri the assistant it was always supposed to be. But after years of delays, the launch lands in an AI landscape where chatbots have evolved into agents that can code, reason, create media, and complete complex tasks. Siri AI is genuinely useful, yet it arrives at a moment when simply being a capable AI assistant no longer feels revolutionary.
‘Everybody Wants That Money’: AI Companies Promise Blue-Collar Workers Salaries Up to $280,000
Tech giants like Google are pouring millions of dollars into trade apprenticeships and training programs.
How to Reclaim Authenticity in a Data-Obsessed Digital World
Here’s how forward-thinking leaders balance data with human judgment to build lasting brand equity, customer loyalty and real recognition.
Outernet turns your saved posts into real-world adventures
Founded by the creators of viral offline events like San Francisco’s citywide scavenger hunt Pursuit, Outernet’s app helps users save places and events they discover online, then nudges them to actually go.
WhatsApp says it is is fixing an issue that disabled several accounts
Meta says it’s restoring access to WhatsApp accounts that were mistakenly flagged and placed “under review” after users reported being unexpectedly locked out of the messaging app.