Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government “less dumb”
A DOGE staffer created a custom AI chatbot that’s supposed to help “eliminate” government waste.
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US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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Apple purges apps without contact info from EU app store, as DSA deadline hits
A change requiring app developers to disclose their address, phone number, and email information to consumers has gone live on the App Store within the European Union. Apple on Tuesday announced it has removed any EU apps that haven’t yet complied with the Digital Services Act (DSA), a regulation that had added a requirement in […]
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Roundtables: Generative AI Search and the Changing Internet
Recorded on February 18, 2025 Generative AI Search and the Changing Internet Speakers: Mat Honan, editor in chief, and Niall Firth, executive editor. Generative AI search, one of MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2025, is ushering a new era of the internet. Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways…
How This Luxury Retail Store Builds 100-Year-Relationships with Its Customers
Brent Polacheck, owner of Polacheck’s Jewelers, is proving that in an era of instant gratification, the art of generational relationship-building still drives retail success.
How ‘Girls Trip’ Producer Will Packer Went From Delivering Newspapers to Producing Billions at the Box Office: ‘Everything Is Sales’
In a new interview with Entrepreneur, Packer discusses his book, “Who Better Than You?,” which was released on Tuesday.
Safe Superintelligence, Ilya Sutskever’s AI startup, is reportedly close to raising roughly $1B
Safe Superintelligence, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, could be close to raising more than $1 billion at a $30 billion valuation — a higher valuation than reported just weeks ago. Bloomberg reports that VC firm Greenoaks Capital Partners is leading the deal and pledging to invest half a billion […]
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Amazon, Microsoft, and Exxon want to make scandal-plagued carbon markets more trustworthy
A task force, organized by the Bipartisan Policy Center think tank, is hoping to improve credibility of voluntary carbon markets.
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Why I Use AI in My Sales Hiring Process — and Why You Should, Too
Here’s why my company adopted an AI-powered strategy to hire for all of our Sales roles and how it has dramatically improved efficiency, reduced bias and enhanced the candidate experience.
24 Signs You’re Destined to Become a Millionaire
Start making money at a young age. Warren Buffett sold packets of gum to his neighbors at age six!
‘Unprecedented in Our 53-Year History’: Southwest Airlines Announces Its First Mass Layoffs Ever
The airline is eliminating 15% of its corporate workforce, including many in senior leadership positions.