US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration’s campaign to slow China’s AI advances.
The Download: rogue agent liability and the AI Hype Index
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue? Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has stunned the world. In July, OpenAI disclosed that a swarm of its agents…
The Way People Shop Has Quietly Changed Forever — and Only Brands That Adapt Will Lead the Next Trillion-Dollar Market
As millions of shoppers turn to AI agents before traditional retailers, brands that fail to become machine-readable risk losing the next trillion-dollar market shift.
A Photo of a Croissant Got 1.6 Million Views and Filled Their Restaurant for Four Months. Here’s the Simple Strategy Behind It.
One photo of a croissant changed everything. Here’s how a London restaurant turned a scrappy content habit into a customer pipeline.
Billionaire CEO Says AI Could Make Him 20 Times Richer: ‘That’s a Problem for Society’
For the first time last year, the number of billionaires in the world topped 3,000.
Inside the Quiet Real Estate Revolution Happening Outside Silicon Valley
Building residential property technology at scale demands infrastructure discipline over speed.
The Interview Is the Cheapest Insurance You’ll Ever Buy — So Why Are You Winging It?
You didn’t hire the wrong person because you’re a bad judge of character. You hired them because you gave yourself nothing to judge against.
Light made a flip phone. It’s colorful and it’s cheap.
Light co-founder Kaiwei Tang helped create the Motorola Razr, and he’s as surprised as anyone that over twenty years later, the flip phone is relevant again.
After TikTok, Snap settles social media addiction case
Snap is the latest big tech company to settle a lawsuit that claimed social media platforms are harmful to children and young adults. The company has reached a “tentative” agreement in a case that was set to go to trial later this month. TikTok recently settled its portion of the case with the plaintiff, known […]
AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned
A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno.
The 5-Day Time Audit I Give Entrepreneurs Before They Burn Out
Overworked and overwhelmed? Discover a simple 5-day time audit that helps entrepreneurs identify burnout, reclaim their schedule, and focus on scalable growth.