Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned
The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his position as czar.
The Download: AI “mind-reading” and creative uses for small batteries
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. An AI “mind-reading” tool can reconstruct what you’re looking at based on a brain scan A new AI tool can guess what you’re looking at just by analyzing your brain scans—and…
Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently.
AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure way to access external data sources and services. It’s the plumbing that lets a chatbot reach into your calendar, your database, or your internal tools, instead of engineers building custom pipes for every connection. Next […]
The Best Career Opportunities Aren’t Posted Online — Here’s Where They Are
Drawing on my own career reinvention and work with thousands of professionals, here’s why reputation, relationships and visibility, not credentials alone, are the keys to unlocking hidden opportunities.
She Started a Niche Business in Her Basement with $10,000. Now It Does $113 Million in Sales: ‘Took Off Like a Rocket.’
Colette and Andy Bell found a niche market and built a business to serve it.
X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.
OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
This Is the Hidden Reason Your Company’s Culture Might Collapse as You Scale (and How to Stop It)
There’s a specific moment when every scaling company’s culture starts to break. Most founders miss it until it’s too late.
Adam Multz Is Expanding Access to Addiction and Mental Health Treatment by Redefining the Patient Experience
Adam Multz is the founder and CEO of Diamond Recovery Group, a multi-state behavioral healthcare organization operating addiction and mental health treatment facilities across Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, and California.
Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe
The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.