Former NSA head joins OpenAI board and safety committee

November 7, 2024

What’s next for reproductive rights in the US

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June 13, 2024

The high-profile addition is likely intended to satisfy critics who think that OpenAI is moving faster than is wise for its customers and possibly humanity.

ChatGPT is Becoming More Human-Like. Here’s How The Tool is Getting Smarter at Replicating Your Voice, Brand and Personality.

June 13, 2024

AI can be instrumental in building your brand and boosting awareness, but the right approach is critical. A custom GPT delivers tailored collateral based on your ethos, personality and unique positioning factors.

You Can Now Apply to Renew Your U.S. Passport Online — But There’s a Catch

June 13, 2024

The U.S. State Department officially launched the beta program this week.

Is the AI Industry Consolidating? Hugging Face CEO Says More AI Entrepreneurs Are Looking to Be Acquired

June 13, 2024

Clément Delangue, the CEO of Hugging Face, a $4.5 billion startup, says he gets at least 10 acquisition requests a week and it’s “increased quite a lot.”

Tesla shareholders vote yes again to approve Elon Musk’s $56B pay plan

June 13, 2024

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has secured enough shareholder votes to have his 2018 stock option compensation package approved. Shareholders also approved the company’s decision to re-incorporate of Tesla in Texas, moving it away from the state where Musk’s pay package was struck down: Delaware. Shareholders present at the company’s annual meeting Thursday, held at Tesla’s […]

Apple Reportedly Isn’t Paying OpenAI to Use ChatGPT in iPhones

June 13, 2024

The next big iPhone update brings ChatGPT directly to Apple devices.

Apple gives developers a way to nominate their apps for editorial consideration on the App Store

June 13, 2024

From a new Nominations dashboard in App Store Connect, developers will be able to create their nominations, either one by one or by uploading a spreadsheet to nominate apps in bulk.

What StepStone’s $3.3B venture secondaries fund tells us about LPs’ current appetite for venture

June 13, 2024

StepStone raised the largest fund dedicated to investing in venture secondaries ever, the firm announced last week. This fundraise doesn’t just say a lot about StepStone’s venture secondaries investing prowess, but also about how LPs are thinking about the current venture market. The fund, StepStone VC Secondaries Fund VI, raised $3.3 billion. This marks a […]

Spotify announces an in-house creative agency, tests generative AI voiceover ads

June 13, 2024

Spotify announced on Thursday that it’s venturing further into the ad space with its first in-house creative agency called Creative Lab, helping brands create custom marketing campaigns. It will also begin testing generative AI ads, the company said. The launch of Creative Lab shows that Spotify is ramping up its efforts to attract advertisers to […]

Tesla shareholders sue Musk for starting competing AI company

June 13, 2024

Tesla shareholders are suing CEO Elon Musk and members of the automaker’s board of directors over Musk’s decision to start xAI, which they say is a competing AI company, and then divert talent and resources from Tesla to the new startup. The lawsuit is one of the most direct challenges to Musk’s decision to start […]

What’s next for reproductive rights in the US