AI Is Flooding Feeds With Fakes. Here’s What Real Brands Need to Stand Out
As AI blurs the line between what’s real and what’s manufactured online, the brands that will thrive are those that anchor themselves in authenticity and trust.
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Signal introduces free and paid backup plans for your chats
Signal introduces backups with both free and paid plans.
Salesloft says Drift customer data thefts linked to March GitHub account hack
The breach, now known to have begun in March, raises questions about why it took six months for Salesloft to detect the breach.
Meta suppressed children’s safety research, four whistleblowers claim
Four whistleblowers share documents with Congress alleging that the company may have suppressed research on children’s safety.
5 Ways to Spot and Capture the Best Talent Before Your Competitors Do
How top leaders scout beyond the obvious, tap into new motivators and move decisively to land game-changing hires before the competition even knows they exist.
A Tiny Country in the Caribbean Is Making Millions Off Its Old Domain Name
The country of Anguilla is capitalizing on some early Internet luck — its .ai domain.
How to Unlock Big Business Breakthroughs in Just 4 Minutes
Here’s a proven system for finding great business ideas fast, and putting them into action.
Anthropic Proposes $1.5 Billion Settlement Over ‘Stealing’ Books, the Largest Copyright Payout Ever
The class action case was filed last year by a group of authors alleging that Anthropic had illegally downloaded their work to train AI models.
Anthropic endorses California’s AI safety bill, SB 53
As Anthropic endorses SB 53, much of Silicon Valley and the federal government are pushing back on AI safety efforts.
Databricks confirms new $100B valuation on $4B ARR
Just months after raising a whopping $10 billion, Databricks has confirmed another $1 billion raise at a $100 billion valuation.