Meta Is Reportedly Offering Up to Nine-Figure Pay for Researchers on Its New Superintelligence AI Team
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 41, is overseeing the hiring of staff for the new 50-person team.
The Download: talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction
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. It’s pretty easy to get DeepSeek to talk dirty AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose chatbots for sex talk too, despite their stricter content…
Threads is finally getting a DM inbox
Mark Zuckerberg said today that Meta’s social network Threads is finally testing a separate DM inbox that is separate from your Instagram DM Inbox.
Apple’s upgraded AI models underwhelm on performance
Apple has announced updates to the AI models that power its suite of Apple Intelligence features across iOS, macOS, and more. But according to the company’s own benchmarks, the models underperform older models from rival tech firms including OpenAI.
Enterprise AI startup Glean lands a $7.2B valuation
Glean announced on Tuesday that is raised a $150 million Series F led by Wellington Management at a $7.2 billion valuation.
At WWDC 2025, Apple sang developers’ praises amid AI letdowns and App Store battles
Apple has yet to deliver on some of the key technology advances that could modernize developers’ apps for the AI era.
Report: Meta taps Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang to join new ‘superintelligence’ lab
Mark Zuckerberg is hand-picking top researchers and engineers to join an upcoming AI research lab dedicated to “superintelligence,” and Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang is on the list.
ChatGPT is having a partial outage
OpenAI experienced a partial outage on Tuesday morning that created some issues for users trying to access ChatGPT, Sora, and the API, the company said on its status page. The company started investigating the issues late on Monday night, but the partial outage has persisted through Tuesday morning. Around 5:30 am PT on Tuesday, OpenAI […]
Raised By an Immigrant Single Mom, She Experienced ‘Culture Shock’ Working at Goldman Sachs. Here’s What She Wants You to Know About ‘Black Capitalism.’
Dr. Rachel Laryea shares what it means to be a Black capitalist — and how anyone can use capitalism as a force for social good.
Paramount Global Is Laying Off Hundreds of Employees
Paramount previously laid off 15% of its workforce last year.
‘Juice Jacking’: TSA Warns Air Travelers to Protect Themselves from This Growing Security Scam
Here’s how to protect yourself from falling victim to a cybercrime that targets air travelers.