ChatGPT’s New Update Can Create PowerPoint Presentations and Excel Spreadsheets for You
The new AI agent can generate Google Sheets and slide decks, making it a powerful new office tool.
The Download: squeezing more metal out of aging mines, and AI’s truth crisis
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. Microbes could extract the metal needed for cleantech In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a…
Why Most Startups Fail to Get National Press — and What To Do Instead
Tech startups often struggle to gain national news coverage. Here’s how startups can achieve that elusive national media attention.
Elon Musk’s xAI Is Hiring Engineers for Its Anime ‘AI Companions’ — With Salaries Up to $440,000 a Year
xAI launched a set of “AI companions” earlier this week, with a third on the way.
Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users
Since Monday morning, Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Code’s GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan. Users are only told “Claude usage limit reached,” and […]
Finding value from AI agents from day one
Imagine AI so sophisticated it could read a customer’s mind? Or identify and close a cybersecurity loophole weeks before hackers strike? How about a team of AI agents equipped to restructure a global supply chain and circumnavigate looming geopolitical disruption? Such disruptive possibilities explain why agentic AI is sending ripples of excitement through corporate boardrooms. …
Here’s How the CEO of the Biggest Bank in the U.S. Spends His Downtime: ‘This Gives Me Purpose in Life’
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, 69, recently said that his top three priorities are his family, his country, and his purpose, which is working at the bank — in that order.
Microsoft is buying tons of carbon removal from Xprize startup Vaulted Deep
Microsoft’s data center boom has been imperiling its 2030 carbon negative pledge, so the tech giant is turning to Vaulted Deep, which operates like a reverse oil company.
Does Your Business Feel Stuck? Here’s the Mindset Shift That Will Move It Forward.
Your business isn’t stuck — you’re just asking the wrong questions.
Hadrian raises $260M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts
Hadrian wants to revolutionize American manufacturing through automation.
After raising over $3M, popular VC-backed beauty brand Ami Colé is shuttering
Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye, one of the first among the small number of Black women to raise more than $1 million in venture capital, announced on Thursday the closure of her award-winning beauty startup Ami Colé.