Hinge CMO Jackie Jantos hopes to help make Gen Zers less lonely
Hinge CMO and President Jackie Jantos chats about how Hinge is marketing itself to a new generation in what has become a listless dating scene.
The ascent of the AI therapist
We’re in the midst of a global mental-health crisis. More than a billion people worldwide suffer from a mental-health condition, according to the World Health Organization. The prevalence of anxiety and depression is growing in many demographics, particularly young people, and suicide is claiming hundreds of thousands of lives globally each year. Given the clear…
Reddit now lets you hide content, like posts and comments, from your user profile
Reddit on Tuesday announced a new feature that will offer its users more privacy when it comes to what’s shared on their user profiles. The company says it’s rolling out an update that will introduce a “Content and Activity” setting that allows users to decide which content from the subreddits they participate in will appear […]
Yoshua Bengio launches LawZero, a nonprofit AI safety lab
Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio is launching a nonprofit AI safety lab called LawZero to build safer AI systems, he told the Financial Times on Monday. LawZero raised $30 million in philanthropic contributions from Skype founding engineer Jaan Tallinn, former Google chief Eric Schmidt, Open Philanthropy, and the Future of Life Institute, among others. The […]
I’ve Been Studying Ultra-Successful Businesspeople for Over 30 Years. Here’s What Truly Sets Them Apart.
Here’s a look at the qualities that set billionaires apart from regular entrepreneurs, including relentless drive, emotional intelligence and a strong tolerance for risk.
Microsoft Is Laying Off More Workers as AI Continues to Trim Workforces
The tech giant laid off another 305 workers this week after cutting more than 6,000 roles in May.
Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less)
Meta and Constellation Energy said the deal would help keep the Clinton Clean Energy Center running through 2047 without ratepayer support.
TikTok rolls out AI-powered Smart Keyword Filters to limit content you don’t want to see
TikTok is rolling out AI-powered Smart Keyword Filters to allow people to limit content they don’t want to see on their For You page, the company announced on Tuesday. While TikTok already allows users to use keyword filters to restrict specific content from appearing in their feeds, the new Smart Keyword filters will use AI […]
Klarna Introduces a Debit Card, Allowing Users to ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ on the Spot
Five million customers are already on the waitlist for the Klarna Card.
DeepSeek may have used Google’s Gemini to train its latest model
Last week, Chinese lab DeepSeek released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model that performs well on a number of math and coding benchmarks. The company didn’t reveal the source of the data it used to train the model, but some AI researchers speculate that at least a portion came from Google’s Gemini […]
Snapchat adds new tools for building Bitmoji games
Snapchat is launching new Lens Studio tools that AR creators and developers can use to build Bitmoji games.