Many Employees Are Complaining That Work Has Been ‘Stripped of Fun’ — Here’s Why
Something has shifted in American office culture, and employees say work has never felt harder and less enjoyable.
People really hate AI, so why can’t they get enough?
Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM that’s designed to come up with a wider variety of responses than its mainstream rivals do. At the start of the call, he said something that’s been stuck in my head since: “We often say that we’re a self-loathing AI…
Nothing’s AI devices plan reportedly contains smart glasses and earbuds
The glasses will reportedly feature cameras, microphones and speakers, and will connect to a smartphone and the cloud to process AI queries.
The Download: gig workers training humanoids, and better AI benchmarks
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. The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home When Zeus, a medical student in Nigeria, returns to his apartment from a long day at the hospital, he straps his…
The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home
When Zeus, a medical student living in a hilltop city in central Nigeria, returns to his studio apartment from a long day at the hospital, he turns on his ring light, straps his iPhone to his forehead, and starts recording himself. He raises his hands in front of him like a sleepwalker and puts a…
Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project
The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company’s systems.
Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’
Woven Capital is the growth-stage venture capital arm of Toyota, focused on backing founders building in space, cybersecurity, and autonomous driving.
Anthropic is having a month
A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week.
Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features
Slack just got a whole lot more useful.
I Stopped Fixing Problems and Built a Team That Solves Them Using a Three-Question Rule
Leaders often fall into the ‘fixer trap,’ solving problems instead of developing their teams. This piece shows how stepping back builds independent thinkers, strengthens trust and scales leadership impact.
Robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help
Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox all refused to cough up a number during Senator Ed Markey’s recent investigation.