Reddit Destroyed This Restaurant Over a $22 Grilled Cheese — Now It’s Out of Business
The pricey menu at Farmer’s Wife in Marin County sparked outrage that spiraled into a delgue of one-star reviews.
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…
Anthropic brings agentic plugins to Cowork
Anthropic has extended its plugin system to operate within Cowork, the newly launched agentic platform.
Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands
Bluesky’s first transparency reports tackles moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns and more. The number of government legal requests went up by fivefold.
Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women
Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes. Some of these files were specifically designed to make pornographic images banned by the site, a new analysis has found. The study, from researchers at Stanford and Indiana…
5 Steps to Take Your Product From Idea to Shelf
Learn how to define your vision, build an MVP, craft your brand and take your product from concept to shelf with confidence.
Music Publishers Say Anthropic Is ‘Built on Piracy.’ Now They’re Suing for $3 Billion.
Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group claim the AI company illegally downloaded songs, lyrics, and sheet music to train Claude.
This Pre-IPO Company Is Answering AI’s 8,000% Energy Demand
Investors may have one last chance to join ahead of their planned public listing.
Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump
Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.
Russian hackers breached Polish power grid thanks to bad security, report says
The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords.
AI Is Changing How Private Equity Firms Manage Investments — and Which Businesses are Funded. Here’s How.
Firms integrating AI and machine learning into their investment processes are building compounding advantages that late adopters may never overcome.