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.
The AI Hype Index: AI goes to war
AI is at war. Anthropic and the Pentagon feuded over how to weaponize Anthropic’s AI model Claude; then OpenAI swept the Pentagon off its feet with an “opportunistic and sloppy” deal. Users quit ChatGPT in droves. People marched through London in the biggest protest against AI to date. If you’re keeping score, Anthropic—the company founded…
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.
Mistral releases a pair of AI reasoning models
Mistral released Magistral, its first family of reasoning models. Like other reasoning models — e.g. OpenAI’s o3 and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro — Magistral works through problems step-by-step for improved consistency and reliability across topics such as math and physics.