Kentucky woman rejects $26 million offer to turn farm into data center
Ida Huddleston and her family have owned farms in northern Kentucky for generations. And they turned down at least one multi-million dollar offer to save it. Last year, a “major artificial intelligence company” offered $26 million to sell part of the farm for a proposed data center, according to a recent report from WKRC. Huddleston […]
Human gives Claude Code more control but keeps it on a leash
For developers working with AI, “vibe coding” at this point means babysitting every action or risking letting the model run unchecked. Anthropic says the latest updates to Claude aim to eliminate that option by allowing the AI to determine which actions are safe to perform on its own, albeit with some limitations. This move reflects […]
Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slops from being attributed to real artists
At a time when AI slop is flooding music streaming platforms, Spotify is beta testing a new “Artist Profile Protection” feature that will allow artists to review releases before making them public on their profiles. The idea behind this new tool is to give artists more control over which tracks are associated with their name […]
Databricks acquires two startups to power new AI security products
With a war chest full of $5 billion in funding that closed last month (not to mention billions in revenue), Databricks is making acquisitions. The company, best known for its cloud data analytics platform, announced Tuesday that it is launching a new security product called Lakewatch. Lakewatch leverages Databricks’ ability to store large amounts of […]
Arm releases first in-house chip in 35-year history
Renowned semiconductor and software company Arm Holdings is starting to manufacture its own chips after nearly 36 years of licensing its designs to companies like Nvidia and Apple. At an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, the company announced the Arm AGI CPU, a production-ready chip built to run inference in AI data centers. The […]
OpenAI’s plan to bring ChatGPT closer to Amazon isn’t going very well
OpenAI’s plan to turn ChatGPT into an e-commerce hub is not progressing as planned, at least not yet. In an announcement Tuesday, the company said it is pivoting away from a recently released feature that allowed users to purchase items directly from the chatbot’s interface. OpenAI originally launched purchasing functionality on ChatGPT last year, positioning […]
Crunchyroll confirms data breach as hackers claim unauthorized access
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has confirmed a data breach involving customer service ticket information following an incident with a third-party vendor after hackers claimed to have accessed user data and internal systems. The streaming site, which Sony acquired from AT&T in 2020 for $1.18 billion, is operated as a joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures […]
Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management that connects to ERP
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are often referred to as the “central brain” of a company because they connect various departments, such as finance, human resources, and inventory, into a single database so everyone shares the same information. In recent years, a number of AI-powered ERP startups, such as Rillet and Campfire, have emerged, hoping […]
Meet the former Apple designers building new AI interfaces with Hark
The secretive AI lab founded by serial entrepreneur Brett Adcock has shared new details about what it believes is a novel fusion of model building and hardware design that will change the way humans interact with intelligent software. The company said in a statement that it designs multimodal end-to-end models, hardware and interfaces together to […]
Ads are coming to Apple Maps as Apple expands
Apple announced Tuesday that it will allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Maps starting in the U.S. and Canada later this summer. This ad is available to businesses of all sizes with a physical location and an existing business listing on Apple Maps. Users, on the other hand, see ads next to relevant search […]