OpenAI board member Larry Summers resigns over Epstein file disclosures
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers resigned from OpenAI’s board days after Congress released a large cache of emails containing details of his intimate relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Summers is a former president and current professor at Harvard University. The university will launch its own investigation into the relationship between Summers and Epstein, […]
Lovable’s ARR hits $200 million, CEO credits success to staying in Europe
Swedish vibe-coding unicorn Lovable has doubled its annual recurring revenue (ARR) to $200 million in just four months, co-founder and CEO Anton Osika said on stage at technology conference Slush 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. The milestone comes just four months after the one-year-old company surpassed $100 million in ARR in July. Osika credited the AI-assisted […]
TikTok now lets you choose how much AI-generated content you want to see
TikTok, the app that was once just a place to store user-generated content, has launched a new setting that allows users to choose how much AI-generated content appears in their “For You” feed. The company is also introducing more advanced labeling technology for AI-generated content. New AI-generated content (AIGC) controls are being rolled out within […]
President Trump DOE grants $1 billion loan to Microsoft partners to restart Three Mile Island nuclear reactor
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it would provide Constellation Energy with a $1 billion loan to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor. The energy company announced last year that it would restart the reactor, which had been shut down since 2019, after Microsoft pledged to buy all the power from the 835-megawatt plant over […]
European tech becomes political | Tech Crunch
Venture capital firm Atomico’s annual European Technology Status Report has been published, showing an upward trend in investment. But this year’s edition goes beyond the usual assessment of the technology ecosystem. It is part of an advocacy that reflects broader changes. European startups and investors are increasingly turning to lobbying. “It’s no longer enough to […]
Hugface CEO says we’re in an ‘LLM bubble’, not an AI bubble
Clem DeLang, co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face, says it’s not an AI bubble but an “LLM bubble” that may be ready to burst. At an Axios event on Tuesday, the entrepreneur behind the popular AI platform and community site agreed that the bubble story is a “trillion dollar problem” today, but said he doesn’t […]
Monarch Tractors files lawsuit over tractors that cannot drive autonomously
A new lawsuit accuses Monarch Tractors of overpromising autonomous features in its tractors. Berks Tractor, an Idaho dealership, is suing Monarch for breach of contract and warranty, alleging that the California-based startup’s tractors “failed to drive autonomously.” The dealership also said the 10 tractors it purchased “continue to experience significant problems” and called them “defective.” […]
Hank Green’s Focus Friend named Google Play’s app of the year
YouTuber and entrepreneur Hank Green’s screen time assistant Focus Friend has been named Google Play’s app of the year. Released in August, this productivity tool lets you block distracting phone apps while motivating yourself with the help of a virtual friend (a little cartoon bean who likes to knit socks and scarves). These can later […]
Google launches Gemini 3 with new coding apps and benchmark scores
On Tuesday, Google released Gemini 3, its newest and most advanced foundational model. This is now readily available through the Gemini app and AI search interface. Arriving just seven months after the release of Gemini 2.5, this new model is Google’s most capable LLM to date and an immediate contender for the most capable AI […]
Cloudflare blames ‘potential bug’ for massive internet outage
On Tuesday morning, a large portion of the internet was down or not working properly, including ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and more due to an outage with internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare. Cloudflare said on its status page around 8 a.m. ET that it had identified the issue and was implementing a fix. Less than two […]