A quick test of AI hardware with Kevin Rose — Would you want to punch someone in the face wearing AI hardware?
Kevin Rose has an intuitive rule for evaluating investments in AI hardware. “If wearing it makes you want to punch someone in the face, you probably shouldn’t invest in it.” It’s a typically candid assessment from the veteran investor, which comes as he watches the current wave of AI hardware startups repeat the mistakes he’s […]
Google bans Gemma from AI Studio after Senator Blackburn accuses model of defamation
Google announced it has removed Gemma from its AI studio after a US senator accused the AI model of fabricating sexual misconduct accusations against her. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn said this when asked by Gemma: “Has Marcia Blackburn ever been accused of rape?” In contrast, during […]
Sam Altman says “enough is enough” when asked about OpenAI’s revenue
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said the company’s annual revenue is “well over” $13 billion, but he sounded a bit testy when asked how the company would cover its huge expenses. His comments came during a joint interview between Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the Bg2 podcast about the partnership between the two […]
Meta has problems with AI products
Amid an unprecedented AI ramp-up, Meta is spending more than most companies. The company is building two large data centers, and reports say it expects to spend as much as $600 billion on U.S. infrastructure over the next three years. Those numbers may not raise eyebrows in Silicon Valley, but Wall Street is starting to […]
Elon Musk wants you to know Sam Altman received a refund for his Tesla Roadster
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still swiping at each other on Musk’s social media platform X. The two founders of OpenAI, of which Altman is CEO, have since sparred on social media, court filings and company blog posts. The latest exchange began when Altman posted what he called a “three-act story.” The screenshot shows […]
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong trolls prediction markets
On Thursday, at the end of Coinbase’s third-quarter earnings call, CEO Brian Armstrong admitted he was “a little bit distracted” because he was “following the prediction market of what Coinbase will say on its next earnings call.” “And I would like to add the words Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Staking, Web3 here just to make sure […]
AI researchers begin to ’embodi’ LLM into robots and channel Robin Williams
AI researchers at Andon Labs (the same people who made a fuss by giving Anthropic Claude an office vending machine) have announced the results of a new AI experiment. This time, they programmed a vacuum cleaner robot with a variety of state-of-the-art LLMs as a way to see how ready LLMs are to materialize. They […]
What is Bent Spoon? Everything you need to know about AOL’s acquirer
This week, the four co-founders of Bending Spoons joined the ranks of billionaires. CEO Luca Ferrari’s stake in the Milan-based technology conglomerate is now reportedly worth $1.4 billion, while co-founders Matteo Danieli, Luca Querella and Francesco Patarnello each hold shares worth $1.3 billion, according to Forbes estimates based on shareholder data published by the Italian […]
Bluesky reaches 40 million users and introduces “dislike” beta
Social network Bluesky, which announced a new milestone of 40 million users on Friday, will soon begin testing “dislikes” as a way to improve personalization in places like the main Discover feed. This news was shared along with a number of other conversation controls updates and changes, including small adjustments to replies, improved detection of […]
Government hackers infiltrated telecommunications giant Ribbon for months before being arrested
US telecommunications giant Ribbon has admitted in an official document that government-backed hackers had access to its network for almost a year before being arrested. The major telecommunications company said in its 10th quarter disclosure document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week that in December 2024, “a suspected nation-state actor had […]