Top tech executives to hold council on AI guardrails amid calls for development pause
Executives and staffers for the top players in artificial intelligence development will meet to discuss setting standards for AI use this week.
Laid-off tech workers launch ‘revenge startups’ just as money dries up
More than 330,000 people have lost their jobs at tech companies since early 2022, with some 168,000 job losses this year, according to data tracker Layoffs.fyi.
Twitter-Substack feud heats up as Elon Musk is accused of censorship
Elon Musk is denying accusations of censorship after severely throttling content from Twitter competitor Substack, claiming the company is "trying to download a massive portion of the Twitter database."
AI music app Moises tops 30 million registered users
Artificial intelligence-powered music-making app Moises says it has surpassed 30 million registered users, indicating the titanic rise in the industry.
Electric vehicle networks could be vulnerable to high-tech hackers
With billions in federal investment pouring into the development of electric vehicle charging networks, experts warn of the potential of widespread hacking.
Steve Jobs memoir to feature personal notes, speeches from Apple co-founder’s archives
A collection of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' speeches and writings will be released online for free on April 11 through a project led by his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs.
Former Google CEO says AI pause would 'simply benefit China'
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the Australian Financial Review in an exclusive interview that a proposed six-month moratorium on research into artificial intelligence technology would benefit China's standings in the global technology race. He advocates industry consensus
Samsung cuts back chip production as profit slides
Samsung is reducing memory chip production in a move to reduce inventory as the company predicts quarterly profits will fall 96% from a year earlier.
US, Microsoft reach settlement over tech firm's sanctions violations
The US and Microsoft reached a settlement over the tech firm's apparent violations of sanctions and export controls, the government and the company said.
Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars
Photos were collected in Tesla's effort to train artificial intelligence for autonomous driving. The inside of Elon Musk's own garage was even circulated by employees.
Samsung employees reportedly leaked sensitive info on ChatGPT by accident
Samsung Electronics employees reportedly leaked company information to artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, including source code related to "facility measurement" and "yield/defect."
Treasury releases 2023 DeFi illicit finance risk assessment
The Treasury Dept. released its first-ever illicit finance risk assessment of decentralized finance (DeFi) services to cybercriminals and state actors like North Korea.
Detroit-based social media app aims to ‘recreate human experience’
Inpathy, a Detroit-based social media application, was selected as one of 12 startups to the Techstars Detroit JPM 2023 program, according to a local report.
Job cuts surged 15% in March, and large-scale layoffs 'will likely continue:' Report
Companies announced nearly 90,000 layoffs in March, a major acceleration from the previous month, amid an increasingly grim outlook for the U.S. economy.
China plans $500M subsea internet cable to rival US-backed project
Known as EMA, the proposed cable would link Hong Kong to China’s island province of Hainan, before snaking its way to Singapore, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and France.
Facebook parent Meta releases AI model ‘SAM’ that can identify images within photos
Facebook owner Meta has released a new artificial intelligence model that can identify objects within photographs - even without prior training.
US health system will go 'bankrupt' in 'a few years,' biotech entrepreneur warns
Graviton Chairman and CEO Sam Waksal weighs in on the U.S. reportedly planning to launch a $300 million Alzheimer's research database.
Google says its AI supercomputer is faster, greener than Nvidia A100 chip
Google has designed its own custom chip called the Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU. It uses those chips for more than 90% of the company's work on artificial intelligence training.
ChatGPT facing potential defamation lawsuit after falsely labeling Australian mayor as bribery convict
Australia may see the first defamation lawsuit against an AI this year after a mayor threatened to sue over ChatGPT's assertion that he had committed fraud.
Cash App founder Bob Lee murder: Business world 'in shock'
Twitter CEO Elon Musk and other tech leaders offered their condolences after Cash App CEO Bob Lee was murdered in an apparent random stabbing in San Francisco on Tuesday.