6+ hour, 11+ min ago   (1027+ words) It took the possibility of species annihilation, but AI leaders did something remarkable this weekend: They reached a consensus. After ex-Anthropic engineer Jacob Coxon's warnings about a looming AI armageddon lit a firestorm among techies and politicians alike, the leaders…...

9+ hour, 6+ min ago   (401+ words) Everything's fine! Take it from the cofounder of Palantir. In an X post on Saturday, Joe Lonsdale brushed aside the salient worry that advanced AI systems could cause mass human extinction, a concern that numerous engineers and leaders from frontier…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (319+ words) Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO, according to a person familiar with their plans. The company, which has been targeting an October listing, has given Nasdaq another big win, according to a person familiar with the matter....

18+ hour, 2+ min ago   (907+ words) Irvin Thevaranjan was blindsided by his layoff. The day before, the head of governance risk and controls at delivery service Grubhub had a stellar performance review with his boss, who told him that he had lots of opportunities in front…...

14+ hour, 19+ min ago   (358+ words) What do you do if you feel like you're helping build something that could contribute to the end of humanity? This is the existential question confronting the AI industry, a debate that only intensified after Jacob Coxon, an Anthropic researcher,…...

16+ hour, 35+ min ago   (710+ words) Russ Read-Barrow has been living with incurable stage four colon cancer for five years. The 43-year-old former PR director and father of two from the UK was diagnosed with the disease in 2021. After seeing blood in his poop around six…...

17+ hour, 28+ min ago   (582+ words) On Tuesday, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar headlined a packed Goldman Sachs tech conference in San Francisco. One thing she said really stood out to me: The company's biggest models can now train other smaller models, helping OpenAI save on the…...

17+ hour, 33+ min ago   (662+ words) Trips to the store used to offer a break from the digital screens that dominate modern life. Those days are winding down. Retailers are now trying to bring more advertising into stores by selling brands access to screens in aisles,…...

17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (373+ words) Morgan Stanley has some good news if you're an office worker who lives in fear of an AI-fueled jobs wipeout. The Wall Street Bank said on Friday that the most exposed demographic to AI disruption stands to benefit the most....

17+ hour, 57+ min ago   (547+ words) As they were preparing to leave Nvidia, David Hoeller and Nikita Rudin anxiously hopped on a late-night call with their CEO. The two had spent years working on robotics at the chip giant, pushing the boundaries of simulation and helping…...