OpenAI just made its first cybersecurity investment
Generative AI has vastly expanded the toolkit available to hackers and other bad actors. It’s now possible to do everything…
Grace raises €5.9M seed to offer insurance to luxury goods
Grace, an insurance company for luxury goods, announced on Wednesday a $6.4 million (€5.9 million) seed round led by FinTech…
Federal judge allows the EFF’s lawsuit against DOGE and Elon Musk to proceed
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit attempting to stop the Department of Government Efficiency from obtaining records…
Amazon Kindle’s new feature uses AI to generate recaps for books in a series
Amazon is introducing a new “Recaps” feature for Kindle users to help them recall plot points and character arcs before…
Teen with 4.0 GPA who built the viral Cal AI app was rejected by 15 top universities
Zach Yadegari, the high school teen co-founder of Cal AI, is being hammered with comments on X after he revealed…
Microsoft reportedly pulls back on its data center plans
Microsoft has pulled back on data center projects around the world, Bloomberg reports, suggesting that the company is wary of…
Studio Ghibli hasn’t commented on OpenAI’s onslaught of AI copies, but the fan subreddit has
When OpenAI debuted its image-generation feature in ChatGPT last week, social media exploded when users realized that they could make…
Apple loses $250B market value as tariffs tank tech stocks
Apple lost more than $250 billion in market value Thursday, with shares down as much as 8.5% as a result…
YouTube Shorts takes on TikTok with new creation tools
As YouTube Shorts continues to compete with TikTok, the platform is announcing new upcoming features to help creators publish engaging…
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