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Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.

OpenAI's CEO recalls a "particularly hair-raising" conversation with the SpaceX founder.

Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.

The new feature will first launch on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer.

Google's transcription feature will initially launch with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones.

The feature is designed to help people get real-time context about trends and breaking stories, as well as receive recommendations, all within conversations.

Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth as well as early-stage startups.

Digg returns (again) as another place to read AI news.

How will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers?

Wispr Flow says growth accelerated in India after its Hinglish rollout, even as voice AI products continue to face challenges.

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers.

Intel's stock has risen a stunning 490% over the past year, a bet by Wall Street that may be running well ahead of the company's actual turnaround.

CloudFlare announced its first large-scale layoff. CEO Matthew Prince says because of AI efficiency gains, the company doesn't need as many support roles.

Everyone wants a piece of the enterprise AI pie, and this week, we saw a string of companies making their moves. From Anthropic and OpenAI announcing new joint ventures targeting enterprise AI deployment to SAP dropping $1B on German AI startup Prior Labs, it’s becoming clear that if you’re a startu...

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Like many AI companies automating work that humans currently do, Basata will eventually face a harder question about where the line is between augmenting workers and displacing them. For now, the founders say the administrative staff they work with aren't worried about that; they're more worried abo...

AI startup Pit is led by the cofounders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the startup’s $16 million seed round.

The company is expanding its efforts to protect ChatGPT users in cases where conversations may turn to self-harm.

"We are going to be saying goodbye to the swipe," CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said.

Security researchers at Mozilla say Anthropic's Mythos has unearthed a wealth of high-severity bugs in Firefox.

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Self-driving has been “almost here” for over a decade. But somewhere between DARPA challenges and a handful of driverless trucks hauling freight between Dallas and Houston, Aurora co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson’s story changed. The self-driving truck company started commercial driverless operations...

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