The National Transportation Safety Board has opened An investigation into a crash in Texas over the weekend in which a driver crashed into a home in Katy, Texas, killing one resident. The family of that victim, 76-year-old Martha Avila, has also filed a lawsuit against driver Michael Butler and Tesla, alleging negligence. The NTSB has…
New information has emerged about Valor Equity Partners Fund VII, which last year filed paperwork With the US Securities and Exchange Commission to begin raising capital. bloomberg Reported on Wednesday The fund is targeting at least $2.5 billion of capital, a portion of which has already been set aside for further investment in SpaceX. This…
GPTZero, the three-year-old AI detection startup that Princeton grad Edward Tian first created as a senior thesis project, has been acquired by Superhuman, the companies announced On Tuesday. However, Tian did not disclose the terms of the deal. Told Business Insider GPTZero has more than 19 million registered users and $30 million in annual recurring…
Mark Zuckerberg is betting that prediction markets are the future. the new York Times report that Zuck wants Meta to have its own Polymarket-like smartphone app, and has given it permission to develop one internally, calling it “Arena”. The app will be independent from Meta’s other social media offerings, although sources told the newspaper that…
Microsoft and Chevron on Monday announced plans to develop a 2.67-gigawatt natural gas power plant in West Texas to serve the tech company’s AI and cloud data centers. Under a 20-year power purchase agreement, the plant will provide dedicated power to a data center operated by Microsoft. Two large GE Vernova turbines will generate most…
A new alliance has been formed between a Hollywood studio and a tech giant. Google DeepMind announced on Monday $75 million investment (according to WSJ) At the popular indie film studio A24, known for hits like “Marty Supreme,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and the latest blockbuster “Backrooms.” Google is billing the DeepMind investment as…
Claude Guillemot, co-founder of French video game company Ubisoft, has died at the age of 69. According to French media (via bloomberg), Guillemot died in a plane crash in the French resort town of La Baule. He was one of two people on board the plane, both of whom died. Guillemot founded Ubisoft in 1986…
Polymarket is paying online creators to post misleading videos that show them making lucrative bets on the prediction market. a new investigation In the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ said it analyzed 1,100 videos about PolyMarket and also looked at instructional materials provided by the company to creators. Many of those videos were reportedly filmed…
When asked about the privacy implications of chatbots like ChatGPT and Cloud, Signal president Meredith Whitaker replied, “These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.” Whittaker made these comments An extensive interview with Bloomberg About Policy, Privacy and Signal. She acknowledged that she does use AI tools “to…
John Jumper, who recently shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, announced Friday that he is making the jump to Anthropic after “about 9 years” at Google DeepMind. In a post on xJumper wrote that DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis “gave me a real opportunity to lead the AlphaFold team just six months after finishing my PhD,…
