OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim

Ryan Biermeister, OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male co-worker accused him of sexual discrimination, according to the Wall Street Journal. have reported. “The allegation that I discriminated against anyone is absolutely false,” Biermeister told the Journal. TechCrunch contacted OpenAI for comment and also contacted an email that appears…

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Waymo is testing driverless robotaxis in Nashville

Waymo has removed human safety drivers from its autonomous test vehicles in Nashville, as the Alphabet-owned company moves closer to launching robotaxi service in the city. Waymo, which has been testing in Nashville for several months, is scheduled to launch a robotaxi service there this year. Partnership with Lyft. Riders will initially receive rides directly…

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Bluesky finally adds Drafts | TechCrunch

The social network Bluesky is finally here rolling out One of the most requested features by users: Drafts. Bluesky’s competitors, X and Threads, have long supported the ability to write drafts, which is seen as a foundational feature for such services. Users can access drafts on BlueSky the same way they do on these other…

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Anthropic closes in on $20B round

Anthropic is in the final stages of raising $20 billion in new capital at a valuation of $350 billion, Bloomberg reportsDue to demand from investors the company had to raise twice the amount it had set out to receive. The company raised $13 billion in equity funding. just five months agoBut intense competition among frontier…

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