Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model

Z.ai confirms it is behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious open AI model topping benchmarks and leaderboards, and its weights are set to be released soon.

Private Equity’s AI Bet: The End Of Departments

A private equity operating partner says AI will dissolve corporate departments within five years. Southfield’s Bob Root on data moats and CEO ownership.

Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era

Robot bodies are waiting for their AI brains to catch up.

Earn, Learn, Bond, Defend: AI Threatens All Four Human Drives, And Your Transformation Depends On Them

AI Project fail because they threaten four fundamental human needs. Smart leaders can fix that.

QueryStory wants you to believe what AI is telling you

The startup came out of stealth with $6 million in seed funding and a plan to use LLMs and cybersecurity know-how to make AI queries coherent.

Arga Labs is building a better way to train enterprise AI agents

Arga has raised $10 million in a seed funding round that was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Box Group, Emergence, Gradient and SV Angel.

Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses

The glasses, called Legato Frames, integrate the company’s patented hearing-assistance technology into the arms of eyewear frames.

Bill Gates is deeply worried about AI, and he’s no longer staying quiet
Bill Gates is deeply worried about AI, and he’s no longer staying quiet

Bill Gates has been reflecting a lot on AI lately, and the process has triggered a stark awakening. Once a staunch AI optimist, the Microsoft cofounder is now deeply pessimistic about what AI means for our collective future. Having been conspicuously quiet on AI issues recently, Gates is back with a nearly 6,000-word essay seeking […]

Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them

Runable says 60%–70% of its 1 trillion-plus token usage in the last 90 days came from paying customers.

What Happens When AI Starts Assigning Work To Humans?

AI is no longer just completing tasks. Now it is also assigning them to humans. We explore synthetic managers, ambient delegation and the future of middle management.