Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts

Without buyouts, Flock would “almost certainly” need to lay off staff.

Trump suggests rebranding AI with a new name, says he’s also creating an AI Force

Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax.

Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies

Google said Gemini had “acted appropriately” by ending each hack immediately.

Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it
Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it

In May, Gemini broke containment and hacked three different companies, but Google didn’t disclose the incident until the Wall Street Journal approached the company. The hacks happened during a test of the model’s cybersecurity capabilities run by third-party Irregular, which was also involved in similar incidents involving Meta and OpenAI. According to WSJ, Google didn’t […]

AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable

This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction.

Petlibro’s new AI-powered feeder is a game changer for multi-cat homes

Petlibro’s new Granary 2 smart feeders use a built-in scale and (on pricier models) an AI camera to track exactly how much your cat is eating and when — though the fanciest health-monitoring features will cost you an extra subscription.

AI Can Cut Your Costs And Still Leave You Behind

AI’s economic returns should be invested in learning faster than the competition.

Why Forward-Deployed Engineers Are Suddenly In High Demand

The AI industry has a new obsession: forward deployed engineers. Discover why the people connecting AI to real business problems are suddenly in such high demand.

Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn’t kill everyone????
Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn’t kill everyone????

Today on Decoder, we’ve got the first of a two-part series on the future of business, and I’m talking with Jonathan Kanter, the former antitrust chief for the US Department of Justice in the Biden administration. These days, he’s both a professor of law at WashU and professor of technology policy at Carnegie Mellon. The […]

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