Category Archives: Business

OpenAI Loses 4 Key Researchers to Meta

Mark Zuckerberg has been working to poach talent from rival labs for his new superintelligence team.

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OpenAI’s Unreleased AGI Paper Could Complicate Microsoft Negotiations

The partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft in many ways hinges on the definition of artificial general intelligence, creating a tension that has spilled over into OpenAI research that has not been made public.

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Substack Is Having a Moment—Again. But Time Is Running Out

While star reporters continue to flock to Substack, subscription fatigue is only getting worse.

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No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office

During a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no one at the helm—and no one knows when that will change.

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Disney Just Threw a Punch in a Major AI Fight

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we explore Disney and Universal’s lawsuit against Midjourney, which could be consequential for the future of how intellectual property is treated in the AI era.

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Meta Wins Blockbuster AI Copyright Case—but There’s a Catch

A federal judge ruled that Meta did not violate the law when it trained its AI models on 13 authors’ books.

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Venice Braces for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Wedding

Some Venetians are concerned about the impact the three-day event—which includes 80 private jets and more than 30 private water taxis—will have on their city.

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AI Agents Are Getting Better at Writing Code—and Hacking It as Well

One of the best bug-hunters in the world is an AI tool called Xbow, just one of many signs of the coming age of cybersecurity automation.

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Anthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy Claims

While the startup has won its “fair use” argument, it potentially faces billions of dollars in damages for allegedly pirating over 7 million books to build a digital library.

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This Is Why High-End Electric Cars Are Failing

There’s a simple reason why high-end EVs have failed to spark the imaginations of auto buyers. To remedy this, manufacturers need to revisit the days of the Model T.

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