Inside Harvey: How a first-year legal associate built one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups

Legal AI might not sound like the sexiest category in Silicon Valley, yet Harvey‘s CEO Winston Weinberg has captured the attention of virtually every top-tier investor in the Valley. The company’s backers read like a who’s who of venture capital: the OpenAI Startup Fund (its first institutional investor), Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil, Google […]

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You Won’t Be Able to Offload Your Holiday Shopping to AI Agents Anytime Soon

Chatbot developers and retail giants are battling over user data as they lay the foundation for a future in which AI agents can do all your online shopping for you.

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AI firm claims Chinese spies used its tech to automate cyber attacks

The company claimed in a blog post this was the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”.

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ChatGPT launches pilot group chats across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan

OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a group chat feature for ChatGPT, currently in pilot across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan, allowing users to collaborate directly within the app.

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Alibaba cross-border arm plans AI subscriptions and stablecoin-like payments with JPMorgan

Alibaba plans to use “tokenization” of payments for cross-border transactions in its business-to-business arm.

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CNBC Daily Open: A murky past and uncertain future trouble traders

Not having concrete information means it’s hard to make decisions. That’s a difficulty both the Fed and investors face now.

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‘Vibe revenue’: AI companies admit they’re worried about a bubble

The CEOs of DeepL and Picsart told CNBC they were concerned about AI valuations but touted the longer term potential of the technology.

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CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank says AI adoption is already paying off: ‘It’s not hope, it’s now’

Amid fears of an AI bubble, much has been made of recent reports suggesting that AI has yet to generate returns for companies investing billions into the tech.

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CNBC Daily Open: Flying blind in markets and the economy

Not having concrete information means it’s hard to make decisions. That’s a difficulty both the Fed and investors face now.

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VCs abandon old rules for a ‘funky time’ of investing in AI startups

The goalposts are moving for AI startups when it comes to growth, product features, and just about everything else.

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