Famed AI researcher launches controversial startup to replace all human workers everywhere

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Techme101

Every now and then, a Silicon Valley startup launches with such an “absurdly” described mission that it’s difficult to discern if the startup is for real or just satire. Such is the case with Mechanize, a startup whose founder – and the non-profit AI research organization he founded called Epoch – is being skewered on […]

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An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Techme101

When an AI model for code-editing company Cursor hallucinated a new rule, users revolted.

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Read what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook execs said about Instagram before buying it

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Techme101

The first week of the Meta antitrust trial brought new revelations about how the company formerly known as Facebook approached the competitive threat posed by Instagram in the early 2010s. The U.S. government is accusing Meta of violating competition laws by acquiring companies like Instagram and WhatsApp that threatened the Facebook monopoly. If lawyers for […]

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Meet Partiful, the Gen Z party-planning staple that’s taking on Apple

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Techme101

Despite launching during the pandemic, Partiful survived to become a popular app for event planning among Gen Z users. It’s now also competing against Apple.

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I won’t put my relationships online again, says Lilly Sabri

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Techme101

The influencer explains how she rebuilt her life after a podcast implicated her fiancé had had an affair.

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AI dolls are taking over – but real artists are sick of them

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Techme101

Artists hit back on social media to warn artificial intelligence may be endangering their livelihoods.

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Google’s Big Bet on Nuclear Energy: ‘The Race to Power AI-Driven Data Centers is Accelerating’

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Techme101

Google and Kairos Power are collaborating to build small modular reactors to provide nuclear power to data centers to give them abundant, clean, and reliable energy.

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Microsoft’s New Copilot Studio Feature Offers More User-Friendly Automation

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Techme101

Learn about how Copilot Studio’s computer use agents bring the system new functionality and more benefits to users.

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US Officials Claim DeepSeek AI App Is ‘Designed To Spy on Americans’

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Techme101

NVIDIA’s ties to DeepSeek are also being called into question by some US government officials.

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A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Techme101

A new animated kids’ series expected to premiere this year won’t be headed for a TV network. Or a streaming service. Instead, the founders of production studio We Ghosted Media plan to launch on a decentralized web platform that uses blockchain technology. And yes, a crypto wallet will be involved.  We Ghosted Media — founded by […]

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