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A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work there

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

A senior engineer describes the thrill, chaos, and exhaustion of working at OpenAI this past year while launching its coding agent Codex.

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Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

The tech giant fixed the security flaw, netting a security researcher $10,000 for privately disclosing the bug.

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AV startup Pronto.ai acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

Pronto.ai CEO Anthony Levandowski said the move is meant to help bolster his company’s ranks with like-minded talent and complimentary technology.

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Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says that her new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, was valued at $12 billion in its seed round.

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Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

As publishers fret about decreased traffic from Google, the search giant has begun rolling out AI summaries in Discover, the main news feed inside Google’s search app on iOS and Android. Now, instead of seeing a headline from a major … Continue reading →

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Lucid Motors will roll out hands-free highway driving this month

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

Lucid Motors joins the likes of Ford, General Motors, and Tesla in offering an advanced driver assistance system that allows for hands-free driving.

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Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed servers of Russian drone maker

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

A coalition of Ukrainian hackers breached and wiped systems belonging to Gaskar Group, a Moscow-based drone maker.

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Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

French startup Mistral has jumped into the audio race with Voxtral, its first open model, aiming to challenge the dominance of walled-off corporate systems with open-weight alternatives. 

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Reddit rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with new rules

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

Reddit users in the UK will have to upload their ID or a selfie to access potentially harmful content.

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Rivian taps Google to bring custom maps into its EVs and app

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Techme101

Rivian vehicles will soon replace its Mapbox-based maps with Google Maps. The integration will still see a lot of Rivian DNA in the new mapping system, though.

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