WhatsApp changes its terms to bar general purpose chatbots from its platform

Meta-owned chat app WhatsApp changed its business API policy this week to ban general-purpose chatbots from…

Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates

Silicon Valley leaders including White House AI & Crypto Czar David Sacks and OpenAI Chief Strategy…

Facebook’s AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone

A Facebook feature that gives Meta AI the ability to suggest edits to photos stored on…

Reddit expands its AI-powered search to five new languages

Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French,…

VC legend Ron Conway quits Salesforce Foundation after Benioff’s National Guard comments

Ron Conway, the founder of venture firm SV Angel, known for its early investments into Google,…

Jack & Jill raises $20 million to bring conversational AI to job-hunting

Between infinitely scrolling job boards and the puzzling rise of fake applicants using AI to apply…

Seoul weighs approval for Google, Apple high-resolution map requests

South Korea is nearing a decision on whether to allow Google and Apple to export high-resolution…

Self-driving car companies Pony.ai and WeRide get the OK for Hong Kong listing

Pony.AI and WeRide have received a key approval from Chinese securities regulators that clears the way…

OpenAI has five years to turn $13 billion into $1 trillion

OpenAI is printing money right now. The company is pulling in roughly $13 billion in annual…

At Starbase, SpaceX is taking firefighting into its own hands

SpaceX is quietly standing up a volunteer fire department to serve the sprawling launch-and-manufacturing Starbase complex,…