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L3Harris Technologies said on Monday that CEO Christopher Kubasik stepped down from the role after an investigation by the board of directors found he engaged in misconduct, which led to the company reaching a separation agreement with him and naming his successor. L3Harris’ announcement didn’t disclose the specific findings of…
David Ellison wants those challenging his Warner Bros. Discovery deal — including California and 11 other states — to be prepared to pay nearly $1.9 billion if they lose their lawsuit.Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion WBD acquisition is on pause after lawsuits from 12 states and the Writers Guild of America,…
Tech blogger John Gruber is joining the chorus of dissent over Anthropic’s plan to watermark Claude’s writing.On Sunday, Gruber, the popular blogger who writes Daring Fireball, called watermarking plans a “perversion of writing.”His main criticism: Claude should choose words because they’re best for the user, not because they help make…
When they hit the stage to be recognized as Disney Legends, all three brothers wore some form of pinstripes.Kevin Jonas wore a gray, striped shirt and tie, Nick Jonas donned a pinstriped gray suit, and Joe Jonas wore a similar style in black.During their speech, though, the musicians added another…
OpenAI’s president is ringing the cybersecurity alarm bell.Greg Brockman says companies need to act now to secure their systems against AI-powered attackers after the “watershed moment for cybersecurity” that was the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack.”I’ve spoken with many organizations over the past few weeks, and one theme is clear: they know…
One car ride home, my observant 6-year-old asked a tough question: “Mommy, do you want to live here?”I suppose she’d heard me complain about life in the DC suburbs a few too many times. Still, in a moment of vulnerability and sadness, I said, “No, I miss my friends, and…
Self-driving cars have spent years learning the rules of the road. Now, several Waymo veterans are trying to apply those lessons to a far less predictable environment: construction sites.San Francisco-based Bedrock Robotics said Monday that excavators equipped with its autonomous AI system are now working without human operators on three…
Leopold Aschenbrenner, the Wall Street wunderkind whose hedge fund imploded in late July, placed huge bets on two AI stocks in the lead-up to the disaster.Aschenbrenner’s firm, Situational Awareness, owned a $5.7 billion stake in SanDisk and a $5.6 billion stake in Micron at the end of June, its quarterly…
EY is betting that an eight-week internship is no longer enough to prepare young workers for the age of AI.The Big Four firm is launching a new paid “Career Residency” for its assurance interns that will continue for 8 to 12 months after they complete the traditional eight-week internship. Participants…
The American software startup Dash0 is going on a shopping spree: the New York City-headquartered observability company, founded by Mirko Novakovic, is acquiring Berlin-based startup Polar Signals, the companies announced on Monday.The acquisition is strategically interesting for Dash0 for several reasons. Polar Signals specializes in what is known as continuous…
