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Silicon Valley has spent years obsessing over “super apps” that can do it all. AI is powering a new version of that dream.Just take Google, which last week did the most Google thing it could: it killed a product.This wasn’t your textbook Google assassination. The company announced it was axing…
OpenAI has a rogue AI agent problem.In a Tuesday blog post, the AI lab self-reported two more security lapses, unrelated to its July hacking incident on the AI company Hugging Face.The incidents occurred while external parties — the UK government’s AI Security Institute and the AI security lab Irregular —…
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AMD says it has a major advantage in the AI chip race against Nvidia: being more open.AMD has long promoted this strategy through its open-source ROCm software, used to program AI chips. Since ROCm is available as open source, it’s…
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The AI world is looking to D.C. for clarity.On Tuesday, staffers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and other tech companies convened in Washington to review the administration’s new framework for reviewing advanced AI models. Now, the rest of the industry eagerly…
Walgreens is continuing to close some locations amid its multiyear turnaround program – however the closures may be fewer than expected. The drugstore chain, acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners in August 2025, has closed about a dozen locations…
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The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force and software company Kaizen Laboratories have developed a new online marketplace built to help users find and acquire systems for defending against uncrewed aerial systems.The “Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Marketplace” is a catalog that military, federal…
One notable detail to emerge from the brewing legal battle between Apple and OpenAI isn’t about trade secrets at all — it’s about workplace culture…
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David Ellison and his billionaire father may need to get their checkbooks ready.Paramount Skydance is expected to need to pay Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders more than $1 billion in so-called ticking fees after a federal judge set the date for…
Microsoft is retiring a peer-feedback tool as it overhauls employee reviews, according to an internal message viewed by Business Insider.The tool, called Perspectives, allowed employees…
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The UK Royal Navy said on Wednesday that it’s been test-launching sea drones from a turboprop aircraft at 1,300 feet, in what it described as trials for a “first airdrop of its kind.”The trials were carried out by Kraken Technology…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said one topic was front and center at the billionaires’ summer camp in Sun Valley: AI spend.Speaking with CNBC at the annual Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference, Altman said this was the first year AI…
A successful Disney trip starts well before you touch down in Orlando.You need hotel reservations, ground transportation, park reservations and tickets, and those coveted advanced dining reservations, also known as ADRs.But the very first (and most important) decision you’ll make…
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Disney is exploring making some of its streaming content available at an unbeatable price: free.The Mouse House is discussing making some content accessible on Disney+ without a paywall, according to two people familiar with the matter.Product and tech chief Adam…
European countries are showing growing interest in the Israeli-made David’s Sling missile defense system, a senior Israeli official told Business Insider. The continent is racing to bolster its air defenses in preparation for a potential war with Russia.Roughly a dozen…
Fidji Simo, one of OpenAI’s top executives, is stepping down.Simo, the company’s CEO of applications, wrote on X on Thursday that she has decided to leave her full-time role and become a part-time advisor.Simo went on medical leave three months…
Elon Musk has kinder words for his rival — and now business partner — Anthropic.In recent weeks, the CEO of SpaceX has struck a friendlier posture toward his competitor, praising Anthropic’s team and its progress with its AI models. It’s…
Leaders:Marc Andreessen, cofounder of Andreessen HorowitzCharles I. Jones, Stanford economistAsha Sharma, CEO of Microsoft’s AI PlatformTheir Mission: Study how artificial intelligence and technological change are affecting productivity, employment, and economic growth.This is arguably the highest-profile panel. Andreessen has been one…
Uber has a new approach to using AI: “Agentic pods.”Praveen Neppalli Naga, the ride-hailing company’s tech chief, said in an X post on Tuesday that Uber embedded 30 of its “most AI-proficient engineers” with teams across the company, including finance,…
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