PayPal Mafia’s David Sacks on his new AI-powered work chat app rivaling Slack

semafor.com The Scene Tech entrepreneur David Sacks, known more recently for his podcast and political views, just launched a new generative AI-powered work chat app to compete with…

OpenAI’s week of chaos has reopened a festering wound at the $80 billion startup that was supposed to have healed

fortune.com Just six months ago, OpenAI was a model of unity as hundreds of employees and managers threatened to quit the startup en masse unless cofounder Sam Altman was rehired as…

Investors Gave A Teenager $85 Million To Build Hydrogen Weapons. It’s Not Going Well

forbes.com Ethan Thornton’s vision for Mach Industries wooed blue-chip investors Sequoia and Bedrock, but he has struggled to execute, hamstrung by technical challenges, safety hazards…

NY Times Reports on Personal Life of RFK Jr.’s Running Mate

mediaite.com LEFT: Nicole Shanahan (AP Photo/Eric Gay) RIGHT: Elon Musk (Sthanlee B. Mirador/Sipa USA) A New York Times deep dive into Nicole Shanahan, whom independent presidential…

Solana dev says new crypto phone ‘feels like madness’

dlnews.com At first glance, Steven Laver doesn’t seem like the guy who would be leading the most audacious project in crypto. The 43-year-old software engineer worked on the BlackBerry…

‘Silicon Valley Princess’: Inside the Life of Nicole Shanahan, R.F.K. Jr.’s Running Mate

nytimes.com When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was considering potential running mates for his presidential run, his shortlist was initially topped by two well-known men with unusual résumés:…

OpenAI's Scarlett Johansson debacle is merely a reminder of AI's manifest destiny philosophy: “This is happening, whether you like it or not”, consent be damned

theatlantic.com If you’re looking to understand the philosophy that underpins Silicon Valley’s latest gold rush, look no further than OpenAI’s Scarlett Johansson debacle. The story,…

7 Reliable Blue-Chip Stocks That Cannot Miss

investorplace.com The reliability of blue-chip stocks is a great selling point in addition to strong growth prospects in several cases If you’re on the hunt for reliable blue-chip stocks to…

Big Sunnyvale office complex is seized by lender as office woes widen

siliconvalley.com SUNNYVALE — A big office complex in Sunnyvale that could be replaced by housing has been seized by its lender, a foreclosure that suggests the Bay Area’s office market…

Press Pause on the Silicon Valley Hype Machine

nytimes.com It’s a little hard to believe that just over a year ago, a group of leading researchers asked for a six-month pause in the development of larger systems of artificial…

Behind Zuckerberg's contrarian strategy to give away Meta's artificial-intelligence technology is a bet that making Silicon Valley's hottest new offering free…

wsj.com Behind Zuckerberg’s contrarian strategy to give away Meta’s artificial-intelligence technology is a bet that making Silicon Valley’s hottest new offering free will drive…

Palmer Luckey Says It's a 'Certainty' That Future AI Will Kill Innocent People

gizmodo.com Palmer Luckey says it’s a “certainty” that artificial intelligence systems will kill innocent bystanders in wars of the future, according to a recent interview the tech…

Startups Weekly: It’s the dawning of the age of AI

techcrunch.com Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. We’ve been…

Google is reinventing itself for the AI age

aol.com Google (GOOG, GOOGL) is in the midst of a full-blown AI evolution. On Tuesday, the company announced a flurry of AI products and services during its I/O developer conference…

News publishers sound alarm on Google’s new AI-infused search, warn of ‘catastrophic’ impacts

aol.com Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. The…

Google debuts a slew of generative AI features as fight with rivals OpenAI, Microsoft, and Apple heats up

aol.com Google (GOOG, GOOGL) unveiled a slew of generative AI products at its Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday, including its Gemini Live assistant, updates for its…

Here Is What 6 Silicon Valley Giants Think About Cryptocurrency

cryptopotato.com The high-tech industry continues to make active inroads into the blockchain industry, proposing and building out new solutions that make Web3’s products better and more…