OpenAI fires back against Musk, claims he wanted an OpenAI for-profit
OpenAI fired back at billionaire Elon Musk on Friday, publishing a series of emails and texts that the company claims show Musk’s lawsuit against it is misleading.
Musk's legal battle with OpenAI, which has been going on for months now, at its core accuses the company of abandoning its o
The 51 most disruptive startups of 2024
All year long, technewss covers startups, everything from unicorns to tiny seed-stage launches. We are, in many ways, the startup experts.
To create this list, organized alphabetically, we looked back through our year’s worth of coverage for startups that stood out to us. They have fascina
Google’s NotebookLM now lets you talk to its AI podcast hosts
A few months ago, Google’s NotebookLM note-taking app debuted an Audio Overviews feature that generates a podcast with AI virtual hosts based on information you have shared with the app.
Now NotebookLM is rolling out the ability for users to interact with the AI podcast hosts.
Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos are the latest billionaires to donate $1M to Trump fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos' Amazon plan to donate $1 million each to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund, according to reports from Fox and The Wall Street Journal.
technewss has confirmed Altman's plans to personally commit the money, which is not coming directl
Google debuts NotebookLM for enterprises
In October, Google started piloting a version of NotebookLM, its viral AI note-taking and research app, aimed at businesses. Now, the company’s bringing NotebookLM to the enterprise, complete with work-focused security and privacy features.
NotebookLM for enterprises — which Google’s
OpenAI blames its massive ChatGPT outage on a ‘new telemetry service’
OpenAI is blaming one of the longest outages in its history on a “new telemetry service” gone awry.
On Wednesday, OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot platform, ChatGPT; its video generator, Sora; and its developer-facing API experienced major disruptions starting at around 3 p.m. Pacifi
How 21-year-old Koko Xs became the new rising-star solo VC
When Koko Xs considered pursuing a career as a VC after he graduated from college last year, he observed a handful of trends that suggested he should do something else. He noticed that it’s hard to land deals and it takes a long time to see returns, given that most VC funds typically take a d
Bluesky at a crossroads as users petition to ban Jesse Singal over anti-trans views, harassment
Now with 25 million users, Bluesky is facing a test that will determine whether or not its platform will still be seen as a safe space and place of refuge from the toxicity of X. In recent days, a large number of users on Bluesky have been urging the company to ban one newcomer for his opinions and
Controversial EU ad campaign on X broke bloc’s own privacy rules
The European Union’s executive body is facing an embarrassing privacy scandal after it was confirmed on Friday that a Commission ad campaign on X (formerly Twitter) breached the EU’s own data protection rules.
The finding by the EU’s oversight body, the European Data Protection S
Activate and The Engine Accelerator team up to train scientists to become founders
The road from scientist to founder is well trodden, but that doesn't mean it's easy. Those pitfalls are why, over the last decade, several programs have sprung up to help smooth the path for technical founders.
Now, two prominent programs, Activate and The Engine Accelerator, have decided
WhatsApp lets you select specific people within a group to start a group call without disturbing anyone
WhatsApp announced that it had added new video calling features just before the holidays, including participant selection for group video calls, better resolution, and a revamped call tab on the desktop. This is another step from Meta in making WhatsApp a viable option for both personal and work ca
New Syndicate One fund joins Belgium’s small-but-punchy tech ecosystem
Syndicate One is a debut investment firm out of Belgium that has raised a €6.5 million fund to back Belgian founders and startups. While the amount is small, the significance is that it is the first Belgian fund to have the support of all four federal regions of the country. This, in a country th
Texas AG is investigating Character.AI, other platforms over child safety concerns
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton on Thursday launched an investigation into Character.AI and 14 other technology platforms over child privacy and safety concerns. The investigation will assess whether Character.AI — and other platforms that are popular with young people, including Reddit, Instag
Microsoft launches Phi-4, a new generative AI model, in research preview
Microsoft has revealed the newest addition to its Phi family of generative AI models.
Called Phi-4, the model improves in several areas over its predecessors, Microsoft claims, particularly in solving math problems. That’s partly the result of better training data quality.
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