Experts say OpenAI’s patent pledge amounts to little more than ‘virtue signaling’
This week, OpenAI quietly published a statement on its website pledging not to use its patents offensively.
Asserting its commitment to the principles of “broad access” and “collaboration,” OpenAI said that it would only use its patents in a way that supports innovation. &
Marc Benioff warns that AI, while useful, is overhyped and partly blames Microsoft
One of the tech industry's biggest hype men, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, wants you to know that he is psyched about generative AI, but even he doesn't think it can do what its biggest proponents say it will do. And he (not surprisingly) blames Microsoft.
A month after Salesforce's eno
Google replaces executive in charge of Search and advertising
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Thursday that Prabhakar Raghavan, the executive in charge of the company’s search engine and ads products, is leaving his role. Longtime Google executive Nick Fox will replace Raghavan, who will now take on the role of chief technologist.
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Feds arrest man who allegedly participated in hack of the SEC’s X account, boosting Bitcoin’s price
Federal authorities announced Thursday the arrest of a man in Alabama, accusing him of participating in the hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account earlier this year.
Eric Council Jr. was indicted in connection with the SEC X account hack, which happened on January 9,
Beyond the hype: Why Tesla's robotaxi future faces regulatory roadblocks
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The 14 biggest take-private PE acquisitions so far this year in tech
"">The private equity realm has been pretty active so far in 2024, serving as a powerful “alternative” source of liquidity for technology startups and scale-ups in search of an exit. In August, technewss reported that EQT had picked up a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Acronis at a
ChatGPT comes to Windows
ChatGPT is now on Windows.
Today, OpenAI announced that it’s begun previewing a dedicated Windows app for ChatGPT, its AI-powered chatbot platform.
Currently only available to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu users, the app is an early version, OpenAI says, arriving
Waymo offers $3 credit for San Francisco riders going to public transit stations
For the next month, Bay Area riders of Waymo robotaxis can earn a $3 credit whenever they travel to and from certain public transit stations.
Riders will be able to take advantage of the offer through November 15, and they can use the credits earned toward future robotaxi rides from now until Dece
Apple Music's latest feature lets artists create dedicated playlists for concerts and tours
Apple Music introduced a new feature for artists on Thursday to enable them to create playlists tied to their recent concert set lists.
Dubbed “Set List,” the feature acts as a promotional tool for musicians to engage with their fans. It allows artists to turn their set list from a single sh
Google’s NotebookLM now lets you guide AI-generated audio conversations, launches business pilot
Google Thursday updated the audio summarization feature of its AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM, which recently gained significant attention for its podcast-like audio conversations based on the content users share, with the ability to guide those conversations and focus on specific
With $11.9 million in funding, Dottxt tells AI models how to answer
As we’ve reported before, enterprise CIOs are taking generative AI slow. One reason for that is AI doesn’t fit into existing software engineering workflows, because it literally doesn’t speak the same language. For instance, LLMs (aka large language models) require a lot of cajoli
Subscription management firm Zuora agrees to be acquired for $1.7B
Zuora, a company selling software to help businesses manage their subscription-based services, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms GIC and Silver Lake for $1.7 billion.
The all-cash deal is expected to close in Q1 2025, subject to approvals and customary closing conditions. It’
Hackers are extorting Globe Life with stolen customer data
Insurance giant Globe Life, which provides life and health insurance policies to millions of Americans, says it is being extorted by a hacker that has stolen customers' sensitive data.
In a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, the Texas-based conglom
Apple says support for redeeming rewards with more partners is coming to Apple Pay
On Thursday, Apple celebrated 10 years with Apple Pay and announced how the service will evolve in the future, including features like redeeming rewards and expanding installment loan options. In addition to Apple Pay’s newly added support for loan options from Affirm in the U.S., and Monzo F