“As the app's launch approached, employees protested "forcefully," even resorting to yelling and screaming, because it was clear the app wasn't ready to launch.” holy f
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SambaNova challenges Nvidia’s AI dominance with new competition
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In her article for @BusinessInsider
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Alteryx Joins EU AI Pact as Charter Member for Responsible AI
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Alteryx is joining the European Union’s AI Pact as a charter member. This partnership underscores our commitment to safe, responsible AI and aligns with our core values of transparency, human oversight, and risk mitigation. https://
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Meta Leads Open Models While OpenAI Pursues Closed Approach
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Who could have predicted years ago that OpenAI builds closed models and Meta, of all companies, releases industry-leading open models.
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EU Compliance Becomes Selling Point for Open Source AI
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i was NOT expecting Available in the E.U. to become a selling point for open source AI releases
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FTC Enforces Laws on AI Without Special Exemptions
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“The FTC’s enforcement actions make clear that there is no AI exemption from the laws on the books.” – FTC Chair Lina M. Khan
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Finnish MixedReality Startup Distance Technologies Raises €10M Seed
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Exclusive: Distance Technologies, a Finnish tech startup that wants to bring mixed reality to cars and planes, just raised €10m in seed funding from GV, Alphabet's venture arm, and others.
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OpenAI executives depart amid restructuring and equity changes
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OpenAI’s CTO & two other execs are leaving while the company is restructuring into a for-profit that could give Altman $10.5B in equity. What do all these changes mean? Really, they signify to the public what has long been happening within the company.
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Meta LLM Lawsuit Reaches Summary Judgment on Fair Use
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The LLM lawsuit against Meta will reach 'summary judgement' on the Fair Use question soon. When the CEO says something like this at such an important phase, it's not a coincidence. This is the outcome that Meta has been lobbying, litigating, pressuring for — with all its power.
