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Elon Musk pledges to make X open source after Grok backlash
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (377+ words) CEO Elon Musk said social media platform X will make its entire codebase open source, expanding his long-standing push for greater transparency after criticism surrounding xAI’s AI coding assistant, Grok Build. Musk announced the move in a post on X,…...
Sprout Social to cut 260 jobs as AI reshapes software industry
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (403+ words) Sprout Social is laying off about 20% of its workforce, affecting roughly 260 employees, as the social media management company restructures its business amid rapid changes across the software industry. The company began notifying affected employees on Wednesday. Chief Executive Ryan Barretto…...
Verizon to announce third round of layoffs under CEO Daniel Schulman
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (324+ words) Verizon Communications, the nation’s largest wireless carrier, is set to announce fresh layoffs on Thursday, making it the third round under the current CEO Daniel Schulman. According to a Barron’s report, layoffs are part of a cost-cutting drive under the…...
Silicon Valley technologist seeks bold creators for founder fellowship
9+ hour, 19+ min ago (407+ words) Venturing outside the conventional bounds of software, South Park Commons partner Aditya Agarwal is sounding a clarion call for a new generation of startup founders who are willing to take massive, non-consensus risks. Agarwal, an Indian American investor, says the…...
Spotify expands AI push with ChatGPT-like music assistant
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (320+ words) Spotify is taking a step further in its AI push by adding a new feature that allows Premium users to have interactive conversations with the app to choose what music or other audio they want to hear. The feature is…...
Nobel Prize winners, former Google CEO sound alarm on AI
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (254+ words) An Open letter signed by over 200 prominent economists and tech leaders including 16 Nobel laureates, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and investor Vinod Khosla issued a warning about artificial intelligence and its potential for…...
New York becomes first US state to ban new large AI data Centers
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (311+ words) New York has become the first U.S. state to impose a one-year moratorium on new large AI data centers, citing concerns over other demands. The post New York becomes first US state to ban new large AI data Centers appeared first…...
Penn State’s Soundar Kumara, named manufacturing engineering fellow
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (367+ words) Soundar Kumara, an Indian American industrial engineering professor at the Pennsylvania State University has been named to the Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME) College of Fellows. Kumara, the Allen E. and Allen M. Pearce Professor of Industrial Engineering at Penn State, was…...
The hidden costs of AI: Pricier gadgets and power bills
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (279+ words) Artificial intelligence boom is starting to hit American wallets, and the Federal Reserve is taking notice. Tech companies are pouring more than $700 billion this year into building data centers that power AI, which has led to massive price surge of…...
Navigation app Waze is getting new AI-powered features to rival Google Maps
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (343+ words) Navigation app Waze is getting an AI makeover, according to a Verge report. Google’s flagship AI assistant Gemini will be incorporated into the driving app to let users personalize their trips a bit more. Aside from the AI features, Waze…...