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A group of Oscar winners set out to make the definitive AI documentary
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (802+ words) The idea to make the "definitive" documentary about artificial intelligence was, admittedly, ambitious. But the timeline was downright absurd. The filmmaking teams behind "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and "Navalny" started talking about a collaboration on the Oscars circuit, thinking…...
Meta lays off hundreds of workers amid huge AI spending
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (301+ words) Meta, led by CEO Mark'Zuckerberg, is laying off hundreds of employees as it pushes more spending into artificial intelligence. Meta is laying off hundreds of workers, according to a person familiar with the company's plans, adding another'wave of layoffs in…...
Are Bay Area AI leaders putting us at risk? ‘The AI Doc’ raises unsettling questions
1+ day, 1+ min ago (657+ words) The most jolt-you-upright-in-your-chair moment in "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist" is when technology ethicist Tristan Harris reports some very disturbing inside information. "I know people who work on AI risk who don't expect their children to…...
Layoffs in the Bay Area tech world hold a hard lesson for everyone
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (789+ words) Meta corporate headquarters in Menlo Park is shown in 2022. Meta is among the major Bay Area tech companies that have announced layoffs this year. Times are tough in the Bay Area tech job market. Since the start of 2026, Meta, Autodesk,…...
University of California faces ‘the biggest question of our lifetime,’ executive says
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (586+ words) University of California's chief investment officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher said this week that the school system, including the University of California at Berkeley, faces "probably the biggest question of our lifetime." The University of California's chief investment officer'Jagdeep Singh Bachher…...
One of S.F.’s biggest tech conferences saw attendance plunge 30% this year
1+ week, 2+ day ago (482+ words) GDC Festival of'Gaming's expo floor at'Moscone Center in'2026. The conference saw a'30% decline in'visitors from the prior year. GDC Festival of Gaming, one of San Francisco's biggest conferences, saw a 30% drop in attendance last week amid widespread tech layoffs and…...
AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it
3+ week, 6+ day ago (19+ words) AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it'San Francisco Chronicle...