OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google(theverge.com)

979 points by rcchen 1 year ago | 628 comments

The Verge reports OpenAI's planned acquisition of AI coding startup Windsurf fell through, with Windsurf's CEO and key researchers joining Google.

Threads is adding Fediverse content to social feeds(theverge.com)

34 points by thm 1 year ago | 35 comments

US Government announces $200M Grok contract a week after 'MechaHitler'(theverge.com)

7 points by virgildotcodes 1 year ago | 6 comments

OpenAI is building a social network?(theverge.com)

288 points by noleary 1 year ago | 351 comments

Jony Ive's next product is driven by the 'unintended consequences' of the iPhone(theverge.com)

7 points by emot 1 year ago | 2 comments

Lawmakers are skeptical of Zuckerberg's commitment to free speech(theverge.com)

33 points by speckx 1 year ago | 39 comments

AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers(reuters.com)

25 points by samizdis 13 days ago | 38 comments

Reuters article on an Anthropic warning that AI models may soon be able to self-replicate without access to data centers; page shows a device verification screen.

Meta is killing off its AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles(theguardian.com)

340 points by n1b0m 1 year ago | 485 comments

Guardian article reporting that Meta is removing its AI-generated Instagram and Facebook profiles after backlash, including over a persona called 'proud Black queer momma'.

Facebook is cooked(pilk.website)

1416 points by npilk 8 months ago | 777 comments

A personal blog post arguing that Facebook is now dominated by AI-generated slop content and has been abandoned by younger users.

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt(futurism.com)

628 points by technewssss 3 months ago | 317 comments

Futurism article reporting that AI companies are using off-balance-sheet arrangements to hide large amounts of debt.

Facebook has not been doing enough to comply with a 2020 privacy order: FTC(arstechnica.com)

464 points by isaacfrond 3 years ago | 265 comments

Ars Technica article on the FTC alleging Facebook violated its 2020 privacy order and proposing a ban on Meta monetizing data from minors.

LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool(twitter.com)

382 points by lopkeny12ko 2 years ago | 209 comments

A post on X by Rachel Tobac saying LinkedIn is using users' content to train its AI tools; the post content did not load.