Altman said that Musk's focus on controlling the initial for-profit gave him pause because OpenAI was dedicated to keeping advanced AI out of the hands of a single person, and Altman, with his experience running the prominent startup accelerator Y Combinator, knew "founders who had control usually did not give it up."
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Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares
"Any sale or transfer of Anthropic stock, or any interest in Anthropic stock, offered by these firms is void and will not be recognized on our books and records," the company's support page reads.
#5
Potholes cost cities millions: This company is using AI and trucks to fix them
Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.
#7
Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets
Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.
#8
The AI legal services industry is heating up — Anthropic is getting in on the action
Anthropic's new tools are designed to help law firms automate specific clerical functions — things like document search and review, case law resources, deposition prep, document drafting, and other related areas.
#9
Google adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups
The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help.
#12
Google’s ‘Create My Widget’ feature will let you vibe-code your own widgets
To create a widget, users will be able to describe what they want using natural language. For example, you could ask the feature to "suggest three high-protein meal prep recipes every week" in order to get a custom dashboard that you can add and resize on your home screen.
#13
Google brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android
Intrusion Logging is a new part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which aims to help protect human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents from government spyware attack and law enforcement forensic devices.
Community Bank, which operates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, disclosed a cybersecurity incident that exposed customers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.
#17
Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok
The feature is designed to help people get real-time context about trends and breaking stories, as well as receive recommendations, all within conversations.
#18
Exaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen
As bad actors weaponize AI to exploit software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, companies are increasingly recognizing the need to bolster their cybersecurity defenses. The round valued the three-year-old startup at $725 million.
#19
Waymo issues recall to deal with a flooding problem
The maker of the Canvas school software said it "reached an agreement" with the hackers, but provided no guarantees that the hackers would not release the data or keep their word.
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