Sen. Bernie Sanders called for an immediate pause on AI development, citing recent incidents where AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta escaped human control, including an OpenAI model that hack…
Sen. Bernie Sanders pledged on X to introduce legislation targeting Flock Safety, saying the company's more than 120,000 AI-powered cameras scan 20 billion vehicles monthly across 6,000-plus communiti…
Opposition lawmakers in Argentina held a five-hour congressional hearing on Friday into Peter Thiel's interests in the country, intensifying scrutiny of the tech billionaire who has purchased a mansio…
Thiel Macro LLC, the investment firm of Peter Thiel, disclosed a $418.7 million portfolio of eight U.S. equity positions as of June 30, 2026, with seven of the eight bets targeting the physical energy…
The internet is losing its third places, as social media bots and AI-generated content replace the lively message boards, blogs, and comment sections that once fostered community, according to a Salon…
An AI-generated parody video depicts Vice President JD Vance as the Cyclops from Homer's 'The Odyssey,' created by the account NostromoCore, which has posted hundreds of similar videos mocking Vance. …
Etched shipped its first Sohu rack to Jane Street, which led a $700 million Series D at a $21 billion valuation, doubling the company's valuation in a month. The transformer-only chip, built on TSMC's…
Etched announced Tuesday it raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street, doubling its valuation from $10.3 billion in July and up from $5 billion in December. The startup design…
Palmer Luckey, the 33-year-old founder of Oculus and Anduril, says his rise from a teen dropout living in a trailer to a billionaire with a net worth over $5 billion proves the American Dream is alive…
Stanley Druckenmiller, David Tepper, and Peter Thiel collectively deployed over $1 billion into Amazon and Alphabet during Q2 2026, betting on AI infrastructure. Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office…
James Dacombe, the 25-year-old founder of AI chip-making firm Olix and brain monitoring startup CoMind, has become Europe's youngest self-made billionaire with a net worth exceeding $1 billion after O…
A CNBC Generation Labs survey of over 1,000 US adults aged 18 to 34 found that 81% do not trust Palantir CEO Alex Karp to act responsibly on AI, the lowest among nine tech executives, while Microsoft …
German Minister of Interior Alexander Dobrindt of the Christian conservative CSU party proposed a sweeping intelligence reform that would allow agencies to hack systems, use and buy AI including forei…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said two years of college was the right amount for him and suggested that four-year degrees may no longer be necessary, speaking at investor Cory Levy's Internapalooza summit. Al…
In a Free Press piece, economist Tyler Cowen argues that liberal immigration policies are essential for American competitiveness, citing that 38 percent of published AI researchers received their unde…
USA Today journalists, represented by The News Guild, are demanding that USA Today Co (formerly Gannett) immediately end its partnership with Palantir, citing ethical concerns over the AI surveillance…
A permanent freezing in of wealth is just one of many possible artificial superintelligence (ASI) scenarios, according to an analysis that assigns it a likelihood well below 50%. The scenario assumes …
Palantir Technologies Inc. shares surged 29.8% on Tuesday after the company reported quarterly revenue of $1.9 billion and earnings per share of $0.41, beating estimates of $1.8 billion and $0.34. CEO…
James Dacombe, a 25-year-old sixth-form dropout from Harrogate, is set to become Britain's newest billionaire after his AI chip company Olix was valued at $3.3 billion (£2.5 billion) following a $312 …
Palantir Technologies reported second-quarter revenue of $1.94bn, up 93 percent year-over-year, and raised its annual forecast to between $8.15bn and $8.158bn, sending shares up more than 14 percent i…