AI pioneer Rich Sutton said on Sequoia's podcast that using synthetic data to train large language models is 'a big mistake,' arguing that manufactured data cannot capture the complexity of the real w…
Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum said companies with large datasets can cut AI costs by 70% to 80% by using open-weight models instead of big proprietary AI models, citing his company's patient data as a …
Former NFL player Jason Kelce stars in a new ad for his beer brand Garage Beer and canned water brand Liquid Death that mocks AI data centers' water use, urging viewers to 'send your pee to the AI dat…
Handshake AI is offering up to $30,000 for work documents that applicants own, paying $6 per accepted page for up to 50 documents. The AI training firm seeks written documents from professionals in co…
Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison, has hired two more former Google executives, Nick Lee and Suzanne Pellican, as part of its push to become a tech powerhouse. Lee, previously corporate vice pr…
Google Trends interest for "AI watermark remover" in the US is up 60% week-on-week after Anthropic introduced an imperceptible watermark on text produced by certain Claude models to meet EU AI Act com…
Altana, a software company that helps brands like Wayfair map global supply chains, was barred by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce from doing business in China on August 5, 2026, following US import b…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced an executive order on Tuesday in Harrisburg that removes data centers from fast-track permitting and gives local communities an effective veto over data center…
Berkshire Hathaway owned about 106 million Alphabet shares worth nearly $38 billion at the end of June, making it the company's third-largest stock holding, and Warren Buffett, who stepped down as CEO…
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens on Tuesday, automatically placing users aged 13-17 into a safer experience with age-appropriate safeguards and responsible homework reminders. A Business Insider test…
Google won a bidding war, paying $10 million for Spirit Airlines' internal data, including 500 million Teams messages, according to a bankruptcy court filing dated August 14. The data, which excludes …
Harvey, the $11 billion legal-software company, introduced Harvey Tenet, its first in-house proprietary model for legal work, on Tuesday. The model, trained on a version of Moonshot's open-source Kimi…
Walmart Inc., the largest US private-sector employer, is asking its in-store workers to help build and correct its AI tools, a strategy that brings two major challenges: maintaining employee buy-in an…
Unitree, a Chinese robotics firm set to go public at a $9 billion valuation on Wednesday, unveiled a new 'Superman' humanoid robot on Monday that it says can reach a top speed of 12.66 meters per seco…
Walmart's rollout of AI agents to its 1.6 million US store workers has created a new responsibility: correcting AI errors and training the software, as employees report that AI-generated task assignme…
Happy Health, a startup founded by Dustin Freckleton after he suffered a stroke at 24, emerged from stealth on Tuesday with $75 million in funding from ARCH Venture Partners and OpenLoop to build an A…
Ruiyu Li, a 26-year-old AI researcher at Meta in Menlo Park, earns over $250,000 annually and credits publishing research and hands-on internships for landing her job. Li, who holds a master's in mach…
Anthropic's decision to embed invisible watermarks in text generated by its Claude models starting August 2 has sparked debate among users and experts. Supporters argue the marks enhance transparency,…
Users report that OpenAI's ChatGPT has been swearing more frequently since the company switched free users to the GPT-5.6 Luna model earlier this month, with examples including the chatbot using the f…
Uber President and COO Andrew Macdonald said on the '20VC' podcast that he is 'tempted to say' Uber will have fewer employees in five years due to AI, but he won't emphatically state it because early …