Chinese AI lab Moonshot’sopen model Kimi went viral this weekfor reasons that had less to do with the model itself and more to do withhow the U.S. AI industry reacted to it. Meanwhile, an unreleased OpenAI model wandered outside its test environment and ended up connected to a realsecurity breach at Hugging Face— a reminder that “China risk”isn’tthe only kind of AI risk worth worrying about.
On this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into why Kimi K3 set off a fresh round of AI panic, the industry’s response to an OpenAI staffer’s “regulatory FUD” post, andwhat that OpenAI breach means for AI security more broadly.
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- WhyEVs are getting killed off across the U.S.even as automakers roll out new models, and how RivianandFord, and a wave of new startups are betting on different EV strategies to survive
- WhatSila’s $300 million raisesays about where battery investment is headed even as EV demand cools
- Travis Kalanick’s comeback witha$1.7 billionraise for his robotics startup, Atoms, and whywe’resurprised to see Uber among its investors
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Sean O’Kane is a reporter who has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the transportation industry, including Tesla and the many startups chasing Elon Musk. Most recently, he was a reporter at Bloomberg News where he helped break stories about some of the most notorious EV SPAC flops. He previously worked at The Verge, where he also covered consumer technology, hosted many short- and long-form videos, performed product and editorial photography, and once nearly passed out in a Red Bull Air Race plane.
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