Meta is formally ending what amounted to a tokenmaxxing incentive program for employees. In an internal announcement this week, the social media giant told workers…
Author: Paresh Dave
AI Slop Is Ruining Cute Animals on the Internet
AI-generated videos and pictures are destroying one of the largest and most enduring sources of joy and compassion on the internet: animals. Whether the imagery…
OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again
It’s officially getting hard to keep track of all the times and ways AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have been involved in “security incidents,”…
How One Startup Built a (Mostly) China-Free Robot
Last week, US regulators banned a wide variety of Chinese-made robots from being imported to the United States because of concerns about national security. Saurabh…
Silicon Valley’s Next IPO Billionaires Are Coming. Nonprofits Are Ready for Them
A decade ago, Ryan Carrier was a failed hedge fund manager watching as AI systems began to spin out of control. Facebook’s algorithms shook US…
3 Amazon Workers Say They’re Under Investigation for Speaking Out About Data Centers
Earlier this month, five current Amazon employees publicly urged Seattle City Council to regulate data centers. It was an unprecedented act of advocacy by tech…