CarGurus created a working group for AI experimentation. Employees are buying in.
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AI coding tools upend the 'buy versus build' software equation and threaten the SaaS business model
AI coding tools like Bolt and Replit are disrupting the SaaS business model by lowering barriers to building custom software.
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Synthflow AI is bringing 'conversational' voice agents to call centers. Read the pitch deck that it used to raise $20 million.
Berlin-based Synthflow is targeting customer call centers with its conversational AI voice agents, and says it already has over 1,000 clients.
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The Palace of Versailles wants you to talk to statues through OpenAI's tech. But the statues don't seem that interested in chatting.
The bot would be a useful addition at other museums, especially for tourists with short attention spans and long itineraries.
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Khan Academy CEO predicts AI in the classroom will be like 5 'amazing graduate students' assisting teachers
Founder and CEO Sal Khan believes AI agents will act like a team of grad students, helping teachers adjust lesson plans to improve student engagement.
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Anthropic cut up millions of used books to train Claude — and downloaded over 7 million pirated ones too, a judge said
Training Claude on copyrighted books it purchased was fair use, but piracy wasn't, the judge ruled.
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Check out the exclusive pitch deck defense tech startup Onebrief used to raise new cash at a $1.1 billion valuation
Onebrief raises $20 million, boosting its valuation to over $1 billion, as its AI platform streamlines military planning amid defense tech boom.
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Meta's largest AI competitors are fighting for users inside its most popular chatbot app: WhatsApp
WhatsApp has become a battleground for AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity, challenging Meta AI.
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Scale AI exposed sensitive data about clients like Meta and xAI in public Google Docs, BI finds
Scale AI's public Google Docs reveal sensitive information from clients like Meta and Google, raising concerns over data protection in AI projects.
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The cofounder of the viral AI 'cheating' startup Cluely says he only hires people for 2 jobs
Cluely, which recently landed $15 million in funding led by a16z, is betting big on influencers to drive growth, said its cofounder.
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Phoebe Gates and her cofounder say they used ChatGPT to 'reverse engineer' the art of a viral video
"You should not be starting anything from scratch. The internet exists for a reason," said Sophia Kianni, who cofounded Phia with Phoebe Gates.
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GitHub's CEO on why it's important for companies to keep hiring junior engineers
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke said early-career coders often bring fresh perspectives to the table and are more likely to have already adopted AI.
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The debate over whether AI will create or take over jobs is heating up. Here's what AI leaders are saying.
Tech leaders are divided on AI's job impact, with some concerned it'll take over jobs and spike unemployment, and others saying it'll create new jobs.
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The filmmaker behind the AI-generated Kalshi ad built an AI studio. It didn't kick off until Veo 3 launched.
The filmmaker behind the AI-generated Kalshi ad said his studio received about 400 job applications in the week following the ad's release.
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Alexandr Wang said he refused to let go of 2 tasks — no matter how big Scale AI got
Wang said he approved every hire at Scale AI and reviewed customer data before it was sent out.
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How this lawyer used AI to help him win a $1.5 million case
A civil rights lawyer says AI helped him win a case and secure more than $1.5 million in damages for his clients.
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AI is upending engineers' career trajectories, the tech chief of a $205 billion company told BI
AI has created a "pinch point" in the middle of the engineering pipeline and raised questions about how to distinguish top engineers, says Pat Casey.
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OpenAI scrubs news of Jony Ive deal amid trademark dispute
OpenAI removed news of its deal with Jony Ive's io from its website on Sunday amid a trademark suit filed by iyO, another AI hardware company.
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Elon Musk says xAI will retrain Grok: 'Far too much garbage'
Elon Musk wants to give Grok a makeover because, he said, there's too much "garbage" in it.
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Mistral AI CEO says AI's biggest threat is people getting lazy
The exec, who cofounded Mistral in 2023, said humans needed to remain actively involved in reviewing AI output to avoid "deskilling."
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This AI security tech alerts store staff if it thinks you're trying to steal something
Paris-based AI startup Veesion has developed a gesture recognition algorithm that uses behavior rather than appearances to predict shoplifting.
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Anthropic breaks down AI's process — line by line — when it decided to blackmail a fictional executive
A new Anthropic report shows exactly how in an experiment, AI arrives at an undesirable action: blackmailing a fictional executive.
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Meta's CTO says OpenAI's Sam Altman countered Meta's massive AI signing bonuses
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Meta was trying to poach employees with $100M signing bonuses. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said OpenAI was countering offers.
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Viral AI 'cheating' startup Cluely lands $15 million led by Andreessen Horowitz
Viral AI startup Cluely just nabbed $15 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Find out why a16z invested and what Cluely's next plans are.
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Accenture is giving consulting a new name as it doubles down on AI: 'reinvention services'
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said the firm is creating a new, integrated division to go all in on AI.
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The Godfather of AI says there's a key difference between OpenAI and Google when it comes to safety
The "Godfather of AI" identified a reason why OpenAI rolled out chatbots faster than Google.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold a compelling robotaxi vision. Execution is next.
Tesla promises a cheaper robotaxi solution that will be easier to scale than competitors. Accepting this vision comes with several assumptions.
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Amazon's cloud business is revamping its AI app strategy and even considered sunsetting the Q chatbot
Amazon is working on Q Business Suite, a unified platform for data analysis and work automation, according to internal documents and sources.
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'Keep AI on the leash' because it's far from perfect, says OpenAI's cofounder Andrej Karpathy
People need to "keep AI on the leash" because current large language models still make mistakes no human ever would, said Andrej Karpathy.
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Zurich group chief customer officer Conny Kalcher shares how AI can improve communication with customers
Conny Kalcher, Zurich's group chief customer officer, discusses how AI can help simplify insurance language and improve customer connections.
Salesforce president and CMO Ariel Kelman talks AI agents for marketing
Ariel Kelman, the president and CMO at Salesforce, discusses AI agents and how they can support marketing and sales teams.
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says people are underestimating AI's impact on jobs, but it won't be a 'bloodbath'
Reid Hoffman said that AI will transform not eliminate jobs, countering predictions by Anthropic's CEO that white-collar jobs will soon vanish.
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Here's everything we know about how Wall Street banks are embracing AI
See how giants like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are weaving the latest technology into the fabric of their firms.
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I'm a psychologist, and people who have anxiety over AI tell me they're losing their sense of self-worth
Psychologist Elaine Ryan advises people not to avoid the technology, but to embrace it and reclaim their self-worth.
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3 teachers tell us the changes they're making in the classroom to address students' rampant use of AI
Some teachers are banning the use of AI in the classroom, while others are using AI themselves to design assignments that are harder to cheat.
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David Sacks says overly strict US export controls may backfire because China's AI models are just 'months behind'
January's DeepSeek launch challenged assumptions that Chinese AI models were years behind the US, David Sacks said.
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Sam Altman says he was largely right in predicting how quickly AI would develop — but not how people would react
The CEO of OpenAI said he expected society to "feel more different" after ChatGPT reached its current levels of capability.
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Sam Altman says his own kids will 'never be smarter than AI'
In the first episode of the OpenAI Podcast, CEO and cofounder Sam Altman spoke about the impact of new AI technology on his son's life.
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I vibe coded a website with my daughter using AI. We're complete novices. Here's what happened.
Two coding novices created a soap business website using Bolt in about 6 hours, integrating Stripe for payments and deploying via Netlify.
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Meta's Scale AI deal has clients like Google halting projects, contractors scrambling, and one investor bailing out
Google, OpenAI, and xAI halted some Scale AI projects following Meta's investment announcement, leaving contractors scrambling.
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How AI can help HR price competitive employee compensation packages
Companies are using to AI to help pay scale open roles. The tech can help to automate HR workflows and inform salary decisions.
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Here's what CEOs are telling their employees about how to use AI — and how not to lose their jobs to it
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said AI could mean fewer white-collar jobs. This is CEOs' advice about keeping your job as the tech changes the world of work.
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LexisNexis is teaming up with Harvey. Here's why that matters for the legal tech market.
With LexisNexis data baked into its interface, Harvey has a stronger case to make to law firms.
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Even the people building AI can't keep their jobs safe from it
To put Andy Jassy's message to employees more bluntly: AI means we'll need less of you to keep things running.
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Lowe's CEO says young workers should stay away from the corporate office and close to the cash register
Lowe's CEO Marvin Ellison said careers in skilled trades and customer-facing roles could help workers remain relevant in the age of AI.
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OpenAI's former head of research said vibe coding isn't going to make engineering jobs obsolete — for now
Bob McGrew, OpenAI's former chief research officer, said prototypes made with vibe coding have to "rebuilt with professional software engineers."
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TCV cofounder Jay Hoag slams VCs' AI herd mentality: 'like 7-year-olds playing soccer'
The veteran venture capitalist likened the AI herd mentality to "7-year-olds playing soccer."
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Amazon's CEO told employees to get on board with AI. Career coaches and tech leaders agree: It's the only way forward.
Employees need to work AI into their jobs now. "It's neither doom nor utopia," said one career coach.
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Employees were already freaked out about AI — Amazon just proved them right
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy acknowledged in a Tuesday statement what many workers have been scared of: Artificial intelligence will soon mean job cuts.
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