Jack Dorsey’s Block, the financial tech company that runs Square and the Cash app, is cutting its workforce by “nearly half” and axing more than 4,000 jobs. The company will shrink from more than 10,000 people to less than 6,000, Dorsey says in a post on X. And the reason why? AI. “We’re not making […]
Microsoft is previewing a new AI system, Copilot Tasks, that it says is designed to take care of busywork for you in the background, the company announced on Thursday. The feature takes the load off your device using its own cloud-based computer and browser, allowing it to handle a variety of jobs ranging from scheduling […]
Less than 24 hours before the deadline in an ultimatum issued by the Pentagon, Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense’s demands for unrestricted access to its AI. It’s the culmination of a dramatic exchange of public statements, social media posts, and behind-the-scenes negotiations, coming down to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s desire to renegotiate all […]
Google is making Nano Banana 2 a default model in Gemini app and in AI mode.
Bumble and other popular dating apps, like Match Group’s Tinder and Hinge, have all embraced AI-powered features.
Read AI is launching Ada, which can reply with your availability and extract answers from the company knowledge base and the web.
Mistral AI lands a partnership with Accenture, the consultant that has also recently announced partnerships with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.
The company’s modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers.
Mark Zuckerberg was at Prada’s fashion week event in Milan, leaving everyone to wonder if we’re getting Meta AI glasses under the Prada brand.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems.
Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes.
For the modern AI developer productivity is often tied to a physical location. You likely have a ‘Big Rig’ at home or the office—a workstation humming with NVIDIA RTX cards—and a ‘Travel Rig,’ a sleek laptop that’s perfect for coffee shops but struggles to run even a quantized Llama-3 variant. Until now, bridging that gap […]
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In the current AI landscape, we’ve become accustomed to the ‘ephemeral agent’—a brilliant but forgetful assistant that restarts its cognitive clock with every new chat session. While LLMs have become master coders, they lack the persistent state required to function as true teammates. Nous Research team released Hermes Agent, an open-source autonomous system designed to […]
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A number of consultants have left big firms to create their own software companies to automate common and repetitive work
Established contractors have struggled to innovate and expand quickly to meet demand since Ukraine war
Midterm election contests poised to become battlegrounds over nascent technology
Investors attracted by high yields as companies look to shift debt off their balance sheets
Coalition, including BBC, Sky News and FT, wants to establish shared standards and licensing frameworks for access
Shortcut used by Chinese groups lets smaller models learn from bigger, more powerful systems
How technology changes the world of work is not just a technical question — and never has been
The pace at which developments in the technology are occurring is unlike anything we’ve seen before
Crunchbase News recently spoke with GV partner Elena Sakach to find out more about her investment thesis, her thoughts on what defines winning fintech and AI companies, how AI is affecting traditional software businesses, and how she determines what truly is a large opportunity.
It’s time for HR leaders to own and embrace their importance, Maribel Diz, Senior Vice-President of People at Visa, tells UNLEASH in an exclusive interview ahead of her appearance at UNLEASH America 2026. What decisions are Diz and Visa making to drive up HR’s status at the payments tech giant?
Learn about Mark Cuban’s approach to inpatient care and how he aims to improve transparency and outcomes in healthcare.
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As 2026 unfolds, Josh Bersin explores where the use of AI in HR will go this year, and how the high-performing CHRO can keep one step ahead.
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The Fed’s latest AI speech isn’t just for economists. For HR leaders, it’s a framework for the workforce planning decisions ahead.
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Company culture isn’t merely isn’t a perk or a poster on a wall. It can be the pillar of a business that is growing in major ways.
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Something is driving CEOs out the door at record rates, and it’s changing who gets the job next.
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For years, Industry 4.0 transformation has centered on the convergence of intelligent technologies like AI, cloud, the internet of things, robotics, and digital twins. Industry 5.0 marks a pivotal shift from integrating emerging technologies to orchestrating them at scale. With Industry 5.0, the purpose of this interconnected web of technologies is more nuanced: to augment…
OpenAI and Figma launch a new Codex integration that connects code and design, enabling teams to move between implementation and the Figma canvas to iterate and ship faster.
More people are turning to AI to explore their BDSM fantasies, but some in the community feel it’s a cop-out.
The San Francisco-based AI lab is growing its research team in London. The move puts it in direct competition with Google DeepMind for top research talent in the UK.
Google is folding Alphabet’s AI robotics “moonshot,” Intrinsic, into the company after five years as an independent unit. The move marks a strategic shift as Google doubles down on physical AI and pulls experimental projects closer to its core business. Intrinsic “graduated” into an independent company inside Alphabet’s Other Bets division in 2021, a portfolio […]
Burger King is launching an AI chatbot that will live in the headsets used by employees. The voice-enabled chatbot, called “Patty,” is part of an overarching BK Assistant platform that will not only assist employees with meal preparation but also evaluate their interactions with customers for “friendliness.” Thibault Roux, Burger King’s chief digital officer, tells […]
In January, Anthropic “retired” Claude 3 Opus, which at one time was the company’s most powerful AI model. Today, it’s back – and writing on Substack. The newsletter, called Claude’s Corner, will give Opus 3 space to publish its “musings, insights, or creative works,” Anthropic said in a blog post. The model will post weekly […]
