Tech
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Elizabeth Holmes Says Her New ‘Life’s Work’ Is Criminal Justice Reform, Intends to Resume Biotech Career
“It’s torture to be in here,” the Theranos founder says in her first prison interview since her fraud conviction
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TikTok Tops YouTube, Facebook in Key Viewing Metric
The average American TikTok user spends 107 minutes on the app each day, 20 minutes more than its next closest competitor
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Scarlett Johansson Slams AI-Created Video of Celebrities Denouncing Kanye West: ‘We Must Call Out the Misuse of AI’
“I urge the U.S. government to make the passing of legislation limiting AI use a top priority,” the actress says
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BuzzFeed CEO Says AI ‘Destroyed the Internet,’ Plans New Social App for ‘Human Creativity Fighting Against the Machine’
Jonah Peretti says his sites will double down on human curation and that he will soon be launching a new social app
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JD Vance Says AI Will Never Replace Humans, Will Instead Make Us ‘More Free’
The Vice President insists “American AI will not be co-opted into a tool for authoritarian censorship” at the AI Action Summit in Paris
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Elon Musk Operates ‘From a Position of Insecurity,’ OpenAI’s Sam Altman Says
The man behind ChatGPT says the Grok billionaire should “compete by creating a better product”
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Elon Musk Leads $97.4 Billion Bid to Acquire OpenAI, Sam Altman Claps Back With ‘No Thanks’ Burn on X
The bid adds another layer to Musk’s ongoing feud with the OpenAI CEO, who is pushing to go for-profit
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IT Experts Sound Alarm About Elon Musk Data Access: ‘Largest Security Breach in Our Country’s History’
“I don’t think the public quite understands the level of danger,” one administrator tells The Atlantic
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Meta, Google, Amazon & Microsoft to Spend a Combined $320 Billion on AI in 2025
The tech giants’ planned spending marks a 44% surge from last year
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TikTok ‘Uncertainty’ Helps Snapchat, CEO Evan Spiegel Says
“Advertisers are very focused on contingency planning” in case TikTok is banned, the Snap boss says
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Google Removes Promise Not to Pursue AI Applications for Weapons and Surveillance
The company shared an update of its AI principles on Tuesday saying it will adhere to “widely accepted principles of international law and human rights”
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YouTube Ad Revenue Rises 13.8% to $10.5 Billion in Q4
Spending tied to the U.S. election contributed to the largest quarter in its history
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Spotify Adds Record 11 Million Premium Subscribers and Posts First Annual Profit
The music streaming giant hit 263 million paying customers in Q4 and closed 2024 with a $1.18 billion profit
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Apple’s Emergency Request to Halt Google Antitrust Remedy Trial Denied
Delaying the April trial would “only perpetuate” Google’s “unlawful” search monopoly and harm the public, Judge Amit Mehta ruled
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Trump Says Elon Musk ‘Won’t Do Anything Without Our Approval’ Amid Concerns Over His Political Influence
The president backs the tech billionaire after Hillary Clinton called him an “unelected oligarch” on Monday
