Figure’s Brett Adcock sold investors a humanoid future. Now he has to build it.
Figure’s robots are still in pilots. Its valuation hit $39B. Brett Adcock’s partners keep correcting his claims
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This former OpenAI exec is trying to cure chronic diseases, including her own
Sufferers of complex, chronic diseases like POTS and long COVID often spend years searching for relief. The longtime tech exec started ChronicleBio to find treatments using AI and lots of biological data.
Anthropic will let Australia stress test dangerous new models
The AI giant told a parliamentary enquiry that it is finalising an arrangement for Australian safety researchers to evaluate its latest and greatest (and most threatening) models.
Evan Spiegel’s ill-fated $3 billion plan to put Snapchat on your face
The former tech wunderkind has poured billions into his quest to make technologically superior AR glasses and best nemesis Zuckerberg’s Meta.
ChatGPT’s traffic roars back after year of stagnation
ChatGPT’s web traffic is at its highest level since last year, even as security fears plague OpenAI and rival companies alike.
Inside the mega-deals behind Europe’s AI billionaire boom
A spate of AI fundraising deals has made way for a new wave of young European billionaires. Meet the sweet 16 whose fortunes got big boosts of late.
A business guide to AI’s worst month: Resignations, a hoax, and a Medicare breach
The people building frontier AI are asking for more time, the US President says the risk is a hoax, and an OpenAI agent just walked into Medicare. Here’s the whole picture in one place. For anyone being pushed to accelerate AI adoption, the last few weeks have been confusing. The people who build the technology […]
Google and Amazon are the reason for Anthropic’s eye-watering $42 billion loss
Anthropic’s soaring valuation means that its prospectus shows blow out losses, thanks to how the tech giants’ investments in the AI firm were structured.
Australia’s youngest billionaire Ed Craven places his next big venture bet
Maincode, the AI lab building Australia’s first sovereign LLM, is spinning up a venture capital arm its hopes will turn leaders in finance, healthcare and entertainment into disruptors.
White House releases ‘Accord’ between billionaire AI execs: Here’s what it says
The agreement between tech billionaires is “morally binding,” Trump said.