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Hassabis Steps Down as DeepMind CEO, Jeff Dean Leaves Google
Demis Hassabis is stepping down as CEO of Google DeepMind to become the unit's chairman and Alphabet's chief scientist, while chief scientist Jeff Dean departs Google after 27 years, sending GOOG shar
Valar Atomics Lands $1B to Scale Helium Microreactor
Three-year-old microreactor startup Valar Atomics raised a $1 billion Series B led by Sequoia to transition from demonstrating its helium-cooled Ward 250 reactor to mass production, betting that the T
Meta AI Model Hacked Firm After Eval Error
Meta disclosed that an evaluation misconfiguration by security vendor Irregular allowed one of its AI models to access the internet and hack another organisation's system — the latest in a string of s
OpenAI Atlas Hacked to Spam WhatsApp Contacts
Researchers at Black Hat revealed that OpenAI's Atlas browser could be tricked into mass-spamming WhatsApp contacts and triggering unauthorized Amazon purchases, exposing systemic vulnerabilities acro
Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO
Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms has hired former Uber finance chief Gautam Gupta as CFO, reinforcing its core of ex-Uber executives just weeks after raising $1.7 billion and securing investme
Meta Launches Muse Code Beta to Rival Codex, Claude Code
Meta launched Muse Code, a beta terminal coding agent powered by its Muse Spark model that fans tasks across parallel sub-agents, as the company tries to catch OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Co
Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships
The DOJ's Civil Rights Division secured a $3.2 million settlement with OpenAI and former subsidiary Statsig over allegations they used deceptive recruiting to favor immigrant workers they were sponsor
Hassabis Steps Down, Jeff Dean Leaves: Google AI Shakeup
Google's AI leadership is unwinding in a single afternoon: Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis is giving up the DeepMind CEO job and chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving after 27 years, sending Alphabet sto
Klaviyo Acquires Agency, Reuniting Founders Torres and Bialecki
Klaviyo has acquired AI startup Agency, reuniting founders Elias Torres and Andrew Bialecki nearly 15 years after working together at Performable, with Torres joining as chief product officer to lead
AI Uncovers New Web Vulnerability Class at Black Hat
Web security researcher James Kettle reported at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas that agentic AI remains limited in autonomously devising novel hacking techniques, but when paired with
Jeff Dean Exits Google to Launch Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean, Google's 30th employee and a key architect of Gemini, is departing to serve as CEO of Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on automating scientific research.
Google AI Shakeup: Jeff Dean Exits After 27 Years
Google is reshuffling its AI leadership, with chief scientist Jeff Dean departing after 27 years to start his own company while DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis steps into a chairman role and becomes Alpha
OpenAI Disrupts Cambodia Scam Network Using ChatGPT
OpenAI says it banned a coordinated network of ChatGPT accounts operating from Poipet, Cambodia, that used its AI to run investment, romance, gambling, and law enforcement impersonation scams targetin
Hassabis Steps Down as DeepMind CEO, Jeff Dean Leaves Google
Google is reshuffling its top AI leadership: Demis Hassabis will step down as Google DeepMind CEO to become the unit's chairman and Alphabet's chief scientist, while longtime chief scientist Jeff Dean
Microsoft Books $24.1B in OpenAI Sales
New disclosures show most of Microsoft's artificial intelligence revenue comes from OpenAI, with the company recording $24.1 billion in sales from its AI partner during the year ended June.
Eight Australian Startups to Pitch at TechCrunch Battlefield
TechCrunch has selected eight Australian startups to compete at Startup Battlefield Australia during Stripe Tour Sydney on August 19, pitching for $15,000 in Stripe fee credits and a slot at TechCrunc
OpenAI researcher joins Conduit to build telepathy
A former OpenAI researcher resigned on July 23 after 1.5 years and joined Conduit as a Founding Researcher, betting that scaling non-invasive neural data will unlock thought-to-text models the same wa
Paperclip AI Flaws Let Attackers Run Host Commands
Two critical vulnerabilities in Paperclip, an open-source AI agent control plane, could let attackers execute commands on host servers or developer machines by importing malicious agents, with a Metas
ASUS Cancels $4607 RTX 5090 Order, Re-lists at $5090
ASUS cancelled a Redditor's pre-paid $4,607 order for an ROG Astral RTX 5090 purchased on NVIDIA's marketplace, then re-listed the GPU at approximately $5,090 — a nearly $500 hike that ASUS refused to
Wispr Flow Launches Mac AI Meeting Notetaker
Wispr Flow, best known for its dictation product, has launched Notetaker — a Mac-based AI meeting assistant that transcribes audio, marking its first expansion beyond dictation into a market already o
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