Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets you personalize your feed

The platform’s new feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed.

Can Your Company Handle The Changing Winds Of AI?

Davos leaders urge ROI-tied AI, AI-ready data, governance, and upskilling as agentic AI rises.

How AI changes the math for startups, according to a Microsoft VP

Amanda Silver is a corporate vice president at Microsoft’s CoreAI division, where she works on tools for deploying apps and agentic systems within enterprises.

Instagram and X have an impossible deepfake detection deadline
Instagram and X have an impossible deepfake detection deadline

The best methods we currently have for detecting and labelling deepfakes online are about to get a stress test. India announced mandates on Tuesday that require social media platforms to remove illegal AI-generated materials much faster, and ensure that all synthetic content is clearly labeled. Tech companies have said for years that they wanted to […]

Elon Musk suggests spate of xAI exits have been push, not pull

At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musk’s AI company amid mounting controversy.

Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT
Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT

OpenAI officially launched its advertising pilot in ChatGPT, leaving us with a better idea of the kinds of products we might see stuffed beneath our conversations with the AI chatbot. Several companies have announced plans to show ads inside ChatGPT – placements that will reportedly cost them a pretty penny – ranging from major retailers […]

Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce 

The startup, Monaco, has come out of stealth as an AI-native all-in-one CRM plus more system backed by names like the Collison brothers and Garry Tan.

Predictive AI Thrives, Despite GenAI Stealing The Spotlight

GenAI and predictive AI battle for resources, but even as the overwhelming attention focuses on genAI, enterprises are still adopting predictive AI just as much.

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How an ‘icepocalypse’ raises more questions about Meta’s biggest data center project
How an ‘icepocalypse’ raises more questions about Meta’s biggest data center project

Donna Collins lives about 20 miles from where Meta’s biggest data center is being built, in a house her family has lived in for five generations. Construction has thrown the small agricultural community in North Louisiana into the spotlight as a high-profile example of how the infrastructure behind generative AI could impact nearby residents. For […]