UFC Freedom 250 Will Set New Record For Fighter Bonuses

UFC Freedom 250 at the White House pays $400K for Fight of the Night and $425K for Performance of the Night, the largest bonuses in UFC history.

Andrew Yang says the next startup wave isn’t building AI. It’s lowering the cost of living.
Andrew Yang says the next startup wave isn’t building AI. It’s lowering the cost of living.

Andrew Yang thinks the biggest startup opportunity of the next decade is not building AI. It is lowering the cost of living for the people AI is about to displace. In a TechCrunch interview, the former presidential candidate and UBI advocate laid out a…

DOJ clears Paramount’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery without conditions
DOJ clears Paramount’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery without conditions

The US Justice Department has cleared Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery without requiring any changes to the deal. The agency said the merger “is not likely to harm competition or American consumers” after an eight-mo…

AI Makers Are Striving Mightily Toward AI-Builds-AI, Which Will Greatly Impact AI For Mental Health

Anthropic and other AI makers are pursuing the use of AI to advance AI. It’s dicey. Even more so when it comes to AI for mental health. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order

“The government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said in a blog post.

Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon

“I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore,” one employee posted in a forum open to the entire staff.

AI Is Coming for Jobs. The Question Is Whether Governments Are Paying Attention. 

Entrepreneur Marco Riedesser has spent his career building automation systems, which is precisely why his views on AI and jobs stand out. In a conversation that moves from coding and robotics to universal income and purpose, he argues that the real cha…

Today’s Wordle #1820 Hints And Answer For Saturday, June 13

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Wordle? Here are some expert hints, clues and commentary to help you solve today’s Wordle and sharpen your guessing game.

NYT ‘Pips’ Hints, Answers And Walkthrough For Saturday, June 13

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Pips? We’ll walk you through today’s puzzle and help you match dominoes to tiles.

‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess

Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta’s chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED.