Chris Fall, director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), has resigned, the agency confirmed to several media outlets. He was appointed just three months ago after the last appointee, Collin Burns, left in less than a week, The Washington Post reported at the time. Burns was reportedly “ousted” from the job in
Databricks announced a new funding round Thursday that values the company at $188 billion. The round was led by Coatue. Databricks did not reveal exactly how much it raised; He said the money is not yet in his hands and the round will close later this summer. (Other outlets have since reported the increase to
VC Jeremy Levine has a tongue-in-cheek solution to something that routinely bothers him, according to a new Wall Street Journal article on the rise of AI transcription applications. On Zoom, it is no longer “Jeremy Levine” but “Jeremy Levine, I do not consent to transcribe or record.” It may sound mean or brilliant, depending on
Ryan Beiermeister has joined Founders Fund as a partner, he announced Monday. Beiermeister is well known in Silicon Valley for several reasons. For one thing, prior to this role, she spent about two years as VP of Product Policy at OpenAI, which became a household name shortly after ChatGPT became the fastest-growing app in history.
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, launched its first in-house AI model Wednesday morning, called Inkling. And unlike flagship models from OpenAI, Anthropic or Google, it is open weight, meaning third-party developers and companies can download and modify it directly. Inkling is a mixed expert system with 975
Microsoft appears to be preparing its sales team to be more competitive with the other major players in the artificial intelligence industry. In an internal meeting on Tuesday, company executives outlined a plan for vendors to negatively compare artificial intelligence products from companies like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to their own, according to a new
