When OpenAI launched Astra last week — a model whose advanced abilities prompted OpenAI president Greg Brockman to call it the start of the “AGI era” — it only gave a handful of enterprise customers access to give the company time to scale its compute capacity. But now that it’s available to paying users, demand
In an industry full of identical black slabs, Nothing continues to be one of the few brands actually having fun with smartphone design. With the new Phone (4b), they are expanding their lineup to introduce a dedicated b-series, built specifically to lower the barrier of entry for younger buyers, students, or anyone who wants a
Jeff Dean, who resigned as chief scientist from Google last month, is raising again for his new AI startup, Discovery Loop, this time seeking a valuation of around $50 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. It was only a few weeks ago that Discovery Loop was raising $1 billion dollars at around a
Frank X. Shaw, Microsoft’s chief communications officer, is leaving the software giant after nearly 30 years of playing a vital role in shaping the company’s public messaging, according to a memo he sent to staff viewed by Fortune. Shaw said he’s decided it is time to move on and try new ventures, though he has
Beth Barnes, one of the AI industry’s most influential watchdogs, said in July she was struggling to hire talented researchers to monitor AI’s risks. That has begun to change. Researcher Joe Benton announced this week that he had left Anthropic for Barnes’ nonprofit METR, writing that he worries about “extinction-level risks” from the tech. The
Two days after being placed on a paid leave of absence, Matt Mullenweg says he has been reinstated as CEO of Automattic, according to a Slack message seen by TechCrunch. As 404 Media reported on Wednesday, Mullenweg had told staff in Slack that CFO Mark Davies “conspired” with the board of directors, who voted to