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Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic

Former UK prime minister told post-ministerial jobs watchdog roles would not involve lobbying or UK policy influence Rishi Sunak has been appointed as a senior adviser by the US technology companies M...

Oct 9, 2025

Motion Picture Association Says OpenAI Must Prevent Copyright Infringment on Sora 2

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has called on OpenAI to address what it describes as widespread copyright infringement stemming from the company’s new video generation model, Sora 2. [Read More]...

Oct 9, 2025

Soul Street Ventures Announces First Portfolio Exit with Acquisition of Sirvatus by Carta

Milestone Deal Underscores Soul Street’s Mission to Back Purpose-Driven Founders and Deliver Meaningful Outcomes for its Portfolio Milestone Deal Underscores Soul Street’s Mission to Back Purpose-Driv...

Oct 9, 2025

From “AI work slop” to zero‑person startups: Sam Altman lays out his vision for AGI’s future

OpenAI CEO recently discussed AI development and advances, including scientific breakthroughs, AI work slop, and life after AGI....

Oct 9, 2025

Discord says 70,000 photo IDs compromised in customer service breach

No word on why the outsourced supplier was storing this data in the first place Communication platform provider Discord has admitted that around 70,000 users had their government IDs stolen as part of...

Oct 9, 2025

Figure 03 might be the home robot that changes everything – if it ever goes on sale

Figure AI unveils Figure 03, its most advanced humanoid robot yet, and it's showing it off in action at home....

Oct 9, 2025

How CIOs Can Overcome Enterprise AI Disappointment

Also in the Forbes CIO newsletter: AI strategy becomes a big topic for business, OpenAI enters multibillion dollar deal with AMD, women are missing from AI company boards....

Oct 9, 2025

OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap calls the AI giant the 'world's most active Slack user'

Brad Lightcap said that OpenAI was "the world's most active users of Slack internally." OpenAI recently launched a workplace suite....

Oct 9, 2025

Figure AI New Bot Target 100,000 Units in 4 Years for $1.2 Billion/Year in Revenue

Figure AI has revealed a new humanoid bot, the figure-03. They are targeting a total of 100,000 built within 4 years (by the end of 2029). They anticipate making $1000 per month or $12,000 per year. T...

Oct 9, 2025

Discord Says Hackers Stole 70,000 ID Photos, Dismisses Extortion Claims

70,000 Discord users had government ID photos and private data exposed via a third-party vendor breach. See Discord's full response and critical security steps to protect your identity....

Oct 9, 2025

Stripe exec says she’s hiring new grads more than ever but she’s ‘sweating’ about the Gen Z talent pipeline—and warns the era of skills is at risk

Stripe’s head of data and AI is worried that Gen Z graduates won’t get jobs as the tech continues to take over skills—and warned of having no talent pipeline in 10 years....

Oct 9, 2025

Stripe opens its new Dublin headquarters

Financial technology company Stripe has opened a new Dublin headquarters, tripling its office space to 14,500 square metres....

Oct 9, 2025

This New Report Shows Why NASA’s Dependence on Companies Like SpaceX Isn’t Always Such a Great Idea

The space agency doesn't seem to save any money by outsourcing its missions to private companies, according to the analysis....

Oct 9, 2025

Gainwize Launches Ripple Maps Platform to Help Retail Investors Discover Hidden Winners Behind Major Tech Trends

Ripple Maps, Gainwize’s proprietary visualization technology, uncovers hidden supply chain winners while other investors chase headlines Ripple Maps, Gainwize’s proprietary visualization technology, u...

Oct 9, 2025

Forget fake streams: fake Fortnite bots are an issue for Epic Games

We’ve been covering the music industry’s efforts to tackle streaming fraud, particularly the kind that involves getting an army of bots to play tracks. It turns out there may be an equivalent tactic i...

Oct 9, 2025

SparkerDesign Elevates Ola Friend AI Earbuds for ByteDance

SparkerDesign, a motion and branding studio with offices in Shanghai and Singapore, makes their Stash debut with this fashion-forward product film for ByteDance's Ola Friend AI-powered earbuds. [Watch...

Oct 9, 2025

Carta Acquires Private Credit Loan Administrator Sirvatus

Private capital software platform Carta has acquired Sirvatus, a private credit fund loan administration platform. The company says this deal, announced Thursday (Oct. 9), makes Carta “the first truly...

Oct 9, 2025

How This Warehouse Verifies the Authenticity of Various Products

A secret warehouse in New Jersey is holding a treasure-trove of products including sneakers, gaming equipment, toys and even super-rare Labubus that are all available on the resale site StockX. Report...

Oct 9, 2025

AMD Stock To $450?

On Monday, AMD made headlines by landing a major deal with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, to supply tens of thousands of its GPU chips for 6 gigawatts of computing capacity over the next five years....

Oct 9, 2025

AMD, Marvell, Intel: Which Is The Next Multi-Trillion Chip Stock

AMD made news by entering into a significant agreement with OpenAI to provide tens of thousands of its GPU chips for 6 GW of computing power over the forthcoming years....

Oct 9, 2025

Discord says only 70,000 government ID photos exposed in third-party service breach, denies 2.1 million figure — says it won't pay $3.5 million ransom and has cut communications with hackers, who are threatening to go public

Discord has hit back at claims its recent breach via a third-party service revealed government ID photos of over two million users. Instead, it claims only 70,000 were affected, but it's been clear th...

Oct 9, 2025

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman says the US's 'patchwork' policies are setting back AI

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman says China's centralized policy has fueled its advantage in standing up "vast amounts of power."...

Oct 9, 2025

NYC Sues Meta, Google, Snapchat And TikTok Over Alleged Child Addiction To Social Media

New York City has filed a lawsuit against a host of companies including Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) and TikTok parent ByteDance (OTC:BDNNY), for allegedly contributing to a mental...

Oct 9, 2025

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

Discord has identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had their government ID photos exposed as part of a customer service data breach announced last week, spokesperson Nu Wexler tells The V...

Oct 9, 2025

The Trade Desk Is Now Selling Onsite Retail Media Ads, Pitting It Against Criteo

A new deal with Koddi and Gopuff brings sponsored product ad inventory into the demand-side platform....

Oct 9, 2025

AI co Anthropic to set up its 2nd Asia office in Bengaluru

India Business News: Bengaluru: Anthropic, the AI firm behind the coding assistant Claude, said it will open an office in Bengaluru early next year, expanding its global f....

Oct 9, 2025

CAA Issues Rebuke Of OpenAI/Sora’s Hollywood Infiltration & Its Potential To Rip Off Artist Clients

As AI creators continue to press Hollywood to embrace its disruptive technological charms, top talent agency has gone on the record with a fairly stern rebuke of OpenAI and its potential to lift conte...

Oct 9, 2025

Don’t get too excited about AI’s downfall

It’s been a big couple weeks for OpenAI. The most valuable startup in the world recently announced that ChatGPT will become more like an operating system, released its first social networking app, and...

Oct 8, 2025

Nvidia CEO Invests in xAI and is Surprised by AMD/OpenAI Pact

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says his company is investing in Elon Musk’s xAI. The executive confirmed the chipmaker’s participation in xAI’s latest funding round in an interview with CNBC Wednesday (Oct. ...

Oct 8, 2025

Nvidia is turning GPUs into capital, but questions exist around sustainability — AI companies are financing hardware like debt, as bank warns of 'sharp market correction'

As demand for GPUs outpaces supply, AI companies are financing hardware through debt, leasing, and vendor-backed equity. Elon Musk’s xAI and OpenAI are at the center of billion-dollar deals that blur ...

Oct 8, 2025

XAI to Raise $20 Billion After Nvidia and Others Boost Round

(Bloomberg/Carmen Arroyo and Ed Ludlow) — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned, tapping backers including Nvidia Corp. to lift its ongoing f...

Oct 8, 2025

US stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq rally as Nvidia’s xAI deal lifts AI stocks; here’s top stocks to watch amid Fed minutes and Powell speech

US stock market jumps today. Investors are cautious but optimistic. Dow Jones rose 3% while the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%, and the Nasdaq led with a 0.7% increase. Small caps on the Russell 2000 also advan...

Oct 8, 2025