A recent report claims that Elon Musk’s decision to remove radar sensors from Tesla cars and rely on cameras for its Full Self-Driving software has resulted in a number of collisions and near-misses for drivers.
In the aftermath of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the 16th biggest bank in the country, many are left wondering what went wrong. Both current and former employees have stated that the bank’s support of remote work is a contributing factor.
In an open letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, more than 1,400 Google employees called for better management of the company’s mass layoffs. The letter calls on Pichai and his management team to remember the company’s code of conduct, which reads, “don’t be evil.”
Amazon has announced yet another round of layoffs after letting go of 18,000 workers in November. This time the e-commerce giant will lay off 9,000 employees.
Facebook is rolling out its paid verification program for its main platform and Instagram accounts across the U.S. following successful testing of the program in Australia and New Zealand.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been accused of taking more than $2 billion in “loans and payments” from the firm during his time as CEO. Democrat megadonor SBF faces allegations of committing massive fraud using his cryptocurrency exchange and trading firm.
Amazon is facing a new class-action lawsuit alleging that the company failed to disclose its use of facial recognition technology to customers of Amazon Go convenience stores in New York City.
The FBI and DOJ have reportedly launched investigations into TikTok’s parent company over allegations of spying on journalists, including Americans.
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, has recently come under pressure from the Biden administration to sell its megapopular video platform or face a ban in the U.S., according to the Wall Street Journal.
Epic Games, the company behind the megapopular video game Fortnite has been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pay $245 million to customers. The federal agency claimed Fortnite players were tricked into making in-game purchases using “dark patterns.”
A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that Facebook improperly used citizens’ personal information between 2010 and 2020. According to the court, Mark Zuckerberg and the Masters of the Universe “violated the law.”
A recent investigation by STAT News found that AI algorithms have influenced how Medicare insurers deny insurance to patients. In some cases, insurers cut off benefits for elderly patients because the AI says they should be better, ignoring what human doctors have to say about the patient’s condition.
PwC has announced a strategic partnership with AI startup Harvey for a 12-month contract to streamline the work of its 4,000 lawyers. The professional services giant claims its AI will not provide legal advice or replace lawyers.
In a bizarre incident, a man unintentionally stole another person’s Tesla Model 3 and drove off after being given access to it via the Tesla app. The accidental thief only realized his error when the other Tesla owner called him to arrange a car swap.
Microsoft’s commitment to AI ethics has been called into question after the software giant laid off a team dedicated to guiding AI innovation in a manner that respects privacy, transparency, and security. The company’s decision to ditch its AI ethics team is especially questionable given its rapid expansion of ChatGPT-powered AI in its software products.
According to a recent study by conservative think tank the Manhattan Institute, the AI language model ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, has been found to have leftist biases and to be more tolerant of “hate speech” directed at conservatives and men.
Facebook (now known as Meta) plans to lay off another 10,000 workers in a bid to improve its financial performance. This is Zuckerberg’s second wave of layoffs following November’s cut of 11,000 jobs as part of his “year of efficiency” at the internet giant.
General Motors is planning to use OpenAI’s notoriously woke ChatGPT AI technology to enable “virtual assistants” in its cars. GM Vice President Scott Miller claims that “ChatGPT is going to be in everything.”
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has resulted in finger-pointing and blame being passed around the financial tech industry. The cryptocurrency sector and the traditional tech sector are busy blaming each other over the massive failure of the tech industry’s favorite bank.
According to former employees and customers, Silicon Valley Bank had multiple problems — including systemic tech issues — long before the bank’s collapse.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and new owner of Twitter, recently stated that he is “open to the idea” of purchasing Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which U.S. regulators shut down Friday due to a run on deposits.
Garry Tan, the president and CEO of Y Combinator, recently stated that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is an “extinction-level event” for tech startups. Y Combinator has helped launch more than 4,000 tech companies including Airbnb, DoorDash, and Stripe.
Mark Zuckerberg and his team at Facebook (now known as Meta) are reportedly considering developing a text-based, decentralized social media network that could compete with Elon Musk’s Twitter. The move is a surprise for Zuckerberg given how obsessed with the metaverse concept he has become.
The co-founder of OpenAI, the company behind AI chatbot ChatGPT, recently admitted that the firm “made a mistake” by going woke and that the chatbot’s system “did not reflect the values we intended to be in there,” following accusations of political bias.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) claims that a Tesla vehicle that collided with a fire truck, killing the driver and injuring firefighters, had Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” autopilot engaged at the time of the crash.
Following an incident earlier this month in which Volkswagen refused to provide law enforcement with the location of a stolen car with a kidnapped child still inside, the automaker has agreed to make its car-tracking service free.
Tech giant Google has reportedly agreed to pay $391.5 million in a settlement with 40 state attorneys general over the company’s deceptive location tracking features. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said, “They have been crafty and deceptive. Consumers thought they had turned off their location tracking features on Google, but the company continued to secretly record their movements and use that information for advertisers.”
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Tesla after receiving complaints from drivers that the steering wheel on Tesla Model Y vehicles can come off while driving. The investigation will likely have an impact on 120,000 cars produced in 2023.
An ex-employee of ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of social media app TikTok, claims that the company misrepresents the degree of privacy protection between the data of U.S. users and that of its owner in China and employs proprietary Chinese software that might have backdoors.
Google is reportedly in a panic to implement AI into its various products in an effort to catch up with competitors such as OpenAI’s notoriously woke ChatGPT and Microsoft’s unhinged Bing AI.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has apologized for mocking a disabled Twitter employee who he accused of doing “no actual work” and said was “the worst,” when the senior employee asked if he was still employed at the company after being locked out of his work accounts and devices.
Woke software giant Salesforce recently announced the release of a ChatGPT-powered AI assistant, Einstein GPT, that it claims will help salespeople and customer service agents in their work.
Proving that Mark Zuckerberg’s ominous “year of efficiency” is more than a catchphrase, Facebook is reportedly planning more job cuts, following the 11,000 employees laid off late last year.
A Twitter employee recently took to the platform to ask Elon Musk directly if he had been fired after being locked out of his work accounts and ignored by Twitter HR. After being left in the dark by his employer, Halli Thorleifsson went through a bizarre public exit interview with the company’s new CEO.
The AI research firm behind the notoriously woke chatbot ChatGPT, OpenAI, is now offering businesses and developers subscriptions to the tool that that they can integrate woke AI into their own apps.
Tesla shares slid by six percent at the end of the week following Elon Musk’s recent investor day presentation which was largely panned by investors despite positive sentiment from analysts.
Elon Musk’s Twitter is reportedly coming under fire from Amazon for refusing to pay its $70 million bill for cloud servicess despite relying on Amazon Web Services for major parts of Twitter’s operations. Amazon is reportedly threatening to withhold advertising revenues from Musk’s platform in response.
Amazon has announced that it is putting the construction of HQ2, its second headquarters unveiled to much fanfare in 2018, on hold due to the company’s slow growth in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
As AI continues to grow in popularity, certain U.S. representatives are calling for further legislation around the technology, but knowledge about AI is weak. Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) explains, “You’d be surprised how much time I spend explaining to my colleagues that the chief dangers of AI will not come from evil robots with red lasers coming out of their eyes.”
Online counseling service BetterHelp has been accused of selling user data to Facebook and Snapchat by the FTC. The online counseling service has agreed to pay a fine to settle the charges after the FTC alleged the company sold data about its users to Mark Zuckerberg and the Masters of the Universe after telling them it wouldn’t.
