Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, is celebrating his 73rd birthday by giving his fortune away. The entrepreneur is the latest signee of the Giving Pledge, a campaign urging the ultra-wealthy to donate the majority of their net worth to charity. Ringing in his birthday earlier this month caused Newmark and his wife Eileen to…
Hinge wants users to skip the small talk. Instead of opening with a generic “Hey,” the dating app today (Dec. 8) launched an A.I. feature designed to help users start more interesting conversations. Known as Convo Starters, the new tool pulls from a match’s profile to suggest personalized opening lines. A photo of someone playing…
Meta is acquiring Limitless, the maker of a wearable A.I. pendant that records, transcribes and provides feedback on conversations. The deal comes as Meta, which has been spending heavily on A.I. in recent months, expands further into the wearables market. “We’re no longer working on a weird fringe idea. We’re building a future that now…
Earned media has never been more valuable for generating brand awareness. Much like the rise of search engines in the mid-2000s, generative A.I. is fundamentally changing how people discover information. As with search engine optimization (SEO), generative engine optimization (GEO) calls for a shift in brands’ visibility strategies, and in today’s no-click search environment, earned…
Last week, The Information reported that Meta is in talks to buy billions of dollars’ worth of Google’s A.I. chips starting in 2027. The report sent Nvidia’s stock sliding as investors worried the company’s decade-long dominance in A.I. computing hardware now faces a serious challenger. Google officially launched its Ironwood TPU in early November. A…
Dario Amodei, head of Anthropic, is concerned that some A.I. firms may be playing fast and loose with the staggering sums they’re spending on data centers and compute power. “I think there are some players who are ‘YOLO’ -ing, who pull the risk dial too far,” said the CEO during The New York Times’ Dealbook…
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, is standing by his firm’s work with U.S. government agencies, its stance on surveillance and its ambitious outlook. The software company’s confidence has so far been backed up by rapid growth, noted the outspoken executive during the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit today (Dec. 3). “The critique I get on…
Jay Clayton, the former chair of the SEC from 2017 to 2020, known for his tough stance on cryptocurrencies and protecting retail investors, has a few thoughts on prediction markets—a space that is growing dangerously fast and increasingly blurring the line between investing and gambling. “In any new thing—and I don’t want to get ahead…
While electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to rise globally, the broader auto market is cooling. Economic uncertainty and rising interest rates discourage consumers from making purchases, particularly for those on the fence about committing to a significant investment like a new car. As a result, subscription and flexible ownership models are emerging as an effective…
A.I. is helping holiday shoppers empty their wallets at an unprecedented pace. U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online this Black Friday, according to Adobe Analytics, and are expected to shell out another $14.2 billion on Cyber Monday. Driving this shopping frenzy is a growing reliance on A.I. systems to recommend gifts, track prices…
