Pronto.ai CEO Anthony Levandowski said the move is meant to help bolster his company’s ranks with like-minded talent and complimentary technology.
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Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines
As publishers fret about decreased traffic from Google, the search giant has begun rolling out AI summaries in Discover, the main news feed inside Googleβs search app on iOS and Android. Now, instead of seeing a headline from a major publication, users will see multiple news publishersβ logos in the top-left corner, followed by an [β¦]
The rights to Fyre Festival sold on eBay for 245K
Billy McFarland, the convicted criminal behind Fyre Festival, sold the rights to the infamous brand on eBay.
Lucid Motors will roll out hands-free highway driving this month
Lucid Motors joins the likes of Ford, General Motors, and Tesla in offering an advanced driver assistance system that allows for hands-free driving.
Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed servers of Russian drone maker
A coalition of Ukrainian hackers breached and wiped systems belonging to Gaskar Group, a Moscow-based drone maker.
Research leaders urge tech industry to monitor AIβs βthoughtsβ
Research leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind are urging tech companies and research groups to monitor AI’s “thoughts.”
Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model
French startup Mistral has jumped into the audio race with Voxtral, its first open model, aiming to challenge the dominance of walled-off corporate systems with open-weight alternatives.Β
Reddit rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with new rules
Reddit users in the UK will have to upload their ID or a selfie to access potentially harmful content.
Rivian taps Google to bring custom maps into its EVs and app
Rivian vehicles will soon replace its Mapbox-based maps with Google Maps. The integration will still see a lot of Rivian DNA in the new mapping system, though.
DOGE staffer with access to Americansβ personal data leaked private xAI API key
The researcher who found the exposed key said it βraises questionsβ about how DOGE handles sensitive data.