A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologizes for saying National Guard troops needed in San Francisco
Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, appears to be walking back his controversial comments calling for the National Guard to patrol San Francisco.
WhatssApp changes its terms to bar general purpose chatbots from its platform
WhatsApp is banning general purpose chatbots from using its Business API
Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates
The White House’s David Sacks and OpenAI’s Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety.
Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down
The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans X account. According to X’s policies, the platform prohibits “deceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.” Harmful content includes media that could “mislead people” or “cause significant confusion on public issues.”
Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land
If you’re wondering why AI companies are pursuing this path, they’ll tell you it’s not just about electricity – it’s about beating China.
Flight Crew Bring Youth Voice to National Summit on Youth Development
[[{“value”:” When three members of STEM Next’s Flight Crew took the stage in Washington, D.C. this week in front of a national audience of education leaders, they embodied their core message: the future of youth development must start with youth. Hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), the Future of Youth Development: Vision to Action Summit…
Trump DOE decides to keep at least one Biden-era energy program
The loan guarantee will backstop $1.6 billion for AEP, one of the nation’s largest utilities, as it seeks to modernize a portion of its transmissions lines.
Should AI do everything? OpenAI thinks so
Silicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it’s becoming clearer who the industry thinks should shape AI development. On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff discuss how the line between innovation and responsibility […]
Facebook’s AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone
Facebook is rolling out a new Meta AI photo suggestion feature across the U.S. and Canada that lets its AI recommend edits to images stored on users’ camera rolls—even if they haven’t been shared. The feature is currently opt in only.