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The enterprise risk nobody is modeling: AI is replacing the very experts it needs to learn from
For AI systems to keep improving in knowledge work, they need either a reliable mechanism for autonomous self-improvement or human evaluators capable of catching errors and generating high-quality feedback. The industry has invested enormously in the first. It's giving almost no thought to what's happening to the second.I’d argue that we need to treat the human evaluation problem with just as much rigor and investment as we put into building the model capabilities themselves. New grad
The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush
The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.
Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo
AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic.
Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work
ArXiv is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI make their final case in a trial that could shape AI’s future
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their final arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence.
Elon Musk’s Frantic Criticism of Lupita Nyong’o Sparks Alec Baldwin Backlash
Elon Musk has been called out by Alec Baldwin for his racist comments on Christopher Nolan’s casting of Oscar-winning Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra in Nolan’s much-anticipated upcoming release, ‘The Odyssey.’ In his post on X, Musk agreed with conservative commentator Matt Walsh, who argued that Nolan’s casting of Nyong’o […] The post Elon Musk’s Frantic Criticism of Lupita Nyong’o Sparks Alec Baldwin Backlash appeared first on Reality Tea.
Elon Musk’s awkward selfie moment with a Chinese billionaire in Beijing
During the summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Chinese social media focused on the awkward ...
Elon Musk Blasts ‘The Odyssey’ Over Casting Lupita Nyong'o As Helen Of Troy
The Odyssey” will make its way to theaters this July, with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o starring as Helen of Troy. The film ...
The offline desk gadget that actually got me to sit up straight
Deep Care's $350 device is pricy, but it runs offline and helps you improve your posture and movement habits
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman reportedly takes charge of product strategy
OpenAI's latest shakeup comes as the company reportedly plans to combine ChatGPT and its programming product Codex.
$60B AI chip darling Cerebras almost died early on, burning $8M a month
Cerebras Systems was 2026's biggest tech IPO so far. But years ago, it burned through hundreds of millions working on a chip many believed impossible.
Users turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends support
It may be possible to jailbreak an older, end-of-support Kindle and continue adding books to it. But doing so carries risks.
Faraday Future raised $25 million for its robotics pivot. The fine print tells a different story.
Faraday Future announced on Thursday that it has raised $25 million through convertible promissory notes, bringing its total financing over the past two months to $70 million. The company says the capital is sufficient to fund Phase 1 of its robotics business plan through the end of 2026. The stock, which trades on Nasdaq under […]This story continues at The Next Web
Four OpenClaw flaws let attackers steal data, escalate privileges, and plant backdoors through the agent’s own sandbox
Cybersecurity researchers at Cyera have disclosed four vulnerabilities in OpenClaw that, when chained together, allow an attacker to steal sensitive data, escalate privileges, and establish persistent control over a compromised host. The flaws, collectively dubbed “Claw Chain,” affect OpenClaw’s OpenShell managed sandbox backend and its MCP loopback runtime. All four have been patched in OpenClaw […]This story continues at The Next Web
RJ Scaringe has raised $12 billion across three startups, and investors are still queueing up
RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12.3 billion across three startups, and the pace is accelerating. The Rivian founder and CEO, who holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from MIT, is now simultaneously running an electric vehicle manufacturer, an autonomous micromobility company, and an industrial AI robotics startup, each attracting capital at a speed that […]This story continues at The Next Web
Most CEOs think their boards are rushing AI, and BCG’s survey shows why
Sixty-one per cent of chief executives say their boards are pushing AI transformation too fast, according to a global survey of 625 leaders published by Boston Consulting Group. The research, titled Split Decisions, polled 351 CEOs and 274 board members at companies with at least $100 million in annual revenue and found a consistent pattern: […]This story continues at The Next Web
Stripe’s John Collison says agentic commerce will completely transform online shopping
John Collison thinks keyword search is a “ridiculous” way to find things to buy. The Stripe co-founder told Bloomberg that agentic commerce, in which AI agents shop on behalf of consumers, will completely transform the online shopping experience, reshaping not just how people purchase but how retailers sell. The argument is structural. For more than […]This story continues at The Next Web
The most-cited computer scientist alive says AI could make humanity extinct within a decade
Yoshua Bengio, the Turing Award-winning computer scientist widely regarded as one of the godfathers of artificial intelligence, has renewed his warning that hyperintelligent machines could pose an existential threat to humanity within the next decade. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal originally published in October 2025 and republished by Fortune this week, Bengio argued that AI […]This story continues at The Next Web
Salesforce expects to spend $300 million on Anthropic tokens this year, and Benioff wants coding inside Slack next
Marc Benioff expects Salesforce to spend $300 million on Anthropic tokens this year, almost entirely on coding. The Salesforce CEO made the projection on the All-In podcast published on Friday, calling AI coding agents “awesome” and Anthropic “awesome” in the same breath, before adding that the spending would make everything at Salesforce cheaper to build. […]This story continues at The Next Web
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle school addiction lawsuit, leaving Meta to face trial alone
Snap, Google’s YouTube, and ByteDance’s TikTok have reached settlements in the first lawsuit brought by a public school district over claims that social media addiction has disrupted learning and forced schools to spend heavily on combating a youth mental health crisis. The settlements, filed on Friday in federal court in Oakland, California, leave Meta Platforms […]This story continues at The Next Web