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Users who have been saddled with now-cringe email handles since the mid-2000s can now change them without losing any data under a policy Google announced on Wednesday.
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo and other artificial intelligence companies hauled in $297 billion in funding in the first three months of the year.
In 1976, 14-year-old Chris Espinosa rode a moped to his job demonstrating computers made in Steve Jobs’s childhood home. The company has changed a bit since then.
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Top AI and government officials tell Axios CEO Jim VandeHei that Anthropic, OpenAI and other tech giants will soon release new models that are scary-good at hacking sophisticated systems at scale. The one to watch: Anthropic is privately warning top government officials that its not-yet-released model — currently branded "Mythos" — makes large-scale cyberattacks much more likely in 2026. The model allows agents to work on their own with wild sophistication and precision to penetrate corporate, government and municipal systems. It's a hacker's dream weapon. - Jim revealed in his new weekly newsletter for CEOs that one source briefed on the coming models says a large-scale attack could hit this year. Businesses are ripe targets.…
Tech companies are running into resistance from neighbors and may not be able to build at the pace they promised investors.
The U.S. will need a "whole new workforce" within the next two years to be competitive in the AI race, Meta President Dina Powell McCormick said Wednesday at Axios' AI+DC Summit. Why it matters: She says half a million electricians will be necessary to build the vast infrastructure needed in the U.S. alone. Driving the news: "We talk about it as the workforce of America because if you're competing on behalf of America, these are the real heroes that are building the very infrastructure that will help us win," McCormick told Axios' Mike Allen. - The recent elevation of McCormick, a prominent banking executive, reflects Meta's focus on new tech and dealmaking . Catch up quick: McCormick, a former Republican official, was tapped to join…
OpenAI plans to discontinue its popular-for-a-hot-second Sora video app , as the company says it's looking to narrow its focus and its human and computer resources. Why it matters: OpenAI is prioritizing capital, chips and enterprise products over experimental bets as it faces increased competition from Anthropic and Google. The big picture: Sora was consuming significant compute. - All the frontier AI companies are dealing with a shortage of processing power for both their research and commercial efforts. - The iOS app, API and Sora.com experience will all be shut down, though an exact timeline has yet to be announced. What they're saying: Sora's research team will continue "to focus on world simulation research to advance robotics that…
At a number of companies, employees compete on leaderboards to show how much A.I. they’re using. They’re racking up big bills along the way.
Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support.
New A.I. bots can do more than just chat. They can edit files, send emails, book trips and cause trouble.