Google is developing artificial intelligence that takes over a personâs web browser to complete tasks such as gathering research, purchasing a product or booking a flight, according to three people with direct knowledge of the product. The product, code-named Project Jarvis, is similar to one Anthropic announced this week, these people said. Google plans to preview the product, also known as a computer-using agent, as early as December alongside the... Read more âș
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This week on More or Less: A feisty debate over Vision Pro and words of concern for all VCs. Plus, the latest in tech body hacking. Hope you enjoy! Spotify YouTube Apple Read more âș
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:âą The Big Read: Perplexityâs ânewbie CEOâ hopes to dodge legal threats, Google competitionâą The Top 5: Best tools for introducing AI to kidsâą Plus: A dance with the dead; a delightful doomsday clock; and a data nerd fashionista.Six years ago, Patrick Soon-Shiong, a Los Angeles billionaire, spent a half-billion dollars on a valuable asset: the Los Angeles Times. Sure, he wasnât buying The New York... Read more âș
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Children and teens are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools for homework help and entertainment, as well as to seek out new information: In fact, a recent survey of more than 1,000 young people (and their parents) by Common Sense Media found that seven in 10 teenagers have already used generative AI tools. The survey found that just over half of teens have used chatbots like ChatGPT or Googleâs Gemini.... Read more âș
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. earlier this month stopped making chips for a China-based chip design firm founded by a Chinese crypto mogul, said two people familiar with the situation. TSMC cut the company off around the time the U.S. Commerce Department began investigating whether the Taiwanese giant had supplied chips to Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies. Huawei has been prohibited since 2020 from acquiring chips made with U.S. technology, including... Read more âș
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Agility, which makes humanoid robots for warehouses, is raising $150 million at about a $1 billion valuation in a funding round led by DCVC, Bloomberg reported. Agility was last valued at $550 million in 2022, according to PitchBook. The talks add to a string of fundraising discussions by ... Read more âș
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Weâve learned a lot lately about who CEOs like to telephone. We reported a couple of weeks ago that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella likes to make two calls a day to CEOs of other companies, including startup chiefs, to ensure he stays up to date on the latest developments in tech. And Morgan Stanleyâs former CEO and Disney chair-to-be Jim Gorman likes to call newly appointed CEOs across America to... Read more âș
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Amazonâs top grocery executive, Tony Hoggett, plans to leave the company after less than three years, Hoggett and the company said Friday. A member of Amazonâs top leadership team, Hoggett oversees Whole Foods Market, Amazon-branded grocery and convenience stores and the companyâs grocery ... Read more âș
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Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine startup that is reportedly raising a new round at a valuation of at least $8 billion, was a hot acquisition target last year, The Information reported Friday. X, Notion, and OpenAI all approached Perplexity with acquisition offers of between ... Read more âș
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The Manhattan U.S. attorneyâs office is investigating Tether, the issuer of the worldâs biggest stablecoin, over possible violations of sanctions and anti-money-laundering rules, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The criminal investigation is probing whether criminals have used Tetherâs ... Read more âș
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Microsoftâs board of directors reduced CEO Satya Nadellaâs pay package by $5.2 million after the CEO requested the move as a way of taking responsibility for recent cybersecurity breaches, the company said in a proxy filing on Friday. The cut came out of Nadellaâs cash incentive for hitting ... Read more âș
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Autonomous vehicle company Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, announced on Friday that it had raised $5.6 billion in a funding round led by its parent company. Other investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity and Silver Lake also participated in the fundraising, according to ... Read more âș
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Aravind Srinivas didnât set out to earn a reputation as one of the mediaâs biggest tech villains. It just kind of happened. Over the summer, Forbes and Wired angrily accused Srivinasâ AI search startup, Perplexity, of plagiarizing their paywalled content. In one case, Perplexity had lifted portions of a Forbes story and used it in a new product that summarizes news stories. In the other instance, a Wired reporter found... Read more âș
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Meta Platforms has reached a deal with Reuters to use its news content for Metaâs AI chatbot, a Meta spokesperson confirmed Friday. The deal, first reported by Axios, means that people in the U.S. who ask Metaâs AI chatbot questions about news and current events will receive responses that ... Read more âș
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At 6:30 a.m. on a crisp Napa morning, over 30 of Americaâs most powerful women broke into teams to extract a target balancing precariously inside a minefield. The target was an 80-pound punching bag; the mines were a mix of cones, mats, mace bars and superbands strewn throughout a field to create an obstacle course. The womenâa mix of CEOs, founders, vice presidents, managing directors and other roles typical of... Read more âș
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A curious disconnect has fractured the world of tech investing. The market for initial public offerings has stayed stagnant for the third straight year, with bankers projecting a below-average number again next year. The stock market, meanwhile, is at all-time highs, led by big tech stocks like Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Apple. âYou would think there would be more IPOs,â said Denny Fish, a San Franciscoâbased tech investor at asset... Read more âș
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has secretly been in contact with Russian President Vladimir Pusk since 2022, reported The Wall Street Journal, which cited current and former U.S., Russian and European officials. The talks ranged from the personal to the political. In one instance, Putin asked Musk to ... Read more âș
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One of the developments I didnât predict at the start of the year was the rise in support for Donald Trump among members of the tech eliteâlike Elon Musk.  Musk aside, thereâs no question that Silicon Valley elites are more politically divided than they have been for at least the last 20 years I have reported on them. The Valleyâs most famous investing duoâAndreessen Horowitzâare throwing their weight behind opposing... Read more âș
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President Joe Biden on Thursday published the first national security memorandum on how government agencies should adopt artificial intelligence, as well as how they should police the private companies developing the technology. The memo encouraged agencies such as the Department of State, ... Read more âș
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New venture capitalists are climbing a wall of skepticism when they raise new funds, particularly as they compete with established firms like General Catalyst, which just raised $8 billion. Even veterans of some of the most successful startups are finding it tough.That was the case for Chris Koh, co-founder of Korean e-commerce giant Coupang. He set out to raise a debut venture fund for his firm, HRZ Han River, in... Read more âș
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