Andy Rubin, creator of Android and a former Google executive, has launched a new startup focused on humanoid robots, said a person with direct knowledge of the venture. His venture is the latest addition to the red-hot and frothy humanoid space, crowded with companies ranging from Tesla to startups such as Figure AI. Rubinâs startup, Genki Robotics, is based in Tokyo, where he is currently living, according to the person.... Read more âș
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Retired technology executive Gary Stuartâs garage is full of electric carsâa Rivian truck for himself and a Lucid Motors sedan for his wife. He was so eager to own an electric SUV from another fledgling firm, Los Angelesâbased Fisker, that he put down a $5,000 deposit for a vehicle last year. He even invested nearly $100,000 in the companyâs stock. But Stuartâs enthusiasm has faded. His Fisker SUV, delayed by... Read more âș
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OpenAIâs technology and revenue is ahead of Anthropicâs, but when it comes to practices aimed at making sure people donât use generative artificial intelligence to harm society, OpenAI seems to be playing catch-up. In a 26-page document published Monday, OpenAI discussed how it evaluates AI models for âcatastrophic risksâ before selling them to the public.The move comes three months after Anthropic published its own, 22-page document on how itâs getting... Read more âș
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Matt Garman, head of sales at Amazon Web Services, plans to reorganize his more than 60,000-person team to address problems that have pierced the worldâs biggest cloud providerâs aura of invincibility and created an opening for Microsoft and other rivals. Early next year, Garman will consolidate teams that developed conflicting sales strategies and change how AWS assigns technical staff to help customers, among other things, after some of those clients... Read more âș
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What would European bureaucrats do without an active U.S. tech industry to bother? On Monday, for instance, Adobe and Figma called off their $20 billion deal in the face of European regulatory opposition. The deal would have led âto higher prices, reduced quality or less choice for customers,â claimed European regulatory czar Margrethe Vestager in a triumphant statement. But that wasnât all. The Europeans also opened a formal investigation into... Read more âș
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On Friday, I published my long read on All-In, the podcast that half of Silicon Valley lovesâand the other half loves to hate. The hosts, entrepreneurs and tech investors Jason Calacanis, David Friedberg, Chamath Palihapitiya and David Sacks, have successfully used the show to snatch back the mic from a critical press and, arguably, to distract from a less-than-impressive couple of years in their day jobs.The four hosts used the... Read more âș
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The decision by Adobe and Figma to spike their $20 billion merger on Monday dented the imminent dream of startup riches for Figma investors and employees. But Figmaâs business is still growing quicker than that of most mature startups, potentially putting it in position for an initial public offering in 2025 or later. And the billion-dollar breakup fee from Adobe will strengthen Figmaâs already robust balance sheet. The design software... Read more âș
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As the tech industry slowed down for the holidays, thousands of artificial intelligence researchers, engineers, founders and investors revved up in New Orleans at the Conference on Neural Information Processing SystemsâNeurIPS for short.While researchers presented papers on large language models and diffusion models underlying image generators like Dall-E, attendees we spoke to said they werenât there for the research. To be featured at NeurIPS, papers had to be submitted by... Read more âș
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OpenAI has overhauled how it handles the task of rooting out disinformation and offensive content from ChatGPT and its other products, as worries about the spread of disinformation intensify ahead of next yearâs elections. In the weeks since Sam Altmanâs reinstatement as CEO, the company appears to have quietly abandoned a monthslong effort to find a new leader for its trust and safety team, whose mandate was to prevent OpenAIâs... Read more âș
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In the 1920s, more than 700 U.S. manufacturers vied in a brutal competition to sell a new productâelectric washing machines. Cheap electricity had reached urban homes, and American households snapped up the labor-saving washers, which quickly became ubiquitous. But just five U.S. washing machine manufacturers survive. Itâs the same with refrigerators and waffle irons. In the 1920s, around 60 U.S. companies made the former and 85 the latter; the two... Read more âș
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Hi, welcome to your Weekend.The winding path to this weekâs must-read cover story on the âAll-Inâ podcast began, for this editor, in August 2022. Thatâs when I first reached out to one of the showâs co-hosts, Jason Calacanis, to see if he and his fellow âbestiesâ would sit for a profile. Iâd met and interacted with Calacanis a few times before, once going on a walk-and-talk around San Franciscoâs SoMa... Read more âș
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Entrepreneurs often describe their business challenges as matters of life and death. William Wang has a different relationship with that phrase. Back in 2000, the Taiwanese-American serial entrepreneur was on board a Singapore Airlines flight from Taipei to Los Angeles that got into a catastrophic accident during take-off. âSixty thousand gallons of jet fuel exploded,â Wang recalled during a recent Zoom call from his office in Irvine, Calif. âHalf the... Read more âș
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Tyler Bell was encouraging all her clients to âtag your bag.â Every time Bell, a Saks Fifth Avenue stylist in Troy, Mich., closed a sale, she asked the buyer to show off their purchase on Instagram and tag her account, @tyler.saks. Bell posts Saks inventory multiple times a day on Instagram Stories. Her 27,000 followers will message her directly, asking her to buy a pair of shoes, a sweater or... Read more âș
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"Hodgepodge with a theme" is what I am calling this week's episode of More or Less. The hodgepodge is all the week's headlines, from the latest in AI to some eye-popping VC moments. The theme: What's the next shoe to drop? I feel it in the air. Do you? Hope you enjoy. Apple Spotify YouTube Read more âș
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Judging by two news events this week, next year will be dominated by new episodes in that long-running series, âThe Decline of the TV Industry.â First, widespread reports that Shari Redstone is in talks to sell her stake in CBS owner Paramount Global suggest the Redstone family is finally throwing in the towel. Or at least theyâre trying to, if they can find someone to catch it. And second, Nelson... Read more âș
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TikTok is doubling down on efforts to take ad dollars from TV networks and Instagram owner Meta Platforms. The hugely popular Chinese-owned video app is asking top ad-buying firms to increase their spending by between 50% and 150% next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter, in requests that ad executives say are unreasonable. And while TikTok isnât likely to get as much as it is asking for,... Read more âș
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On December 1, seven months after heâd been fired from Fox News and days before he announced the launch of his own paid streaming service, Tucker Carlson appeared on the âAll-Inâ podcast, the most talked about show in Silicon Valley. Joining Carlson for a freewheeling 93-minute-long conversation were the podcastâs co-hosts: venture investors, entrepreneurs and self-proclaimed âbestiesâ Jason Calacanis, David Friedberg, Chamath Palihapitiya and David Sacks. âThis is Sacksâ big... Read more âș
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Earlier this week, I published our latest Org Chart, documenting the people running artificial intelligence powerhouse Anthropic, one of OpenAIâs biggest rivals. In the reporting, I learned that Anthropicâs headcount has more than tripled this year to 300, from 85 at the start of the year. Itâs a staggering growth rate. But given the massive sums AI companies have raised these past few years (Anthropic has raised more than $7... Read more âș
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Earlier this month, when Boston-based venture capital firm OpenView told its limited partners it no longer planned to invest in new startups and was laying off a majority of its employees, the VC industry let out a collective gasp. âIt was so sudden, and it made you realize that all these funds are really fragile,â said Jenny Fielding, co-founder of early-stage venture firm Everywhere Ventures. âPeople see this as the... Read more âș
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Ok, Iâll call it: We are closing this chapter of the AI wars.Since January or so, tech leaders, their customers and reporters have been haggling over advancements in large language models. Weâve been consumed by models, their names and which 0.5 version of a model is better than another.  I donât think any of that is going to matter next year. My takeaway from the last few weeksâanchored by major... Read more âș
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Next yearâs artificial intelligence battle is coming into focusâand itâs all about glasses. As they release more powerful AI that can understand images and language, Meta Platforms, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and others are racing to apply the technology to smart glasses and other wearable devices with forward-facing cameras. Itâs a vision many of the companies have discussed or worked on for years, but they have a new reason to think... Read more âș
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