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. Rubin’s startup, Genki Robotics, is based in Tokyo, where he is currently living, according to the person.... Read more ›
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OpenAI’s boardroom drama was barely resolved on Thanksgiving Eve last week when forums and news sites exploded in speculation at the implications of a scientific breakthrough that the company was reported to have made. A Reuters report suggested this discovery could “threaten humanity,” although our article was a tad more circumspect (you can read it here).The bottom line is that the breakthrough enabled senior OpenAI researchers to build a model... Read more ›
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YouTube, Instagram and other apps have spent years trying to compete against the TikTok juggernaut by offering short videos resembling the 15-second clips that made TikTok famous. Now TikTok is stepping up a push to get its creators to make longer videos like the ones found on other apps. In late October, TikTok invited dozens of creators to its New York office for a private event aimed at mobilizing them... Read more ›
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For automakers, 2023 began with chronic shortages and soaring prices of key metals used in batteries. Electric vehicles were in short supply and consumers seemed prepared to buy any EV they could get their hands on almost regardless of the price.The year could hardly be ending more differently: The world is unexpectedly awash in battery-grade lithium and nickel, pushing down their prices 76% and 44%, respectively, year to date. Carmakers—worried... Read more ›
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In the final week of October, over 3,000 crypto believers descended into woods on the outskirts of Amsterdam, arriving by shuttle bus to a gritty campus emblazoned in purple neon lights. Gaggles of hoodie-clad developers wandered the halls of industrial warehouses packed with lavish lounges, ball pits and barista stands where attendees could only buy coffee with crypto wallet–enabled wristbands. The annual Breakpoint conference organized by the Solana Foundation, overseer... Read more ›
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Hi, welcome to your Weekend.For the reporters and editors at The Information, the Thanksgiving holiday couldn’t have come at a better time: We needed to sleep! The same is undoubtedly true for the staff at OpenAI, who watched their CEO and president get whacked; an interim CEO promoted and then demoted; another interim CEO hired and met with “f— you” emojis on Slack; and a board of directors whittled from... Read more ›
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If we learned anything over Thanksgiving, it’s how much of an opportunity there is for Disney chief Bob Iger to turn ESPN into a streaming hub for all sports. If you tried to catch the three NFL games on Thanksgiving Day without the benefit of cable TV (or an online version of cable, like YouTube TV), you would have discovered—as my household did—that it’s not possible. While two of Thursday’s... Read more ›
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With all of the turmoil afoot this week in Silicon Valley, you may have lost sight of what really matters: its Black Friday, folks! As in past years, The Information’s highly discerning staffers have been busy testing out gear that we know for certain will satisfy holiday recipients. From the technologically assisted (a golf tracker that records every shot) to the blissfully analog (VC–backed sweaters, anyone?), we’re bringing you the... Read more ›
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Welcome back!What a week for tech news, and what a week for The Information’s Org Charts! The OpenAI and Binance shake-ups prompted major reorganizations at the biggest companies in artificial intelligence and crypto, respectively, all of which we’ve reflected in the companies’ Org Charts. At OpenAI, Sam Altman is back as CEO after the board fired him last week. In the four days he was gone, OpenAI had two interim... Read more ›
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In March, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—the powerful federal banking regulator—tapped Prashant Kumar Bhardwaj as the first person to lead its mission to police fintech firms and the banks that power them. On the surface, Bhardwaj seemed to be well qualified to be the OCC’s new deputy comptroller and chief financial technology officer. He had held a series of senior roles at big banks and consulting firms... Read more ›
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One day before he was fired by OpenAI’s board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company had made that allowed it to “push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward.” The cryptic remarks at the APEC CEO Summit went largely unnoticed as the company descended into turmoil. But some OpenAI employees believe Altman’s comments referred to an innovation by the company’s... Read more ›
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The OpenAI soap opera’s first season is over. And just in time for all involved—even reporters—to take a break for Thanksgiving. Their moods may vary. While many people, including executives, employees and investors in OpenAI, are surely thrilled the boardroom drama got resolved with Sam Altman’s reinstatement as CEO, doubtless a few aren’t so happy. Those would include Altman’s critics at OpenAI as well as the startup’s rivals, who you... Read more ›
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The upcoming few days will be a test of TikTok’s recent, aggressive effort to expand into e-commerce. Recently I've gotten a taste of TikTok shopping. In a few words: it's seductive, as long as the discounts last.Overnight last month I realized the app had sneakily wedged a new TikTok Shop tab between my For You and Following page, and, after accidentally swiping left, I was suddenly scrolling through a deeply... Read more ›
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In a crash pod filmed hours before The Information broke Sam Altman would be returning to OpenAI, the More or Less gang got to the root of why the last five days of chaos around OpenAI is like nothing we've seen before in business. For those of you looking for the broader significance—and where the industry goes next—this pod is for you. And a very Happy Thanksgiving—especially to the entire... Read more ›
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In the turmoil around the firing and rehiring of former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, many people have looked to OpenAI’s complex governance structure, which marries its original nonprofit mission with a rapidly growing for-profit company now generating revenue at a pace exceeding $1 billion a year. OpenAI’s structure is indeed complex: It is a nonprofit that owns a holding company that owns the majority of a for-profit company but controls... Read more ›
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An OpenAI employee share sale that values the firm at $86 billion is back on track following Sam Altman’s reinstatement as CEO late Tuesday night, a person familiar with the matter said. The deal, in which a group of investors led by Thrive Capital will buy up to $1 billion of stock—and conceivably more—held by employees or other investors, is expected to close next month. A range of investors was... Read more ›
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Late Thursday afternoon, on what would become the eve of his firing from OpenAI, Sam Altman joined rivals from Google and Meta Platforms on stage at the APEC CEO Summit in San Francisco to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. In an uncanny foreshadowing of the drama to come, the event’s moderator was Laurene Powell Jobs, whose late husband, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, was once defenestrated by his own board,... Read more ›
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Just when it felt like crypto could coast into Thanksgiving with OpenAI drama dominating headlines, U.S. officials barged in with a settlement in long-running investigations into Binance.The deal is on one hand a seismic shift for the world’s biggest crypto exchange. (You can view our updated Binance org chart here.) Its founder Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to violating U.S. anti-money laundering laws in a Seattle courtroom on Tuesday and agreed... Read more ›
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Silicon Valley executives and investors rushed to Sam Altman’s corner over the weekend after news of his ouster from OpenAI. Among them was Brian Chesky, the well-known co-founder and CEO of travel behemoth Airbnb, who has spent the past five days as a behind-the-scenes adviser to Altman. At one point he even acted like a media spokesperson by tweeting, and then deleting, a post saying that Altman and his OpenAI... Read more ›
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This morning, OpenAI employees, investors, customers (and exhausted tech reporters) woke up to the long-awaited news: Sam Altman’s back. The embattled CEO may have had to compromise on a few items to land his old gig back: His new board still includes Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, who was part of the old board that fired him in the first place, and Altman agreed to an internal investigation into the alleged... Read more ›
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Down rounds, lackluster initial public offerings and growth slowdowns aside, an unlikely new star appeared in the startup world last week. Canva—an Australian design startup that has kept a relatively low profile despite a $25 billion–plus valuation—was the central focus of Goldman Sachs’ wooing at its annual private investor conference in Las Vegas, where top venture capitalists and mutual funds hatched deals with startups. Bankers fawned over a Canva co-founder... Read more ›
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