Sources: SoftBank is seeking a bridge loan of as much as $16.5B to help fund AI investments in the US; the loan may help SoftBank lead a $40B round in OpenAI 1 month ago techmeme.com
Sources: in recent weeks, Meta executives including Mark Zuckerberg have pressed US trade officials to oppose an impending EU fine and cease-and-desist order 1 month ago techmeme.com
Current and former Google DeepMind scientists say a tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy at Google's AI arm have made it harder to publish AI research 1 month ago techmeme.com
Producing this stuff is bad enough, but d'ya really have to leave all of it on the web for anyone to find? 1 month ago theregister.co.uk
Builder.ai dropped H2 2024 revenue estimates by ~25% after some sales channels “did not come through” and says a full audit report is expected by summer 2025 1 month ago techmeme.com
PayPal's Honey extension for Chrome has lost ~4M users from its peak of 20M after a viral December 2024 YouTube video accused Honey of employing shady tactics 1 month ago techmeme.com
