Vertical microdrama streaming startup Vurt has launched dedicated Apple TV and Android TV apps, offering 3,500 episodes across more than 100 shows as it bets that short-form vertical content will find a second home on wide-screen televisions.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI a five-year exemption allowing self-driving trucks to replace roadside warning triangles with cab-mounted beacons, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for autonomous freight commercialization.
Third-party AI evaluators like METR and Apollo Research are taking on growing responsibility for model safety oversight as Anthropic and OpenAI embed independent auditors and the federal government opts against formal regulation.
Apple disclosed to the European Commission that it has agreed to hire members of the Huxe AI team and license the personalized podcast startup's intellectual property, in a reverse acqui-hire deal filed on June 9.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called Saturday for advanced AI systems to include an "emergency brake," containment protocols, and independent controls, joining a growing chorus of tech leaders warning that safety frameworks have not kept pace with frontier development.
A cluster of films portraying Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Elizabeth Holmes is hitting theaters this fall, arriving as polls show 73% of Americans are concerned about AI's threat to human survival.
AI is used by nearly 90% of legal professionals in the U.K. and Ireland, and it is straining the billable-hour model that underpins most law firms, while also reshaping how junior lawyers learn their craft.
SpaceX's agreement to acquire a nationwide spectrum portfolio from Grain Management sent Verizon down 8.75%, T-Mobile down 13.27%, and AT&T down 9.81% on Friday, as investors priced in the long-term threat of Starlink entering the U.S. mobile market.
Blockchain.com has applied for two CFTC licenses to operate as a futures exchange and derivatives broker in the U.S., seeking to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives as it also prepares for a potential IPO targeting a $4 billion to $6 billion valuation.
Amazon confirmed it cut fewer than 1,000 white-collar workers from its Stores unit on Wednesday, even as the company ran its Prime Big Deal Days promotional event. The reductions follow a larger round of 30,000 job cuts that began last year.
Vertical microdrama streaming startup Vurt has launched dedicated Apple TV and Android TV apps, offering 3,500 episodes across more than 100 shows as it bets that short-form vertical content will find a second home on wide-screen televisions.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI a five-year exemption allowing self-driving trucks to replace roadside warning triangles with cab-mounted beacons, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for autonomous freight commercialization.
Third-party AI evaluators like METR and Apollo Research are taking on growing responsibility for model safety oversight as Anthropic and OpenAI embed independent auditors and the federal government opts against formal regulation.
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