Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms
For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people…
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names
Odyssey, founded in 2023, now offers a handful of world models for a variety…
Mastodon looks to newsletters to help revive the open social web
Mastodon, the open, decentralized alternative to Big Tech apps like X and Threads, is…
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
In fact, although a whole lot of Americans increasingly use AI in their daily…
Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tracking
Stanford graduates Jenny Duan and Abhinav Agarwal want to solve two hard problems: create…
Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker
The Google Home Speaker is changing that, as you'll be able to speak using…
PayPal Ventures shutters as company restructuring continues
Five sources told Fortune that the corporate venture arm, which was founded in 2016,…
The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span
"I want to be very clear… I don't feel smug about this. It's embarrassing…
Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it
Two weeks ago, OpenAI said it would relaunch the robotics program it shuttered in…
Pramaana Labs raises $27M seed round from Khosla Ventures to bring formal verification to AI
For each use case, Pramaana will build its own LEAN-style formal verification system, overseen…
SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants
But Jackson said there's a looming shortage of compatible turbines. Many projects today are…
Canadian pension giant joins race to fund India’s AI-fueled data center boom
As global investors race to fund the infrastructure underpinning the artificial-intelligence boom, Canada Pension…
DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation
At conferences, speakers are often delivering their keynote or panel discussions in languages that…
Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
Uber plans to launch a premium robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027, making it…
Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’
Rather than turning itself into a source of product recommendations that other AI services…
Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests
Mythos had not been on the market for that long, having been released to…
