Author: Sabnam Hossain
DOGE’s HR email is getting the ‘Bee Movie’ spam treatment
Elon Musk polled his followers on X, the platform he purchased for $44 billion, over the weekend to find out if federal workers should be obliged to give his team an email listing the five tasks they completed this week. Musk followed through after more than 70% of the votes were in favor. The U.S.…
Anthropic reportedly ups its next funding round to $3.5B
The Wall Street Journal reports that Anthropic, the company that creates the AI chatbot Claude, is wrapping up a $3.5 billion fundraising round that values the business at $61.5 billion. According to the WSJ, investors have now agreed to a larger tranche, despite Anthropic’s stated goal of raising $2 billion. The negotiations are underway for…
Google’s AI summaries of search results have harmed Chegg’s traffic and revenue, according to the edtech company’s lawsuit against the internet behemoth
Chegg alleges that Google engaged in unfair competition, including reciprocal dealing, monopoly maintenance, and unjust enrichment, in the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. According to Chegg, Google unfairly uses its dominant power in search to profit from third-party intellectual property by requiring businesses to submit their…
Web Summit attendees which are aren’t buying Scale AI CEO’ who push America ‘to win the AI war’
As seen by Wang’s attendance on Sunday during the first night of Web Summit Qatar, the statement generated a range of responses. Felix Salmon of Axios, Wang’s interviewer, asked the audience how many people shared that viewpoint, and he only counted two hands. Salmon reported that an “overwhelming” number of hands went up when he…
US AI Safety Institute Could Meet Big Cuts
This week, Axios reported that layoffs aimed at probationary employees—who are usually in their first year or two on the job—would “gut” the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both of which are a component of NIST. Additionally, according to Bloomberg, some of those workers had previously received verbal warnings that they…
Grok 3 appears to have briefly edited the unflattering words of Trump and Musk
In a live video last Monday, billionaire Elon Musk unveiled Grok 3, the newest flagship model from his AI startup xAI, calling it a “maximally truth-seeking AI.” However, it seems that Grok 3 was momentarily suppressing negative information about Musk and President Donald Trump. People wondered, “Who is the biggest misinformation spreader?” on social media…
The mental health chatbot aims to fill the counseling gap at understaffed schools
A firm called Sonar Mental Health has created a “wellbeing companion” named Sonny to assist school systems that are having difficulty supporting their students’ mental health. Sonny is a chatbot that uses both AI and human employees, according to the Wall Street Journal. The AI provides a response when students text Sonny with their queries,…
Hyundai’s very new Tesla charging port comes up short
As I maneuvered the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 into the final location of a Palm Springs Tesla Supercharging station, I thought, “Lucky me.” The juice wasn’t really necessary for the EV. It was time to see how successfully Hyundai would integrate with the Tesla Supercharging network, however, since this updated small all-electric SUV has a…
Check out ten fascinating facts about singer Alexis Wilkins, the girlfriend of FBI chief Kash Patel who attended the swearing-in.
One intriguing individual seen at Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing was Alexis Wilkins. Everyone’s attention was drawn to the woman demonstrating her support for Kash Patel with other well-known individuals. The girlfriend of country music musician Kash Patel, Alexis Wilkins, was spotted with Patel’s family. US President Donald Trump has named Indian-American attorney Kash Patel the…
Hadi Matar, the assailant of Salman Rushdie, receives a 32-year prison term: “Go through a few pages” of Satanic verses
On February 21, a jury convicted Hadi Matar of trying to assassinate Salman Rushdie. Additionally, he stormed a stage and repeatedly used a knife to strike the author of “Satanic Verses.” Three years ago, British author Salman Rushdie, who was born in India, made headlines when he was attacked by Hadi Matar, a Lebanese American.…