Despite what some experts have characterized as an environment increasingly hostile to AI R&D, North America continues to receive the bulk of AI venture dollars, according to data from investment tracker PitchBook. Between February and May of this year, VCs poured $69.7 billion into North America-based AI and machine learning startups across 1,528 deals. That’s…
A film that will portray the chaotic time at OpenAI, when co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was fired and rehired within a span of just five days, is reportedly in the works. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie is titled “Artificial,” and it’s in development at Amazon MGM Studios…
TAE Technologies raised $150 million from investors including Google, Chevron, and others…
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Anthropic has given its AI a blog. A week ago, Anthropic quietly launched Claude Explains, a new page on its website that’s generated mostly by the company’s AI model family, Claude. Populated by posts on technical topics related to various Claude use cases (e.g. “Simplify complex codebases with Claude”), the blog is intended to be…
HR tech startup Deel filed an amended complaint on Tuesday in its ongoing legal battle against its archrival Rippling that offers surprising new details about its own corporate spying allegations. Rippling sued Deel in March after a Rippling employee testified in an Irish court that he was spying on his employer for the rival in…
Elon Musk’s interview with CBS Sunday Morning seemed to get off to an awkward start, as reporter David Pogue asked the SpaceX CEO about his thoughts on his ally Donald Trump’s policies, including growing restrictions on international students. “I think we want to stick to the subject of the day…
Image Credits:Aelitta / Getty Images 4:16 AM PDT · June 2, 2025 Data-labeling startup Scale AI has hired the team behind Pesto AI, which helps companies recruit developers remotely, according to a blog post by one of Pesto’s founders. Founded in 2017 by Ayush Jaiswal and Indian food delivery platform Swiggy’s co-founder Rahul Jaimini, Pesto…
Generative AI comes in many forms. Increasingly, though, it’s marketed the same way: with human names and personas that make it feel less like code and more like a co-worker. A growing number of startups are anthropomorphizing AI to build trust fast — and soften its threat to human jobs. It’s dehumanizing, and it’s accelerating.…