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Wife of accused spy inside powerful California tech giant fled the US — as suspect’s link to royal family revealed
Ex-OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan was in regular contact with a member of the Saudi royal family — and got help from Saudi Arabia as he allegedly hatched a scheme to record high-level meetings, feds say.
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Early Apple computer with Wozniak signature and unique letter from Jobs sells for eye-watering sum
Apple co-founder Wozniak’s signature is on the motherboard, which still fully operates.
Over 40% of Americans have felt duped by AI ads before, new survey suggests
More than half said they do not trust products advertised with AI to match their descriptions.
Internet brutally mocks Saudi OpenAI ‘spy’ over startled-looking surveillance photo
Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, was caught on camera peering behind a television in an executive conference room at OpenAI’s San Francisco offices.
Apple users furious after iPhone Duo order delayed until 2027 amid preorder scramble
It’s been post-Phoned!
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Tesla’s new Roadster makes a flying debut, hitting 60 MPH in under a second
Tesla unveiled its redesigned $200,000 Roadster on Thursday after years of delays, featuring technology built in collaboration with SpaceX.
OpenAI’s blunt warning to employees about preserving company secrets: If you’re getting hit on, it’s probably a spy
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Dario Amodei’s Anthropic is seeking to convince investors that its breakneck revenue growth can eventually outrun the enormous costs of building and running AI systems.
Quantum computing presents threat to all cryptocurrencies, digital assets and passwords: ‘Industry is scrambling’
“The question is what do we do about it,” said one big crypto investor.
OpenAI claims ex-employee brought confidential docs about ‘unreleased device’ to Apple
The ChatGPT maker said the alleged theft by the ex-employee was discovered during a “recent and ongoing forensic investigation” related to the lawsuit.
Tech bro branded ‘huge piece of s–t’ for game that lets you kill ‘homeless people’ — but some fans love it
“San Francisco couldn’t fix the Tenderloin. So I monetized it,” the developer bragged online.
OpenAI sued by 8 states alleging ChatGPT coached children to harm themselves, others
The lawsuits are seeking an order forcing OpenAI to make changes to how ChatGPT works for children. The states are also seeking an order forcing the company to give up profits it has generated from young users.
Wedding planning giant The Knot Worldwide acquires rival site Zola
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Samsung’s first smart glasses designs leaked — and the tech specs make its competitors look like toys
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California tech giant plots massive layoffs as industry sheds 14,000 jobs
Airtable is the latest Bay Area tech firm to lay off a ‘large’ number of employees as the key industry notches more than 14,000 job losses this year.
AI pioneer blasts extinction fears, accuses tech firms of using ‘made-up safety arguments’ to ‘stifle competition’
Google Mind co-founder Andrew Ng is dismissing fears that AI could wipe out humanity.
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