Tag: In Brief
Palantir CEO Alex Karp is ‘not going to apologize’ for military work
Data analytics company Palantir has faced criticism and even protests over its work with the military, police, and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement,...
A hellish new AI threat: ‘Undressing’ sites targeted by SF authorities
While the ethics of AI-generated porn are still under debate, using the technology to create nonconsensual sexual imagery of people is, I think...
Jeff Bezos’ brother’s firm has launched a debut $100M VC fund called HIPstr
HighPost Capital, a private equity firm run by Mark Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ younger brother, and PE veteran David Moross, has launched a new...
Geekbench releases AI benchmarking app
Benchmarking stalwarts Primate Labs on Thursday released Geekbench AI 1.0. The app, which is currently available for Android, Linux, MacOS and Windows, applies...
Palo Alto Networks CEO apologizes for happy hour display featuring women with lampshades on their heads
Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is getting a lot of grief for a recent trade show event in which two women posed with...
Databricks reportedly paid $2 billion in Tabular acquisition
Analytics and AI giant Databricks reportedly paid nearly $2 billion when it acquired Tabular in June, a startup that was only doing $1...