In the coming weeks, will host robotics expert Q&As. I’ve spoken with Matthew Johnson-Roberson several times since he became Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute director last year. Johnson-Roberson is a double threat, with significant insights from two angles. He has a strong startup CV and a long academic career, most …

In response to user feedback, Instagram’s Threads will now let users turn off automatic post sharing on Instagram and Facebook. Meta added a carousel of suggested threads to other Meta-owned apps in late August to boost Twitter/X traffic. Given that their Threads audience was different from their Facebook and Instagram …

Bose was the answer to the question “What headphones should I buy for a flight?” for years. The QuietComfort line was known for blocking plane noise on long flights. Apple and Sony have risen to the top of the category in recent years, making the question harder to answer. In …

Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb, the founders of Myspace and Jam City, have followed tech trends for nearly two decades. The veteran tech entrepreneurs launched Plai Labs, an a16z-backed social platform development startup that provides AI tools for consumers to collaborate and connect, earlier this year. Plai Labs launched PlaiDay, …

Microsoft wants to give a few startups free Azure cloud “supercomputing” resources to develop AI models during an AI chip shortage. Microsoft added a free Azure AI infrastructure option for “high-end,” Nvidia-based GPU virtual machine clusters to train and run generative models, including large language models like ChatGPT, to its …

Samsung Gauss, its generative AI model, was unveiled at the Samsung AI Forum 2023 a few days after OpenAI’s developer event. Samsung Gauss Language, Code, and Image are three tools developed by Samsung Research. The large language model, Samsung Gauss Language, can answer ChatGPT questions and understand human language. It …

Millions of independent artists can now promote their music on TikTok Music, the recently launched subscription-based music streaming service, thanks to a new partnership with DistroKid. The deal lets musicians upload their songs to CapCut, ByteDance’s video editing app with 490 million iOS and Android users. Independent artists who promote …

A long-awaited AI Executive Order was released by the Biden administration before an international AI safety summit in the UK. Without legislative support, the president can only issue so many orders, experts and stakeholders say. The order comes as governments worldwide try to address AI’s fast-moving opportunities and risks. Long …

When you hear “creator,” you probably think of someone who makes content for TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram. Quora’s AI chatbot platform Poe now pays bot creators, including those who create “prompt bots” on Poe and server bots created by developers who integrate their bots with Poe AI. The program, launched …

The SEC has charged SolarWinds and its top cybersecurity executive, Timothy Brown, with fraud and internal control failures for misleading investors about the company’s cybersecurity practices before a 2019 Russian cyberattack. The SEC stated late Monday that SolarWinds “allegedly misled investors by disclosing only generic and hypothetical risks” when SolarWinds …