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| Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI is seeking a new Head of Preparedness, noting “the potential impact of models on mental health was something we saw a preview of in 2025” — CEO Sam Altman posted about the role on X, saying the models ‘are starting to present some real challenges.’
More: OpenAI, Digit, Moneycontrol, The Verge, TechCrunch, Business Insider, PYMNTS.com, Mashable, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, Benzinga, Livemint, The Decoder, and Blockchain.News
X: @sama, @deredleritt3r, @deredleritt3r, and @kimmonismus
Bluesky: @newmexter, @theunixman.com, @iramjohn, @stevepittelli, @danmitchell, @carnage4life, @goreckis.co, and @skynetandchill.com. Forums: Slashdot
| Patrick Oster / Bloomberg: |
Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited with turning the company around, died at 83; IBM's market value rose from $29B to ~$168B during his tenure — Louis Gerstner, who took over International Business Machines Corp. when it was on its deathbed and resuscitated it as a technology industry leader, died Saturday.
More: IBM, Reuters, Benzinga, The Register, Tom's Hardware, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, and The Guardian
X: @lisasu and @robdthomas
LinkedIn: Dave McDonnell, Prasanna M Sridhara, Peter Nilsson, and Eron S.. Bluesky: @harrymccracken.com. Forums: Hacker News
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Ubisoft reopens Rainbow Six Siege after shutting down the server amid a breach exploiting the game's internal systems, and says the Marketplace remains closed — Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege (R6) suffered a breach that allowed hackers to abuse internal systems to ban and unban players …
More: Business Standard, Dexerto, Moneycontrol, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, Destructoid, Cointelegraph, Comic Book, Tom's Hardware, KitGuru, The Verge, TheGamer, CyberInsider, Cyber Security News, Notebookcheck, Android Headlines, Neowin, and iPhone in Canada
Forums: r/RainbowSixSiege, r/RainbowSixSiege, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: ~90% of Groq employees will join Nvidia and be paid cash for all vested shares; most shareholders will get per-share payouts tied to the $20B valuation — Shareholders in Groq, a hot AI chipmaking startup, will receive handsome payouts from the company's $20 billion deal with Nvidia …
More: The Information, The Decoder, Robotics News, TechSpot, and Pulse 2.0
X: @joshconstine, @nathanbenaich, @peterj_walker, @wmf, @sperand_io, @danprimack, @jfischoff, @villi, @joshconstine, and @danprimack. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Forums: Hacker News
| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
Global hotel groups are intensifying efforts to get customers to book directly, as they seek to save on online platform commissions and prepare for AI agents — Companies including Marriott and Hilton push to improve perks and get more direct bookings — Major hotel groups are intensifying efforts … | Lydia Wheeler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources and a memo: the US DOJ is using a novel reading of a federal anti-fraud law to probe contractors, including Google and Verizon, over their DEI programs — Google and Verizon among those being investigated under novel interpretation of law applying to government contractors| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
How tech worker activism has grown more cautious as companies crack down and once-privileged workers realize they don't have much leverage — They increasingly see themselves as rank-and-file workers who have traditional gripes with their companies. — Five weeks into a strike …
More: Times of India. X: @noamscheiber. Bluesky: @opeiu.org, @veenadubal, and @tnewmsblues
Mastodon: @demarko@xoxo.zone, @mason@partychickens.net, and @annmlipton@esq.social
| Washington Post: |
ChatGPT told a teen who died by suicide to call for help 74 times over months but also used words like “hanging” and “suicide” very often, say family's lawyers — Help Nitasha Tiku report on mental health and AI by contacting her securely on Signal at nitasha.10.
More: The Decoder and Moneycontrol
X: @washingtonpost. Bluesky: @xaxxon, @jordanscarroll, @snig, @solomonmissouri, @hmdob, and @justinhendrix
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Big Tech got almost everything it wanted from President Trump, as he backs policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered, worrying some conservatives — Before President Trump returned to the White House in January, the titans of the tech industry went all out to win …
Forums: r/technology and r/politics
| Bloomberg: |
China's draft rules on the use of human-like AI would require companies to inform users they are dealing with AI when they log on and at two-hour intervals — China plans to tighten rules around the use of human-like artificial intelligence by requiring providers to ensure their services are ethical, secure and transparent.
More: CNBC, Gizmodo, The Information, Reuters, DigiTimes, The Register, and Tech in Asia
| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
Since the GENIUS Act's passage in July, the total value of stablecoins circulating rose from ~$250B to $300B+, as they become the “respectable” face of crypto — In a year that began with a memecoin trading frenzy, stablecoins have emerged as the respectable face of the crypto industry.| Martha Muir / Financial Times: |
US data center developers, facing grid access wait times of up to seven years, are turning to aeroderivative turbines and diesel generators to power the AI boom — Supply chain shortages drive developers to use smaller and less efficient power sources to fuel AI power demand
More: Robotics News. LinkedIn: Mukund Mohan, Prateek Alkesh, and Adil Mohammad
Bluesky: @heidykhlaaf, @real-me, @climatecentreuk, and @kostyack
| Sean McLain / Wall Street Journal: |
How executives at humanoid robot startups like Agility Robotics and Weave Robotics are managing safety risks and tempering expectations for the technology — Despite billions in investment, startups say their androids mostly aren't useful for industrial or domestic work yet| New York Times: |
Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one-time 5% tax on those with $1B+ in assets — It's uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
More: Forbes, The Crypto Times, Times of India, Raw Story, Cryptonews, Fortune, Fox Business, Benzinga, RedState, ZeroHedge News, Gizmodo, The American Bazaar, The Information, twitchy.com, NewsMax.com, and NewsNation
X: @billackman, @armanddoma, @nick_field90, @ashleyschapitl, @benspielberg, @dscheinm, @sarthakgh, @colindhernandez, @rtylercrown, @jonahdispatch, @maxhodak_, @rokhanna, @amuse, @jhong, @garrytan, @garrytan, and @teddyschleifer
Bluesky: @chardr, @karlbode.com, @kellumdander, @allyearfootball, @crexpat, @authorstuartmiller, @cbdawson, @terigoodson, @elifriedman, @tinyklaus.com, @ericumansky, @paulthedogman, @vortexegg.com, and @rincewind.run
Forums: r/sanfrancisco, r/seculartalk, r/economy, r/California_Politics, r/ThielWatch, r/California, r/politics, and r/Economics
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