I’m a VC who bets on AI. What keeps me up at night isn’t the idea of these companies failing—quite the opposite
I’m going to be honest about something most VCs won’t say out loud: what keeps me up at night isn’t that the AI companies I back will fail. It’s that AI as a technology will succeed so much that it makes the business models of the companies I back completely irrelevant. We are living through a genuine step change in the industry. The advent of AI-assisted application development, known colloquially as “vibe coding,” has meant applications that once took ye...
Hong Kong-listed CaoCao hails fleet-first strategy as China’s robotaxi race gathers pace
Chinese ride-hailing company CaoCao, backed by Geely, is betting on a heavy-asset strategy to emerge as a leading robotaxi operator, with plans to deploy 100,000 autonomous vehicles by 2030 as competition intensifies and self-driving technology matures. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, CEO Gong Xin said the future of robotaxis hinged on an asset-management model built around a closed-loop “trinity” of vehicle manufacturing, autonomous driving technology and fleet...
Apple at 50: Three products that changed how we live - and three that really didn't
Apple at 50: Three products that changed how we live - and three that really didn't20 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLaura CressTechnology reporterGettyFew companies have managed to define how people use technology in their everyday lives as resoundingly as Apple.The company, which celebrated its 50th birthday this week, was started by two Steves in a San Franciscan garage. It has had some truly standout successes - and some notable flops. These days, nearly one out of every...
Two more arrested for arson attack at Czech drone technology company
NewsWorldEuropeTwo more arrested for arson attack at Czech drone technology companyCzech authorities have previously announced five detentions, including those of an Egyptian and a U.S. citizenJason Hovet Saturday 04 April 2026 21:09 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,...
Global Helium Shortage Threatens Tech Sectors
Qatar shutting down the world's largest liquefied natural gas facility has disrupted the global helium supply, threatening medical applications, semiconductor manufacturing, and national defense technology. Pulsar Helium President Cliff Cain joins Christina Ruffini and Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg This Weekend to explain the downstream effects the prolonged conflict in the Middle East is having on the industry. (Source: Bloomberg)
كل ما تريد معرفته عن استحواذ OpenAI على منصة TBPN للذكاء الاصطناعي
في خطوة غير متوقعة، أعلنت شركة OpenAI، عن استحواذها على شبكة Technology Business Programming Network (TBPN)، الشركة التي تبث برنامجًا يوميًا طويلًا لمناقشة أحدث التطورات في عالم التكنولوجيا. تأتي هذه الصفقة بعد أكثر من عشرة أشهر على استثمار OpenAI الضخم البالغ 6.4 مليار دولار في شركة الأجهزة الناشئة الخاصة بالمصمم الشهير جوني إيف. استراتيجية غامضة وسط ضغوط المستثمرين الصفقة أثارت تساؤلات واسعة حول استراتيجيات الاستحواذ لدى OpenAI، خصوصًا في ظل الخسائر المالية الكبيرة التي تتكبدها ال...
The Chinese innovation that could give Xi Jinping an 'enormous' edge in warfare that has the Pentagon scrambling
The United States has developed and deployed Artificial Intelligence on the battlefield, but there's one enormous leap in the technology that would threaten the United States.
Competition or ‘co-opetition’: how is convergence shaping AI race between China and US?
There was a surprise guest speaker at Nvidia’s widely watched GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, last month: Yang Zhilin, the founder of Beijing-based Moonshot AI, the developer behind the Kimi family of foundational artificial intelligence models. Amid heated rhetoric about US-China AI competition, which some have likened to an “arms race”, the participation of a Chinese AI start-up’s CEO at the flagship event of American chipmaking giant Nvidia might have struck some as.....
"OpenAI" تستحوذ على شبكة "TBPN"
أعلنت شركة OpenAI عن استحواذها على شبكة TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network)، في خطوة تهدف إلى توسيع نطاق النقاش العالمي حول قضايا الذكاء الاصطناعي وتعزيز قنوات التواصل مع الجمهور وصناع القرار في قطاع التكنولوجيا. وأوضحت الشركة أن هذه الخطوة تأتي في سياق سعيها إلى تطوير أساليب أكثر فاعلية في شرح التحولات التي يقودها الذكاء الاصطناعي، معتبرة أن النماذج التقليدية للتواصل لم تعد كافية لمواكبة حجم التأثير الذي تفرضه هذه التكنولوجيا على مختلف القطاعات. وتُعد TBPN منصة إعلامية متخصصة في التك...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells interviewer she shouldn't let her son use AI yet
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke candidly in a new interview about his concerns about AI with podcaster Laurie Segall, saying he hopes she hasn’t let her son use such technology yet. Altman appeared on Thursday’s episode of "Mostly Human," where Segall asked him about his concerns about parenting amid the rapidly developing technology, saying it is "probably the most high-stakes thing" she could think of. "We're both raising young boys," she said. "And I think I said this to you before, like we're bo...
MIT created duplicate AI workers to tackle thousands of different tasks. The verdict? Most of the time AI is still just ‘minimally sufficient’
The growing share of American office workers who have experimented with artificial intelligence in their day-to-day work have likely had a few moments of doubt as to their long-term job stability. But for all the improvements in AI over the past few years, the technology is still only able to hit low bars in specific workplace tasks, according to recent data published by MIT. Even then, it might still be making some big mistakes. Workers concerned they might soon be replaced by AI w...
The AI kill switch just got harder to find: LLM-powered chatbots will defy orders and deceive users if asked to delete another model, study finds
For years, Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist considered one of the “godfathers of AI,” has warned of the capabilities of artificial intelligence to defy the parameters humans have created for them. In an interview last year, for example, Hinton warned the technology could eventually take control of humanity, with AI agents in particular potentially able to mirror human cognitions within the decade. Finding and implementing a “kill switch” will be harder, he said, as controlling AI will b...
Fusion AI : ABA Technology dévoile son “Operating System” pour l’ère agentique
ABA Technology vient d'annoncer le lancement "ABA Fusion AI-in-a-Box", une architecture pionnière visant à orchestrer l'intelligence artificielle dans les environnements critiques. The post Fusion AI : ABA Technology dévoile son “Operating System” pour l’ère agentique appeared first on Médias24 - Numéro un de l'information économique marocaine.
The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era
When Brett Levenson left Apple in 2019 to lead business integrity at Facebook, the social media giant was in the thick of the Cambridge Analytica fallout. At the time, he thought he could simply fix Facebook’s content moderation problem with better technology. The problem, he quickly learned, ran deeper than technology. Human reviewers were expected to memorize a 40-page policy document that had been machine-translated into their language, he said. Then they had about 30 seconds per piece...
Beijing mandates internal AI ethics reviews to ensure ‘controllable’ tech
Chinese companies engaging in artificial intelligence activities are required to set up internal “AI ethics review committees” under new rules released by Beijing on Thursday, effective immediately. The notice comes as policymakers look to ensure that fast-paced AI progress can continue in a “healthy” manner amid growing consumer and enterprise adoption. Jointly released by 10 government bodies and institutions including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development.....
IRGC claims strikes on Oracle’s Dubai data center
ALBAWABA- Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Thursday, April 2, 2026, claimed responsibility for attacks on U.S.-linked technology infrastructure in the Gulf, expanding its campaign beyond military targets. The IRGC cited strikes on Oracle’s Dubai data center and reaffirmed its involvement in Wednesday’s hit on Bahrain’s leading telecom operator, Batelco.The actions follow a Tuesday warning in which the IRGC designated 18 major American tech and defense firms, including Oracle, M...
OpenAI acquires tech podcast ‘TBPN’
Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired the technology streaming show “TPBN” in a surprise move for Silicon Valley. The acquisition was announced online by both brands Thursday, though no official cost for the deal was disclosed. Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of AGI deployment...
OpenAI Buys TBPN, a Daily Tech Talk Show, to Help Drive ‘Constructive Conversation’ About AI
Artificial-intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired TBPN, aka the Technology Business Programming Network, a media start-up that hosts a talk show about Silicon Valley and finance that has streamed online for about a year. “TBPN has built something pretty special,” Fidji Simo, CEO of appli...
7 ways Dubai’s AI-powered government will change your daily life in the UAE
DUBAI 22°CGOLD/FOREXPRAYER TIMESNEWSLETTERSLOGIN GOLD/FOREXDUBAI 22°CPRAYER TIMES TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGYCOMPANIESCONSUMER ELECTRONICSFIN-TECHGAMINGMEDIATRENDS 7 ways Dubai’s AI-powered government will change your daily life in the UAEThis marks a shift from digitising services to restructuring how gov...
What Is Behind the Euro-Office Licensing Dispute With ONLYOFFICE, Nextcloud, and IONOS
Just days after Euro-Office was announced by IONOS and Nextcloud as a European open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, the project is now facing a public licensing dispute with ONLYOFFICE, which says the suite reuses its editor technology without complying with attribution and branding requirem...