AI
Astra’s black box problem
OpenAI’s new model reportedly doesn’t show some of its work, setting off alarms among safety researchers that AI is becoming even harder to monitor.
Whizy is a writer for Tech Brew. Previously, she was a senior reporter at Vox.
Electric Vehicles
Uber’s long road to robotaxis
Uber is giving its all to massively expand its robotaxi services—and that somehow includes forging an unexpected alliance with human drivers.
AI
No bots before high school
NYC is barring AI for students from pre-K through eighth grade, with new limits on teachers too.
Tech Privacy
How 1 town’s Flock data reached 459 agencies
A public records request for one Texas town shows that outside agencies searched its Flock data 1.6 million times in the past six months.
Platforms
The Ternus era
Big org chart changes may be coming early on in John Ternus’s tenure, as well as broader retention issues—all while the company tries to stand out in the AI era.
AI
Anthropic fought the US government and won
A California federal judge ruled that the government illegally blacklisted Anthropic—and that it violated the company’s free speech.
Platforms
The $1 trillion Meta trial that wasn’t
Meta’s settlement of a major teen social media addiction case is probably exactly what the company wanted.
AI
Bill Gates has a lot to say about AI
In a dizzying round of interviews with the media (as well as one very long blog post), Bill Gates is now imploring the world to take the dangers of AI more seriously.
Platforms
Cybercab’s big debut
Tesla’s Cybercabs will start driving around Austin soon—and it’ll be a big test for its robotaxi business, whose small fleet has logged relatively few unsupervised miles compared to competitors.
AI
The data center political attacks are here
As public sentiment on data centers continues to sour, both Democratic and Republican candidates are taking a more oppositional stance to them.