
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In this edition…Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have restructured their philanthropy to focus on AI and science…Apple is reportedly finalizing a deal to pay Google about $1 billion per year to use a 1.2-trillion-parameter AI model to power a major overhaul of Siri…OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar clarifies comment, says company isn’t seeking government backstop.
As the wife of a cybersecurity pro, I can’t help but pay attention to how AI is changing the game for those on the digital front lines—making their work both tougher and smarter at the same time. I often joke with my husband that “we need him on that wall” (a nod to Jack Nicholson’s famous A Few Good Men monologue), so I’m always tuned in to how AI is transforming both security defense and offense.