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First there were AI chatbots. Now AI assistants can order Ubers and book vacations

A new batch of AI-powered devices known as AI agents are all the rage in Silicon Valley. They're devices with a voice assistant that can complete real-world tasks for you.

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Apps like ChatGPT aren't AI's final form, so what is?

Silicon Valley is trying to build the iPhone of AI, but what would that look like?

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The real meaning of Rishi Sunak’s 36-hour fasts? ‘I’m a terrible PM but I’d be a fantastic tech bro’

Voters may not care about Sunak’s ability to go without food – but employers will lap it up when he’s looking for work in Silicon Valley, writes Coco Khan

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Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid in the first weeks of 2024. What's going on?

Silicon Valley executives have said the cuts are a result of pandemic overhiring and still-historically-high inflation. But others say something else may be behind the mass layoffs.

WEKU

Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid off in the first weeks of 2024. Why is that?

Silicon Valley executives have said the cuts are a result of pandemic over-hiring and still-historically high inflation. But others say something else may be behind the mass layoffs.

WEKU

Silicon Valley School Streamlines Scheduling with Red Dot Digital Media. Here's How

The entryway to each room features an 11-inch Bluefin touch panel with BrightSign Built-In.

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‘This hasn’t been done before’: can tech elites build their own city – and win over the skeptics?

Gabriel Metcalf was hired to design a new California city backed by Silicon Valley money. He says bold action is needed to fight the housing crisis

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Top 5 Latin American Restaurants in San Jose, California

While San Jose might get all the hype for Silicon Valley, it's also a foodie's dream

Latin Times

Turning point for humanity? Artificial intelligence goes mainstream

Thirteen short months ago, an innocuous tweet from the head of a Silicon Valley nonprofit launched something called ChatGPT. But within five days, more than one million people had taken up Sam Altman's offer and tried out the new baby of OpenAI. Out were decades of grappling over the theoretical…

France 24

How the 'visionaries' of Silicon Valley mean profits are prioritised over true technological progress

Technological innovation in the last couple of decades has brought fame and huge wealth to the likes of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. Often feted as geniuses, they are the faces behind the gadgets and media that so many of us depend upon.

The Conversation

Silicon Valley doesn’t care about Big Tech’s AI conflicts of interest

Generative AI technology is blurring the lines between businesses and bringing fresh scrutiny to the boardroom roles of heavy-hitters like Reid Hoffman and Marc Andreessen.

Fortune

Firing Of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Spurs Debate Among Silicon Valley CEOs

The secret WhatsApp group chat reportedly includes big names like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Dropbox chief Drew Houston.

International Business Times UK

Legendary Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla says the existential risk of sentient AI killing us is ‘not worthy of conversation’

The longtime Silicon Valley investor says that "doomers are worried about the wrong risks" when it comes to AI. We should be worried about China, not sentient AI.

Fortune

Google’s Epic loss has implications for the whole tech world

The verdict represents the first major antitrust defeat for a Big Tech company and is likely to have a broader impact across Silicon Valley.

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A startup founder who trains women engineers in Gaza has a message for Silicon Valley

The startup Manara supports women engineers in Palestine—and is trying to support that community through war in Gaza.

Fortune

Coinbase CEO trolls Google over 'all-hands' ban in latest Silicon Valley culture clash

A controversy over inclusive language at Google is just the latest flareup in a long-running battle.

International Business Times

US Commerce Chief Warns Against China 'Threat'

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Saturday urged lawmakers, Silicon Valley and US allies to stop China from getting semiconductors and cutting-edge technologies key to national security.

Fortune

Ancestry.com CEO Deb Liu credits Sheryl Sandberg for helping her navigate Silicon Valley

She recognizes that the biases she faced are still present.

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The Guardian - UK

Sacking, revolt, return: how crisis at OpenAI over Sam Altman unfolded

Firing of the CEO behind ChatGPT company sent shock waves through Silicon Valley – only for him to be reinstated days later

France 24

Bouncing back: Silicon Valley bets on AI to regain past glory

Thousands of Silicon Valley employees have been laid off over the past year, often finding out the bad news by email. Hit hard by rampant inflation and over-hiring during the Covid pandemic, the US tech giants of the San Francisco Bay Area have faced one of the worst crises in…

WEKU

How OpenAI's origins explain the Sam Altman drama

The company's non-profit board and for-profit arm have long been at odds. CEO Sam Altman's week-long ouster represents the culmination of that long-simmering tension.

Fortune

Sam Altman’s ousting from OpenAI could lead to even greater success: ‘You could parachute him into an island full of cannibals and come back in five years and he’d be the king’

Altman dropped out of Stanford, started a "failed" app, then turned it into a gig running Silicon Valley's top startup incubator.

The Conversation

AI makes Silicon Valley’s philosophy of ‘move fast and break things’ untenable

The unofficial motto of Silicon Valley has long been “move fast and break things”. It relies on the assumption that in order to create cutting edge technology and to be ahead of the competition, companies need to accept that things will get damaged in the process.

The Guardian - UK

Palantir’s Peter Thiel: NHS is a natural target for outspoken tech billionaire

Silicon Valley outsider whose firm has won data contract has previously said health service should be ripped up to ‘start over’

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Eshoo, longtime Silicon Valley lawmaker, announces plans to retire - Roll Call

Eshoo, 80, spent much of her three decades on Capitol Hill political career focusing on health and technology policy.

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