UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published what it called the world's first guidance on auditor AI usage — Financial Reporting Council issues guidance stressing need for human oversight — The UK's accountancy regulator has told auditors …
AI has led some employers like L'Oréal to return to in-person assessments during recruiting, as senior HR leaders see a steep rise in AI-generated applications — Employers wading through job applications are returning to in-person and practical assessments
A look at Coinbase One and other insurance-like plans for crypto users that typically exclude coverage for many kinds of account hacks, including phishing scams — When Matthew Allan realized nearly $100,000 in Bitcoin was missing from his Coinbase account, he wasn't too worried.
Bluesky's CEO talks about their new app, Attie, an agentic social app built on Bluesky's AT Protocol, which uses Claude and enables users to build custom feeds — The team from Bluesky has built another app — and this time, it's not a social network, but an AI assistant that allows …
Hong Kong-listed AI drug discovery company Insilico Medicine and Eli Lilly sign a drug co-development deal worth up to $2.75B, with $115M in upfront payments — BEIJING — U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has reached a $2.75 billion deal to bring drugs developed using artificial intelligence …
An AI-generated TikTok parody of reality series Love Island, called Fruit Love Island, averaged 10M+ views across its first 21 episodes after debuting last week — ‘Fruit Love Island’ averages over 10 million views for each of its episodes — A new viral dating show featuring sexy …
Sources: Ross Nordeen, the last remaining cofounder at xAI, left the company on Friday; Nordeen reported directly to Elon Musk as his right-hand operator — Follow Grace Kay … - Elon Musk started xAI with 11 cofounders in 2023. — The last remaining one, Ross Nordeen, has now exited the company.
A look at the decadelong feud between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei; sources say Amodei likened Altman's legal fight with Musk to Hitler's fight with Stalin — Personal wounds and power struggles between the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic are defining how the world encounters the technology
Chess grandmasters find new ways to win by making less optimal moves after AI pushed classical chess toward perfect play, breathing new life into the game — Artificial intelligence drove chess toward perfect play, leading to more draws at top tournaments. Now grandmasters are winning by making less optimal moves.
A look at some themes at this year's Hill and Valley Forum: embracing government-led industrial policy to onshore manufacturing, AI's unpopularity, and more — Plus, Kleiner's big fundraise & a reckoning for social media … The Main Item — Industrial Policy Gets New Life as Tech Eyes Government Incentives
OpenAI launches Codex plugins to standardize repeatable AI workflows, with 20+ initial integrations such as Figma, Notion, Gmail, and Slack — ZDNET's key takeaways — Codex plugins aim to standardize repeatable AI workflows. — Marketplace plans signal a broader ecosystem and sharing strategy.
Unity plans to shut down its ironSource advertising network on April 30 and has begun the process of divesting Supersonic, its casual game publishing arm — The moves leave little of the Israeli ad-tech firm within Unity, marking a quiet unwind of one of the sector's most high-profile mergers.
SoftBank says it has secured a $40B bridge loan maturing in 2027 from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and other banks, to fund further investment in OpenAI — SoftBank Group (9984.T) said on Friday it has secured a $40 billion loan through a bridge facility to fund further investments …
Uber partners with China's Pony AI and Croatia-based, Rimac-spinoff Verne to launch Europe's first commercial robotaxi service, initially debuting in Zagreb — The companies are already testing autonomous vehicles in Croatia, where they will launch their first commercial service.
How internet censorship tech maker Sandvine, a vendor to repressive regimes like Egypt, nearly collapsed before US restrictions forced new ownership and a pivot — Sandvine built a business offering network management tools that, in the wrong hands, could be used for censorship, until the US government intervened.
OpenAI hires Kiran Mani, the CEO of Indian streaming platform JioStar, for a newly created role leading its Asia-Pacific operations, reporting to CSO Jason Kwon — OpenAI is tapping Kiran Mani, the chief executive officer of Indian streaming platform JioStar, for a newly created role leading its Asia-Pacific operations.
Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” due to drone activity in the area amid the US-led Iran war, marking the second disruption in a month — Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Monday its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” amid the current conflict …
European VC firm Hummingbird raised $800M to find “misfit” founders, taking its total assets to ~$2B, after backing Kraken and AI vibe coding startup Lovable — Hummingbird to put $800mn in funds to work after lucrative early bets on the likes of Kraken and Lovable
NYC-based Dash0, which offers AI agents to monitor and troubleshoot cloud, app, and infrastructure issues, raised $110M led by Balderton at a $1B valuation — Dash0 has raised $110 million at a $1 billion valuation in a Balderton Capital-led round to expand its monitoring platform …
Singapore-based Grab agrees to buy Delivery Hero's Foodpanda operations in Taiwan for $600M in cash, its first foray outside of its Southeast Asian home market — Grab Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy Delivery Hero SE's Foodpanda operations in Taiwan for $600 million, a deal that marks its first foray outside of its Southeast Asian base.
AI tools like Claude Code have transformed coders' lives, and AI labs are now eyeing a bigger goal: automating everyone's lives and winning the non-coder market — The AI sprint is hurtling toward a world where anyone can build personal concierges to do everything from executive presentations to March Madness brackets
A look at Huawei-backed Yuanjie, a maker of photonic chips used in AI data center optical interconnects, whose stock has surged 780% over the past year — Huawei-backed Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology makes photonic chips used in optical interconnects in AI data centers.
A profile of Chinese bitcoin mining company Bitmain, now allied with Eric Trump's American Bitcoin and previously the target of a DHS espionage-risk probe — Bitmain has been dogged for years by questions about the security of its mining rigs. But that hasn't stopped it from going into business with a key member of the First Family.
An essay on the history, theory, progress, and potential of world models, a prominent theme at Nvidia GTC 2026, co-written by General Intuition CEO Pim de Witte — Welcome to the 458 newly Not Boring people who have joined us since our last essay! Join 260,170 smart, curious folks by subscribing here:
Vercel, which helps developers host web apps and AI agents, says its run-rate GAAP revenue hit $340M at the end of February, up 86% YoY, amid the AI coding boom — One of the most popular ways to view the Epstein Files, an interface called Jmail that mimics a Gmail inbox, is hosted on Guillermo Rauch's $9.3 billion unicorn Vercel.
Bloomberg : Sources: SoftBank invites more banks to join its $40B loan backing its OpenAI investment, requiring them to commit ~$5B each;...
