Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims

Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims

The jury’s speedy decision to reject Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the other founders of OpenAI and Microsoft confirmed what we saw in the courtroom: Musk’s case was a weak one, in part because he waited so long to file it. Watching the closing arguments last week, OpenAI’s attorneys detailed point-by-point how the law was on…

Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View

Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View

We’ve all pulled up Street View on Google Maps to show a friend what our childhood home looked like, or dropped that little person icon onto the streets of Paris to see if we booked a hotel in a cool neighborhood. Imagine being able to do that, but in a more immersive, interactive way that…

OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic’s pre-training team

OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic’s pre-training team

Andrej Karpathy, the AI researcher who co-founded and formerly worked at OpenAI and previously led AI at Tesla, has joined Anthropic. “I’ve joined Anthropic,” Karpathy posted on X Tuesday. “I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get…

US cyber agency CISA exposed reams of passwords and cloud keys to the open web

US cyber agency CISA exposed reams of passwords and cloud keys to the open web

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA may have escaped a sizable security breach, thanks to a good-faith security researcher who identified publicly exposed credentials that allowed access to government cloud and internal agency systems. As first reported by independent security reporter Brian Krebs, GitGuardian security researcher Guillaume Valadon found reams of exposed plaintext credentials listed in spreadsheets,…

Apple announces Apple Intelligence powered accessibility feature updates

Apple announces Apple Intelligence powered accessibility feature updates

Ahead of Google’s annual developer conference on Tuesday, Apple announced several new accessibility updates powered by Apple Intelligence to features like VoiceOver, voice control, live recognition, and real-time caption generation for videos. The company also said that Vision Pro users will be able to control a compatible wheelchair with their eyes using this update. The…

Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had

Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had

Oskar Block has never been able to stay away from entrepreneurship for long. He was just 18 when he launched his first startup, building machine learning models for sports betting. “I’ve always been drawn to solving difficult data problems,” he told TechCrunch. He went on to consulting, where he helped companies with their AI integration…

I used Motorola’s version of DeX with my Razr Fold, and it’s nearly replaced my laptop

I used Motorola’s version of DeX with my Razr Fold, and it’s nearly replaced my laptop

The Motorola Razr Fold on a table with a portable monitor, keyboard, and battery. Adam Doud/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Motorola’s Smart Connect gives the Razr Fold a desktop mode. The phone becomes a trackpad for your keyboard and monitor. It works well with a portable…

Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business

Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business

Solar will become the largest source of power in the next decade, surpassing coal, oil and natural gas, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. The tectonic shift will occur alongside a historic rise in the use of energy driven by AI and the electrification of entire industries. “Solar is winning the race,” Matthias Kimmel,…

Microsoft is finally bringing the movable taskbar to Windows 11 – here’s who can try it now

Microsoft is finally bringing the movable taskbar to Windows 11 – here’s who can try it now

Lance Whitney/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways Microsoft will finally let you move the Windows 11 taskbar. Changes to the taskbar are rolling out to Windows 11 insiders. Microsoft also promises several tweaks to the Start menu. Windows 11 users who have long wanted to move the taskbar to any edge of the screen are now being…