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Jittery tech firms boost security on Iran threats
Iran threatened to attack the Gulf facilities of Nvidia, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Google, and a dozen others.
The Amazon building in Dubai. Amr Alfiky/Reuters.
Robot companies contend with human mischief
Robotics companies are now dealing with repair fees for bots that have been kicked, ridden on, or otherwise defaced, the Serve Robotics CEO tells Semafor.
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OpenClaw is coming for businesses
Executives are still trying to layer AI onto their existing businesses rather than ripping up old models and reimagining them, EY’s Julie Teigland said.
An OpenClaw setup session in Beijing. Florence Lo/Reuters.
How I jailbroke an OpenClaw PR agent
It’s easy to imagine AI agents organizing events, but the tech isn’t there yet — even with human oversight.
Florence Lo/Reuters
Conservative group, teacher’s union team up on chatbots
The issue of children having access to chatbots is uniting even the unlikeliest of groups.
Randi Weingarten speaking at Semafor’s State of Happiness event. Kris Tripplaar/Semafor.
Chatbots are learning from Reddit and LinkedIn
Turns out what the growing class of LinkedInfluencers say sort of matters.
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Nvidia’s ‘Claw Bar’ was a pricey wakeup call
One of the hottest (literally) events at Nvidia’s big conference this year was the “Claw Bar.”
Autonomous labs seek to solve information ‘overload’
Humans are struggling to keep up with the tens of thousands of new scientific research papers submitted each year, and one startup says we should quit while we’re behind.
Nvidia restarts H200 chip manufacturing for China
CEO Jensen Huang said the company has taken purchase orders from Chinese companies.
Nvidia expects $1 trillion in chip orders through 2027
The figure exceeds Nvidia’s previous projection of $500 billion revenue from its Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems.
Tech firms are diverging on how to integrate AI
Companies are leaning on AI firms to teach them how to integrate the technology into their own businesses.
Workers need to figure out their ‘real’ job in AI age, analyst says
When spreadsheet software was invented, it didn’t eliminate accountants — their job, it turned out, was more than crunching numbers.
AI bubble driving interest in chip alternatives
Tech companies’ capex problem is driving research and investment in new kinds of chips that aim to lower the cost and energy needs of data processing.
Why AI job losses will take longer than you think
Economists and AI experts can look back to the invention of the telephone for an example of how rapid technological change can impact the labor market.
Big Tech moves to keep up with scams
Tech companies announced new security and scam-prevention tools, in their ongoing efforts to clean up the AI slop and security risks they helped create.
AI is the latest gatekeeper between brands and buyers
Companies are now writing ad copy for bots, not people, and those bots are telling consumers what products to buy.
AI guardrails more popular than beating China, survey finds
Support for AI guardrails is one of the most bipartisan issues in the US, according to a new survey shared exclusively with Semafor.
Sam Altman pledges OpenAI deference to government amid Anthropic rift
Altman’s worldview hinges on the belief that “a democratically elected government” usurps “unelected private companies.”