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OpenAI-Backed Thrive Holdings Secures $2 Billion to Scale Enterprise AI

Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation, focusing entirely on deploying secure, compliant…

Jason Pontin
Jason Pontin
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The Looming Legal Liability of Generative AI Platforms

As generative AI platforms face mounting lawsuits for hallucinations and copyright infringement, federal courts are signaling the end of Section…

Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor
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A Record 8 Pulitzer Awardees Disclosed AI Use, Signaling a Shift in Editorial Standards

A record number of Pulitzer Prize winners have disclosed using AI in their reporting, forcing the media industry to update…

Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor
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The Open Web vs. Closed Algorithms: The Fight for Digital Sovereignty

Independent publishers and digital creators are weaponizing web protocols to block AI…

Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor
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The EU AI Act Is Now Operational: What Global Enterprises Must Know

The European Union AI Act is officially operational, forcing global B2B software…

Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor
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Oracle Layoffs Signal the ‘SaaSpocalypse’: Legacy Headcount Slashed to Fund AI

Enterprise tech giants are aggressively cutting legacy SaaS staff to fund multi-billion-dollar…

Kevin Maney
Kevin Maney
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OpenAI Pauses Frontier RL Training to Tighten Defenses Against Unsafe AI

OpenAI has temporarily halted reinforcement learning on its frontier models to implement…

John Markoff
John Markoff