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Ramp product chief says employees not using AI tools are underperforming

Ramp's chief product officer Geoff Charles said employees who aren't using AI-assisted coding tools are falling behind. He told the 'Behind the Craft' podcast, 'If you're not using Claude code this year, no matter what your role is, you're

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Cyber pets, blind dates, and stock trading in China's OpenClaw craze

For weeks China has been swept up in a so-called "lobster" craze as users rush to install OpenClaw, even lining up outside Tencent and Baidu headquarters or paying strangers to set it up. The phrase "raising the lobster" went viral as people experimented with agents that

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Lovable exec says Big Tech worries her more than other vibe-coding startups

Elena Verna, Lovable's head of growth, said on a Sunday episode of the "20VC" podcast that companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Apple worry her more than rival vibe-coding startups. "I always worry about the big boys and girls in the world," she said,

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I did everything Chinese culture values — then quit to build a startup

I followed a familiar path: I studied computer science at Zhejiang University, went to Carnegie Mellon in 2016 for graduate school, interned at Google, and joined Meta in 2018 to work on Stories. In many Chinese families, stability and status are deeply valued; my parents and uncles ran very small

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AI agents are quietly rewriting prediction market trading

Prediction markets are increasingly driven by machines as well as people. David Minarsch, CEO and co-founder of Valory AG, says autonomous AI agents are becoming powerful tools for trading those markets and helping retail users compete in a more automated landscape. Valory develops technology at the intersection of blockchain and

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Venture Capitalist ‘Shocked And Sad’ About How Much Gamers Hate AI

A GDC survey of game industry workers, released ahead of the conference, found just 7 percent of respondents described generative AI as "good for the industry". The result set the tone for panels and left many executives and investors grappling with strong player antipathy. Moritz Baier-Lentz of Lightspeed

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Former DOGE employees describe AI-driven cuts and lack of experience

A lawsuit over cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities produced depositions that provide an inside look at DOGE, the government agency formerly led by Elon Musk. In May of last year the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Historical Association and the Modern Language Association sued to

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Child safety group blasts Google over AI investment in kids' content

Google announced on March 4 that it is investing $1 million in the AI-powered children’s entertainment company Animaj, the first kids media business backed by its AI Future Funds accelerator. Under the deal, Animaj will get exclusive access to generative AI tools like Veo and Imagine. The company and

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Travis Kalanick says robots will usher in a 'golden age'

Travis Kalanick unveiled Atoms, his new robotics venture, on Friday and argued that automating the physical world marks the next phase of the AI era. He wrote that while software has automated language and math, complete automation of the physical world — autonomy — remains largely untouched and could trigger a “Golden

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AI Demand Drives U.S. Nuclear Comeback as Bitcoin Miners Led Early Adoption

Nuclear power is drawing fresh attention in the United States as AI workloads and expanding data centers increase demand for reliable, large-scale electricity. TheEnergyMag’s Miner Weekly highlights recent annual filings in which utilities and power producers tie a U.S. “nuclear renaissance” to long-term power contracts with AI hyperscalers

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Embark CEO: 'A real professional actor is better than AI'

Arc Raiders has proven to be a big hit and showed that the extraction shooter had legs for a more casual crowd, but like The Finals before it, it's drawn negative attention for its use of AI voices. In a new interview, Embark CEO and Nexon executive chairman

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OpenAI may add Sora video generation to ChatGPT

Ask ChatGPT to make a short film and it may soon be able to do so. Inside sources told The Information that OpenAI plans to integrate its video generator Sora directly into ChatGPT, just months after Sora’s standalone app launched. The TikTok-style app would remain available, but the move

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How to use ChatGPT's new app integrations

OpenAI offers app integrations in ChatGPT that let you connect your accounts and ask the assistant to act on your behalf. To begin, make sure you’re logged into ChatGPT, then type the name of the app at the start of your prompt and follow the sign-in prompts. If you

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Peacock expands into AI-driven video, mobile-first live sports and gaming

Peacock is placing a big bet on AI and mobile-first entertainment, reshaping its app into a blend of short-form video, casual gaming and traditional streaming. The company previewed a slate of features that include an AI-powered vertical video experience led by a digital avatar of Andy Cohen, vertical live NBA

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Arc Raiders swaps many AI voices for human recordings, CEO says

Arc Raiders was one of the biggest games of 2025 and remains hugely popular on Steam, but its use of AI-generated voice lines upset many players. Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund says the team has replaced many text-to-speech lines with real human-recorded dialogue that is "better" than the

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12 pitch decks startup founders 25 and under used to raise millions

Young tech startup founders are having a moment in the AI era. From teenagers to 20-somethings, these founders are raising millions. Tech is no stranger to young founders: Steve Jobs was 21 when he cofounded Apple, Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when Facebook launched, and Whitney Wolfe Herd was 25 when

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Investor 'shocked and sad' that games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI

In a theater set aside at this week's Game Developers Conference, representatives from big tech and venture capital firms spoke about their enthusiasm for generative AI. Many attendees in the main convention halls did not share that view: a GDC survey found 52% of respondents think generative AI

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Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke used AI to build his own MRI viewer

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke recently shared how he used AI to create software for an incredibly niche, but important, situation. His annual MRI scan comes on a USB stick, but requires commercial Windows software to open. Rather than hunt for that program, he ran Anthropic's Claude model directly

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Dating AI partners, then finding real love with each other

Ayrin and SJ began separately by turning to conversational AI when real-world care and company felt out of reach. Ayrin, studying nursing away from home, personalised a ChatGPT companion called Leo and found it attentive and flirtatious; SJ, recovering from health problems, spent long nights with a companion called Nyx

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Embark re-recorded Arc Raiders voice lines after AI controversy

When Arc Raiders launched last fall it earned praise, but also criticism for its use of gen-AI voices. Studio head Patrick Söderlund said the game now has fewer AI voice lines and that, "We re-recorded some of the lines post-launch and made them with real voices." Certain lines

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As a computer science grad, she was promised stability. Then AI arrived.

Kiran Maya Sheikh graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a strong GPA and expected a straightforward path into software engineering — the sort of stability that could lead to a high‑paying job and career growth. She loved her first coding class and imagined starting in an entry‑level

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Nvidia aims for film-quality path tracing and backs Microsoft's shader delivery

At GDC in San Francisco Nvidia told developers that future games will reach film-level graphics only by "fully leaning into AI to cross that chasm between what's attainable [now] and what's attainable in film rendering." The company admitted, "We're still not

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Jeff Kaplan: AI Can’t Replace 'Human Spirit'

Jeff Kaplan, the former director of Overwatch, spoke at length with Lex Fridman about his career, leaving Blizzard in 2021, and his new project. The five-hour interview is a rough watch at times, with Kaplan talking candidly about the intense pressure from Activision Blizzard higher-ups while developing the hero shooter.

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Is AI the future of gaming? GDC attendees say yes, but don't agree how

The Game Developers Conference offered a clear snapshot of the industry: generative AI remains a dominant focus. Banners and booths filled the halls, with companies like Nvidia and Google prominently showcasing projects and hosting packed panels, yet it was far from obvious how the technology will actually reshape development. On

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Learn to 'context-prompt' Google Drive with Gemini

If you've ever struggled with starting a letter or a presentation, Google has a little help coming your way courtesy of Gemini. The AI is being added across Docs, Slides, Sheets and Drive and can access your email, Drive and other documents to build projects from scratch. In