Roundtables: Can AI Learn to Understand the World?
Listen to the session or watch below AI companies want to build systems that understand the external world and overcome the limitations of LLMs. Recent developments have brought world models…
May 2026
Scaling creativity in the age of AI
Storytelling is core to humanity’s DNA, stemming from our impulse to express ideals, warnings, hopes, and experiences. Technology has always been woven through the medium and the distribution: from early…
Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes
Spotify is partnering with Universal Music Group to let Premium subscribers create AI-generated song covers and remixes, with participating artists receiving a share of the revenue.
Forget ‘TechnoKing’: Elon Musk will really be king at SpaceX
Musk, who will have more than 50% of the voting power, will have a monarchical grip over the publicly-traded version of SpaceX — control that goes far beyond what other…
Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs
First VPN promised hackers complete anonymity for their cyberattacks. But Europol said it was able to notify the service’s users that they have now been identified.
Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore
Google is about to look really different, and if you’re not a fan of the AI overview feature, then you’re not going to like what’s coming.
Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience
After launching to invest in fire tech, Convective is broadening its mandate to disaster resilience.
Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’
President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order’s language.
This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in a almost half century
Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.
I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me
I used the Gemini app to generate lifelike videos featuring a digital clone of myself. Google sees this as the future of creation. I’m still creeped out.