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The Weekend

How AIs Can Have Secret Conversations

By Abram Brown · Aug 30, 2025 8:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Finally! An explanation of what the Musk-Altman legal feud really means• The Arena: Can the metaverse and TikTok help tennis connect with young fans?• Plus, our Recommendations: “The Rise and Fall of Indie Sleaze,” “Anointed” and “Alien: Earth” Generally speaking, humans communicate with... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Finally! An explanation of what the...
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AI Agenda

AI Agenda: The Startups Hoping to Unseat Scale AI

By Stephanie Palazzolo and Sri Muppidi · Jul 30, 2025 7:00am PDT
Before we get to today's column, my colleague Valida and I reported Tuesday that Canadian AI model maker Cohere is in talks to raise up to $500 million in a new funding round at a $6.3 billion valuation. Existing investors Inovia Capital and Radical Ventures are in talks to invest in the round. This company recently generated revenue at an... Before we get to today's column, my colleague Valida and I reported Tuesday that Canadian AI...
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Who’s In Charge of AI at Meta After Shake-Up

By Kalley Huang · May 27, 2025 5:42pm PDT · 1 comment
In recent weeks, there were growing signs that all wasn’t well inside Meta Platforms’ generative artificial intelligence group. The group’s pulse score—an internal measure of employee satisfaction—was among the lowest in the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. In feedback to leaders, group members complained... In recent weeks, there were growing signs that all wasn’t well inside Meta Platforms’ generative...
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The Arena

Can Tennis Connect With Young Fans Through the Metaverse and TikTok?

By Sara Germano · Aug 30, 2025 6:00am PDT
For decades,  the U.S. Open Tennis Championships has been a crown jewel of the global sports calendar. As the fourth and final Grand Slam of the tennis season, it has hosted historic athletic feats by everyone from Arthur Ashe to Venus Williams. Boisterous night matches—like last weekend’s Daniil Medvedev meltdown—are attended... For decades,  the U.S. Open Tennis Championships has been a crown jewel of the global sports...
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Opinion

Don’t Count the Metaverse Out

By Brittan Heller · May 30, 2023 9:00am PDT · 9 comments
The technology hype cycle would have us believe that the metaverse—so recently the darling of digital trendsetters—is on the decline, its place usurped by generative artificial intelligence. Yet this narrative, while superficially attractive, is a fiction. The truth is that emerging technologies are part of a synergistic ecosystem.... The technology hype cycle would have us believe that the metaverse—so recently the darling...
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Into the Metaverse

Hands Up, This Is a (Virtual) Robbery!

By Lauren Tara LaCapra · May 6, 2023 7:00am PDT · 2 comments
Until late last year, Bank of America branch staffers would learn how to handle a potential stick-up through guidebooks and online videos. Today, tellers are immersed in a 3D virtual reality environment, in which a gunman aims a weapon at them or furtively hands them a threatening note demanding money. The bank measures tellers’ reactions... Until late last year, Bank of America branch staffers would learn how to handle a potential...