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Musk’s SpaceX courts retail investors as it aims for record-breaking stock market flotation
Elon Musk’s aerospace to AI company will host summer event to try to convince buyers it is worth $2tn Business live – latest updates SpaceX will kick off the marketing for its highly anticipated stock exchange debut by hosting an event in June for 1,500 retail investors, as executives set out to convince buyers that…
‘There’s a lot of desperation’: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat
They have degrees, expertise and years of experience – but can’t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market When Patrick Ciriello lost his job and couldn’t find work for nearly a year, his family’s foundation crumbled. “You hear about people who hit rock bottom,” Ciriello…
Goodbye mrbrightside416: Google allows users to alter quirky Gmail addresses
Those in US given chance to have more professional usernames without losing access to account Did your McLovin!1976!@gmail.com email address seem funny at the time but less so now you are applying for dozens of jobs? Google has said it is giving US users a chance to appear more professional by letting them change their…
Claude’s code: Anthropic leaks source code for AI software engineering tool
Nearly 2,000 internal files were briefly leaked after ‘human error’, raising fresh security questions at the AI company Anthropic accidentally released part of the internal source code for its AI-powered coding assistant, Claude Code, due to “human error”, the company said on Tuesday. An internal-use file mistakenly included in a software update pointed to an…
US tech firm Oracle cuts thousands of jobs as it steps up AI spending
Company chaired by Trump ally Larry Ellison seeks to reassure investors that bet on AI infrastructure will pay off Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs as the US technology company seeks to reassure investors that its bet on AI infrastructure will pay off. The $420bn firm, headquartered in Austin, Texas, started making employees redundant on…
Silicon Valley city to give residents doorbells equipped with cameras
Milpitas approves measure to distribute smart doorbells and says residents can upload footage to police database A Silicon Valley city will offer its residents free wireless doorbells equipped with cameras to help police collect video evidence. The city council of Milpitas, a suburb north of San Jose, California, recently approved $60,000 to provide these devices…
California to impose new AI regulations in defiance of Trump call
Gavin Newsom signs order to prioritize public safety and rights as president seeks to prevent ‘cumbersome’ rules California will impose new standards on artificial intelligence companies seeking to do business with the state, defying Donald Trump’s demands to keep the controversial industry as deregulated as possible. Democratic governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on…
‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books
US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’ Recently, the literary agent Kate Nash started noticing that the submission letters she was receiving from authors were becoming more thorough – albeit also more formulaic. “I took it as a rise in diligence,”…
‘They feel true’: political deepfakes are growing in influence – even if people know they aren’t real
AI images of people – such as women in military contexts – are making money and serving as propaganda, researchers say Online content creators are not just building fake images and videos of prominent public figures, they are also fabricating people and using them in military contexts, which can make them money and even serve…