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- Do AI companies work? https://benn.substack.com/p/do-ai-companies-work 445 comments
- Musk was working on his AI company while publicly calling for a pause on AI dev https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-building-ai-venture-while-calling-for-industry-pause-2023-8 9 comments
- What companies work with AI in a military capacity? http://bigthink.com/jonathan-kendall/google-to-publish-ethical-guidelines-for-use-of-ai-after-project-maven-debacle 16 comments cscareerquestions
- Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work https://apnews.com/article/artists-ai-image-generators-stable-diffusion-midjourney-7ebcb6e6ddca3f165a3065c70ce85904 43 comments technology
- HarperCollins Confirms It Has a Deal to Sell Authors' Work to AI Company https://www.404media.co/harpercollins-ai-deal/ 6 comments technology
- Former Google CEO blames remote work for company's AI struggles https://www.nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/former-google-ceo-blames-remote-work-for-companys-ai-struggles-former-google-chairman-and-ceo-eric-schmidt-silicon-valley-technology-telework-economy-working-economy-gemini-chatbot 252 comments nottheonion
- Former Google CEO blames remote work for company's AI struggles https://www.nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/former-google-ceo-blames-remote-work-for-companys-ai-struggles-former-google-chairman-and-ceo-eric-schmidt-silicon-valley-technology-telework-economy-working-economy-gemini-chatbot 238 comments technology
- US Air Force wants more commercial companies working AI projects https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/07/us-air-force-wants-more-commercial-companies-working-ai-projects/149803/ 10 comments artificial
- Thousands of authors demand payment from AI companies for use of copyrighted works https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/tech/authors-demand-payment-ai/index.html 2485 comments technology
- Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/google-says-ai-systems-should-be-able-to-mine-publishers-work-unless-companies-opt-out 11 comments worldnews
- Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/google-says-ai-systems-should-be-able-to-mine-publishers-work-unless-companies-opt-out 68 comments technology
- Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission https://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1187523435/thousands-of-authors-urge-ai-companies-to-stop-using-work-without-permission 130 comments books
- U.S. blacklists dozens of Chinese companies working on AI, face recognition tech. https://gizmodo.com/u-s-blacklists-dozens-of-chinese-companies-working-on-1843621762 15 comments technology
- Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo and More Than 400 Hollywood Names Urge White House to Not Let AI Companies ‘Exploit’ Copyrighted Works https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/hollywood-urges-trump-block-ai-exploit-copyrights-1236339750/ 292 comments futurology
- Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo and More Than 400 Hollywood Names Urge Trump to Not Let AI Companies ‘Exploit’ Copyrighted Works https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/hollywood-urges-trump-block-ai-exploit-copyrights-1236339750/ 667 comments technology
- OpenAI Touts New AI Safety Research. Critics Say It’s a Good Step, but Not Enough | The company announced a new technique to make the workings of its systems more transparent, but people familiar with OpenAI say more oversight is needed. https://www.wired.com/story/openai-safety-transparency-research/ 2 comments technews
- OpenAI Touts New AI Safety Research. Critics Say It’s a Good Step, but Not Enough | The company announced a new technique to make the workings of its systems more transparent, but people familiar with OpenAI say more oversight is needed. https://www.wired.com/story/openai-safety-transparency-research/ 3 comments technology
- Sold my Python open source project to a San Francisco AI company. Now I work for them. AMA. https://github.com/writer/writer-framework 39 comments python
- Humanity has no strong protection against AI, experts warn | Ahead of second safety conference, tech companies accused of having little understanding of how their systems actually work https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/world-has-no-strong-protections-against-ai-experts-warns-mwb9q6f77 97 comments futurology
- Humanity has no strong protection against AI, experts warn | Ahead of second safety summit, tech companies accused of having little understanding of how their systems actually work https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/world-has-no-strong-protections-against-ai-experts-warns-mwb9q6f77#:~:text=The%20world%20has%20no%20meaningful,knowledge%20is%20%E2%80%9Cvery%20limited%E2%80%9D 20 comments technology
- Wait—Is ChatGPT Even Legal? | AI companies are using copyrighted works to train their systems. The lawsuits are just getting started https://thewalrus.ca/wait-is-chatgpt-even-legal/ 4 comments futurology
- Future of AI in India is bleak and AI work is shallow, says ex-Googler who is trying to start AI company https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/features/story/future-of-ai-india-bleak-ai-work-shallow-says-ex-googler-trying-to-start-ai-company-2518105-2024-03-22 110 comments india
- Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies https://apnews.com/article/china-google-justice-department-63156ade1e564d15d92adbef91e9c5da 4 comments technology
- Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ex-google-engineer-charged-stealing-ai-trade-secrets-working-chinese-c-rcna142218 6 comments technology
- US Govt softens stance on Nvidia selling AI GPUs to China, working with company to better define sanctions limits https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/us-govt-softens-stance-on-selling-nvidias-ai-gpus-to-china-working-with-company-to-better-define-limits 23 comments hardware
- Most people don't want a company AI to do the hiring, firing, or promoting | Two-thirds of Americans would not want to work for an employer that uses an AI recruiter https://www.techspot.com/news/98450-most-people-dont-want-company-ai-do-hiring.html 751 comments futurology
- The company I work for made a GPT3-powered AI Assistant to answer questions about Minecraft https://www.minecraftai.org/ 3 comments internetisbeautiful
- Clearview AI Is Bringing Facial Recognition to Schools. The company revealed it's working with a U.S. company selling visitor management systems to schools within hours of a horrific school shooting. https://gizmodo.com/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-privacy-1848975528 92 comments technology
- Now DeepMind is using AI to transform football: The Google-owned company is working with Liverpool to apply artificial intelligence to the high-stakes world of football tactics https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deepmind-football-liverpool-ai 38 comments soccer
- [D] Facial-Recognition Company Clearview AI That Works With Law Enforcement Says Entire Client List Was Stolen https://www.thedailybeast.com/nj-bans-cops-from-using-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-app-that-scrapes-social-media 4 comments artificial
- The rise of 'pseudo-AI': how tech firms quietly use humans to do bots' work - Using what one expert calls a ‘Wizard of Oz technique’, some companies keep their reliance on humans a secret from investors https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/06/artificial-intelligence-ai-humans-bots-tech-companies 54 comments technology
- Authors demand credit and compensation from AI companies using their work without permission | OpenAI, Alphabet, and Meta have been called out https://www.techspot.com/news/99457-authors-demand-credit-compensation-ai-companies-using-their.html 240 comments technology
- Federighi explains how Private Cloud Compute for AI works: Apple is using blockchain like tech to upload relevant data to private servers no user or company can see and deleting all data immediately generating result. No data is ever saved on Servers https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24175625/wwdc-live-ai-apple-intelligence-federighi 165 comments apple
- Alphabet's Deepmind Is Trying to Transform Health Care — But Should an AI Company Have Your Health Records? The London company’s work with hospitals has raised privacy concerns and threatened its ambitions. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-28/alphabet-s-deepmind-is-trying-to-transform-health-care-but-should-an-ai-company-have-your-health-records 9 comments technology
- AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans” | Company boasts "AI workers" that never complain about work-life balance. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/ai-company-trolls-san-francisco-with-billboards-saying-stop-hiring-humans/ 23 comments technews
- China's AI focus will leave US in the dust, says top university professor: "Research institutes, universities, private companies and the government all working together in a broad area ... I haven't seen anything like it," Prof. Steven White https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/china-s-ai-focus-will-leave-us-in-the-dust-says-top-university-professor 54 comments economy
- China's AI focus will leave US in the dust, says top university professor - "Research institutes, universities, private companies and the government all working together in a broad area ... I haven't seen anything like it," Prof. Steven White https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/china-s-ai-focus-will-leave-us-in-the-dust-says-top-university-professor 46 comments artificial
- Clearview’s Facial Recognition App Has Been Used By The Justice Department, ICE, Macy’s, Walmart, And The NBA | A BuzzFeed News review of Clearview AI documents has revealed the company is working with more than 2,200 law enforcement agencies, companies, and individuals around the world. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-fbi-ice-global-law-enforcement 3 comments worldnews
- Clearview’s Facial Recognition App Has Been Used By The Justice Department, ICE, Macy’s, Walmart, And The NBA | A BuzzFeed News review of Clearview AI documents has revealed the company is working with more than 2,200 law enforcement agencies, companies, and individuals around the world. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/ryanmac/clearview-ai-fbi-ice-global-law-enforcement 3 comments technology
- Ai Weiwei banned from using Lego to build Australian artwork - toy company told artist it ‘cannot approve the use of Legos for political works’ http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/24/artist-ai-weiwei-banned-by-lego-to-build-artwork-australian-exhibition 498 comments worldnews