Superintelligence could wipe us out if we rush into it — but humanity can still pull back, a top AI safety expert says

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Nate Soares
Nate Soares told BI that humanity only gets "one try" at aligning superintelligence — and failure would be final.

Courtesy of Nate Soares

Neon, a buzzy app that pays to record your calls for AI training data, goes offline to address a security scandal

Tech Insider : Business
The Neon Mobile phone app
The Neon app, which offered to pay users to record their phone calls, went offline on Thursday after a TechCrunch report detailing a security vulnerability.

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The agentic internet is coming. AI companies are racing to build the digital rails first.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Railroad workers and engineers laying the first rails for a railroad in Alaska.
Railroad workers and engineers laying the first rails for a railroad in Alaska.

Science Photo Library via Reuters Connect

This Gemini calendar hack shows why Google is uniquely placed to win in AI

Tech Insider : Business
Double exposure photograph of a telephone displaying the Gemini artificial intelligence logo and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai in front of a purple lit background at Kerlouan in Brittany in France on June 7 2025.
A phone displaying the Gemini logo alongside Google CEO Sundar Pichai

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Mark Cuban says the AI arms race explains why Zuck, Musk, and Dell have embraced Trump — and why it may pay off

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Technology
Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, and Mark Cuban.
Mark Zuckerberg and other Big Tech leaders are cozying up to Donald Trump to secure an edge in the AI arms race, Mark Cuban says.

AP Photo/Nic Coury; AP Photo/Alex Brandon; AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

AI vibe coding tools may be going from boom to bust, new data shows. Here's why.

Tech Insider : Business
Lovable CEO Anton Osika is dressed in a blue shirt and looking ahead.
Lovable CEO Anton Osika told Business Insider that a computer science degree hasn't become useless but its value has certainly shifted in the age of AI.

Svante Gullichsen via Lovable

AI training companies are raising billions to get humans to teach chatbots. Here are the startups cashing in.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
A robot hand reaching towards a human one in the style of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam
Human experts are in strong demand for teaching AI chatbots.

Tyler Le/Business Insider

Cloudflare goes after Google's AI Overviews with a new license for 20% of the web

Tech Insider : Business
Matthew Prince in black blazer
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince.

Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch

I felt my role as a Salesforce consultant was at risk because of AI. After training myself to become an expert, I feel much more secure in my job.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
headshot of a man with a green background
Joey Monroe.

Courtesy of Joey Monroe

Meta just missed a senator's deadline for submitting records about its AI chatbot policies for kids

Tech Insider : Politics, Business
Mark Zuckerberg wearing sunglasses and a tux with a black shirt at an awards ceremony.
Mark Zuckerberg attends the 2025 Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Santa Monica, California.

Mario Anzuoni/REUTERS

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