Elon Musk's call to slow AI development is likely a ploy to let him catch up with the competition, veteran VC says

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Vinod Khosla and Elon Musk.

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Tech CEOs threaten to end remote work, infuriating workers hit by mass layoffs and dwindling perks

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Tech firms that once championed remote work now seem to be less enthusiastic about it.

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Angry Google employees are mocking CEO Sundar Pichai's pay hike with memes, including one of a 'Shrek' villain, report says

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, announced on January 20 that around 12,000 employees would be laid off.

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Billionaire Peter Thiel says he's signed up to be frozen and preserved when he dies so people can revive him in the future — if the tech even works

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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, gestures as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida.
Peter Thiel has signed up to be cryogenically frozen.

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The US Virgin Islands can't find Google co-founder Larry Page to serve him a subpoena in a lawsuit over JP Morgan's links to Jeffrey Epstein

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Google co-founder Larry Page in San Francisco, California, on November 2, 2015.

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'Hey, Netflix! You broke it — now fix it': On the picket lines with Hollywood writers as they bring signs, slogans, and sunscreen to their fight against the studios for 'as long as it takes'

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Writers Guild of America members picketed outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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Tim Cook says AI is 'huge,' but flags the need to be 'deliberate and thoughtful' on how Apple deploys it

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AI is "huge," but it needs to be carefully deployed, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said during the company's second-quarter earnings call Thursday.

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A Tesla driver was fatally shot following an argument at a charging station

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A 33-year-old man in suburban Denver was fatally shot following an altercation at a Tesla Supercharger station, authorities say.

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AI is going to offer every student a personalized tutor, founder of Khan Academy says

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AI is going to offer every student a personalized tutor, the founder of Khan Academy said.

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Snapchat's vision of the future has dystopian vibes

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Rob Wilk, president of Americas at Snap, presents at the company's NewFronts event in New York on May 2, 2023.

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