OpenAI Quietly Bought Voice-Cloning Startup Weights.gg, People Familiar With the Matter Say
SAN FRANCISCO — Two years ago, OpenAI’s research team published a blog post describing something it would not let anyone use: a voice-replication system so realistic that the company decided…
Meta to Cut More Than 10,000 Jobs as Zuckerberg Tightens the Belt
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Mark Zuckerberg’s message to Meta Platforms’ employees was blunt: the company’s best years of growth are behind it, and the people who survive the coming cuts…
Gates Foundation Sells Its Last Microsoft Shares, Filing Shows
SEATTLE — The final trade was small by the standards of the fortune it closed out. In the first quarter, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust sold its remaining…
Starbucks to Cut 300 U.S. Jobs and Close Offices in Turnaround Push
SEATTLE — The email landed in inboxes on the morning of May 15, and by midday, employees at Starbucks’ regional offices were packing up desks that no longer had a…
FANUC Deepens Nvidia Ties in Race to Teach Robots New Skills
OSHINO, Japan — On a factory floor at the foot of Mount Fuji, a robot arm recently learned something new: how to pick oddly shaped parts out of a bin,…
Samsung Chairman Apologizes as Union Readies an 18-Day Strike
SEOUL — Lee Jae-yong stood at a lectern on May 16 and apologized for what he called Samsung Electronics’ “internal problems,” a rare act of public contrition from a chairman…
SpaceX Prepares for Nasdaq Debut in What Could Be the Largest IPO in History
The plan has a code name inside SpaceX: “Project Apex.” Under it, the company filed confidentially with the SEC in early April, and reports this week point to pricing as…
Cerebras Nears $95 Billion Value in Biggest Tech IPO Since Uber
For years, the pitch sounded like a joke: a startup that would build a chip the size of an entire silicon wafer, taking on Nvidia. On Thursday, Cerebras Systems closed…
Three Engineers, 100 AI Agents, a $1.3 Million Token Bill
The screenshot posted on X on Friday showed a number most developers will never see on their own dashboards: $1,305,088.81 in OpenAI spending over 30 days. The bill covered 603…
SpaceX Prospectus Details Musk’s Mars-Linked Pay Plan
The prospectus answers the question investors have asked since the listing was announced – who controls SpaceX? – with a definitive answer. Elon Musk would receive Class B shares carrying…
