Sixty percent of U.S. consumers say ‘AI’ in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds
WordPress VIP’s latest survey suggests consumers are wary of AI-generated answers even as companies increasingly view AI search as an important referral channel.
Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple
African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as investor and partner.
Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers
Plaud is trying to make a mark in a crowded market full of AI-powered meeting notetakers.
Robinhood’s note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isn’t cutting it
Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs citing the need to restructure to make the most of AI, Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no mention of AI in his note about layoffs.
DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’
The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.
SpaceX passes Amazon as valuation balloons to $2.7T
SpaceX’s valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday.
Study Finds Most Restaurants Missing From AI Recommendations
AI search is changing how diners discover restaurants, with Local Falcon research finding many eateries visible on Google Maps are missing from AI-generated recommendations. The post Study Finds Most Restaurants
Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI
Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.
AI Can Identify Threats. It Can’t Own Security Decisions
AI can identify threats and speed security analysis, but risk scoring alone cannot determine what software should be allowed to run. Effective prevention requires explainable, policy-driven controls. The post AI Can
India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns
The restrictions include a nationwide ban on Telegram until June 22 and a requirement to disable the app’s message editing feature.