BUSINESS

US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
- By Neclink.com
- . February 23, 2025
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling

Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI training
- By Neclink.com
- . February 22, 2025
For years, Meta employees have internally discussed using copyrighted works obtained through legally questionable means to train the company’s AI models, according to court documents

Rivian will launch hands-off highway driver assist ‘in a few weeks’
- By Neclink.com
- . February 21, 2025
Rivian said Thursday it plans to launch a hands-off version of its driver assistance system for highway driving “in a few weeks,” and an “eyes-off”

‘For You’ feeds are not for creators, Patreon says
- By Neclink.com
- . February 20, 2025
Patreon has continued on its crusade against algorithmic feeds with its latest State of Create report, a look at trends in the creator economy based

Trump admin reverses hydropower layoffs that sparked grid stability fears
- By Neclink.com
- . February 19, 2025
This month, the Trump administration instituted sweeping cuts within the federal agencies in charge of power from hydroelectric dams, raising fears of grid instabilities in

Nextdoor’s Nirav Tolia thinks he can turn things around with AI; he has a lot riding on it
- By Neclink.com
- . February 18, 2025
Social media is often about scale, but Nextdoor bet long ago on something different: that it could grow a big business off smaller, local communities.

These researchers used NPR Sunday Puzzle questions to benchmark AI ‘reasoning’ models
- By Neclink.com
- . February 17, 2025
Every Sunday, NPR host Will Shortz, The New York Times’ crossword puzzle guru, gets to quiz thousands of listeners in a long-running segment called the

Apple Intelligence could arrive on Vision Pro in April
- By Neclink.com
- . February 16, 2025
Apple is planning to add Apple Intelligence to its Vision Pro headset in an update that could come as early as April, according to Bloomberg’s

Court filings show Meta paused efforts to license books for AI training
- By Neclink.com
- . February 15, 2025
New court filings in an AI copyright case against Meta add credence to earlier reports that the company “paused” discussions with book publishers on licensing

Turo scraps plans for an IPO
- By Neclink.com
- . February 14, 2025
Turo on Thursday withdrew its plans for an IPO, ending a three-year wait to bring the online car-sharing network to the public marketplace, according to