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The US takes down a North Korean operation that, from 2021 to 2024, impersonated 80+ people to get remote jobs at 100+ US firms, using "laptop farms" in the US (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch : The US takes down a North Korean operation that, from 2021 to 2024, impersonated 80+ people to get remote jobs at 100+ US firms, using “laptop farms” in the US   —  The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday that it had taken several enforcement actions against North Korea's operations … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/XjTiu8V via IFTTT
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Winnipeg-based Conquest Planning, which uses AI to help financial advisors and other clients make decisions, raised an $80M Series B led by Goldman Sachs (Jon Fingas/BetaKit)

Jon Fingas / BetaKit : Winnipeg-based Conquest Planning, which uses AI to help financial advisors and other clients make decisions, raised an $80M Series B led by Goldman Sachs   —  Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the Winnipeg startup's latest funding round.  —  Conquest Planning has secured an $80-million USD … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/U70FhLO via IFTTT

Memo: OpenAI's Mark Chen responds to Meta offers, says it feels like "someone has broken into our home and stolen something" and OpenAI is "recalibrating comp" (Zoë Schiffer/Wired)

Zoë Schiffer / Wired : Memo: OpenAI's Mark Chen responds to Meta offers, says it feels like “someone has broken into our home and stolen something” and OpenAI is “recalibrating comp”   —  As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're ‘recalibrating comp,’ according to an internal memo. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/876tZ4l via IFTTT

The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness+, and Wallet (Anthony D'Alessandro/Deadline)

Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline : The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness+, and Wallet   —  It's a win for racing car movies.  It's a win for Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht led Apple Original Films on the big screen … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ZYSLrg1 via IFTTT

Elon Musk calls the Senate tax bill "utterly insane" as it raises taxes on nuclear and geothermal energy and battery storage, which are crucial for AI training (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)

Noah Smith / Noahpinion : Elon Musk calls the Senate tax bill “utterly insane” as it raises taxes on nuclear and geothermal energy and battery storage, which are crucial for AI training   —  Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” is an attack on American energy production.  —  There are many things to despise … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/rEB56L7 via IFTTT

[Thread] Cluely unveils a desktop AI assistant that it says can help users cheat on meetings, sales, lectures, interviews, learning new software, and more (Roy/@im_roy_lee)

Roy / @im_roy_lee : [Thread] Cluely unveils a desktop AI assistant that it says can help users cheat on meetings, sales, lectures, interviews, learning new software, and more   —  introducing @cluely. today is the start of a world where you never have to think again. we just killed 9 industries (thread): [video] from Techmeme https://ift.tt/eGzFxaY via IFTTT

As Reddit turns 20, a look at its AI efforts, including the Reddit Answers chatbot, while it battles unauthorized scraping of user data for AI training (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : As Reddit turns 20, a look at its AI efforts, including the Reddit Answers chatbot, while it battles unauthorized scraping of user data for AI training   —  For 20 years, Reddit has pitched itself as “the front page of the internet.”  AI threatens to change that. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/vZpUiWg via IFTTT