Axios

The year 2000 brought us the “Dot-Com Super Bowl,” and 2022 was dubbed the “Crypto Bowl” — both signs of a changing landscape in which tech and finance have edged into a night once dominated by cars and beer.

What we're watching: This year could be the "Sports Betting Bowl." DraftKings has already released a commercial featuring Kevin Hart and announced a partnership with Molson Coors, building on the two sports-betting ads during last year's game.

A group of Austin-based, ethical hackers have become the first hacking collective to join a formal, global reporting program for disclosing software flaws.

Why it matters: Not all hackers are malicious or actively looking to exploit the security vulnerabilities they uncover. But the process of reporting the bugs they find is often arduous and, in some cases, full of legal headaches.

Fei-Fei Li, the artificial intelligence expert and Stanford University professor, is joining Canadian venture firm Radical Ventures as a partner.

Why it matters: "There’s no better time to do AI than today," Li, who has worked in the field for more than two decades, tells Axios.

Among the many mind-blowing things that the latest generation of AI seems poised to do: Make Microsoft cool again.

Why it matters: The software giant has invested billions into OpenAI and is betting that tools like Dall-E 2 and ChatGPT across its products will boost flagging products like Bing and reinvigorate franchises such as Office and Windows.