At the end of 2022, the people closest to Sam Bankman-Fried — the ones who helped him launch and grow FTX — were turning themselves in fast. But in a phone conversation with me, the then-30-year-old founder was defiant about the charges against him.
Why it matters: The Department of Justice's case looks daunting for SBF, with 13 counts leveled against him, including recent charges of bribing foreign officials in China.
Qualcomm on Monday said it has agreed to buy Autotalks, an Israeli maker of "vehicle-to-everything" communications chips, with a focus on preventing crashes.
Why it matters: This reflects how big chipmakers continue to view vehicles as a key growth area, given increased automation and complexity.
Looking back at the legacy of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, experts are still unclear on why this was the incident that sparked such a massive sea change across policymaking and boardrooms.
Flashback: This weekend marks two years since a Russian ransomware gang targeted Colonial's pipeline, which provides roughly 45% of the fuel used on the East Coast.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Friday that last week's White House AI summit discussed laws mandating AIs reveal themselves, and added that his firm is working on new ChatGPT models that respect copyright.
Driving the news: Altman spoke Friday to students at Clark Atlanta University, one of Georgia's leading HBCUs, for the kick-off event of a "Future of Artificial Intelligence" world tour.
While American leaders fret that China might eventually overtake the U.S. in developing artificial intelligence, Beijing is already way ahead of Washington in enacting rules for the new technology.
Driving the news: Chinese officials will close consultation Wednesday on a second round of generative AI regulation, building on a set of rules governing deepfakes agreed in 2022.
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