General Motors was once the most potent symbol of American industry. Silicon Valley now holds that title — and GM, just like other legacy automakers, wants back in.
Why it matters: Tech bros from California are increasingly holding sway over the car guys from Detroit as the auto industry tries to find the way to an electric, autonomous, software-driven future.
Rescue crews on Friday ended the search mission of a capsized luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily, multipleoutletsreported. British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's body was recovered on Thursday.
The latest: The sixth and final missing body was found on Friday, Lynch's 18-year-old daughter Hannah. She was the last person unaccounted for aboard the ship.
Biosecurity experts are calling on governments to set new guardrails in an effort tolimit the risks posed by advanced AI models being applied to biology.
Why it matters: AI models trained on genetic sequences have double-edged potential to help scientists design new medicines and vaccines, but can also be used to create new or enhanced pathogens.
The Department of Justice on Friday filed an antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, a property management software company, for an alleged "unlawful scheme" to reduce competition in the apartment rental market and secure a monopoly for itself.
Why it matters: RealPage uses a trove of data to help some of the country's biggest landlords set apartment rental prices. According to the suit, it's helping them to artificially inflate prices for renters all across the county.
A new government-supported program is actively recruiting people who want to help evaluate AI-enabled office productivity software.
Why it matters: Stress-testing generative AI tools is still one of the best ways to root out biases or false information in responses, as well as privacy concerns like responses that leak sensitive information.
Publicly pointing the finger at foreign adversaries' hackers doesn't hold the same power that it used to.
Why it matters: Attributing nation-state hacks has long been one of the few tools the U.S. government had to deter adversaries in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from coming after American officials and companies.
