Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday introduced a new Facebook "Friends" tab that allows users to see exclusively what their friends are posting in one distinct place.
Why it matters: It's part of a broader effort to bring back products and features from Facebook's early days, as the company looks to attract users to the app that got them hooked on social media in the first place.
Companies are rapidly investing in AI-powered tools to enhance processes and boost efficiency. But AI's promise and potential are being held back when these solutions operate in isolation, contributing to a growing problem: AI fragmentation.
Pat Gelsinger has joined VC firm Playground Global as a general partner, just three months after abruptly retiring as CEO of chipmaker Intel. He'll also become exec chair of Playground portfolio company xLight, a developer of free electron lasers.
Axios spoke with Gelsinger on Thursday about his decision. What follows is an edited transcript of the conversation:
OpenAI is closing in on a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank at a $300 billion post-money valuation, according to Bloomberg.
Why it matters: This would be the largest venture capital round ever, which is the same thing we wrote last fall when OpenAI raised a measly $6.6 billion.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is launching a biohub focused on developing new imaging technologies that allow scientists to study the inner workings of living cells.
Why it matters: Next-generation imaging tools could give researchers a better understanding of the processes that govern cells, especially when they go awry due to disease. Those insights could be used to develop new treatments.
AI-powered medical transcription tools are alleviating clinician burnout but not yet saving practices money or making care more efficient, according to a report from the Peterson Health Technology Institute.
Why it matters: AI scribes that can securely transcribe medical notes for providers have exploded in popularity, attracting hundreds of millions of dollars in investments.
The Senate voted Wednesday 70-28 on a House resolution to repeal a rule promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service last year, extending the definition of a "broker," for purposes of tax reporting.
Why it matters: The move fits into the larger Republican strategy of acting as the party moving to support the blockchain industry's contribution to the U.S. economy.
Social media users are creating Studio Ghibli-style portraits using ChatGPT's new native image-generation capabilities.
The big picture: The Ghibli fest is dividing admirers of the Japanese animation studio, with some awed by the visuals and others dismissing them as "AI slop."
Why it matters: The incident has raised serious questions about whether the group chat violated laws including the Espionage Act and some Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation and potential repercussions against the officials involved.
There's a balance to be struckbetween defense software and hardware; without one, your targeting's bricked, and without the other, you're not seizing airfields.
The problem is the Pentagon has yet to find the sweet spot.
Why it matters: In a world of robots, autonomous weapons and global supply chains, conflicts will be swayed by the team that refreshes its code quicker and shares its information more accurately.
A hypothetical war with China in 2027 will be fought with what the U.S. military hasin hand right now.
The speculation floodgates flung open in the minutes following Boeing's win of the U.S. Air Force Next Generation Air Dominance fighter contract.
Why it matters: The F-47, as it's now known, is highly secretive. President Trump said he couldn't disclose the per-tail cost because it would reveal "some of the technology and some of the size of the plane."
"America's enemies will never see it coming," he added.
National security adviser Mike Waltz said Tuesday he takes "full responsibility" for the scandal involving the use by senior officials of an unclassified commercial chat app to discuss plans to strike Yemen.
The big picture: President Trump made clear he does not plan to fire Waltz for establishing the Signal group and inadvertently adding Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to it, telling Newsmax on Tuesday night he believed a "lower level" employee who works for his national security adviser had added the journalist's number.
The big picture: American Oversight alleges in its lawsuit that the chat on the unclassified commercial app that mistakenly included The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg violated federal records laws.
