What does it take to get OpenAI and Anthropic—two competitors in the AI assistant market—to get along? Despite a fundamental difference in direction that led Anthropic’s founders to quit OpenAI in 2020 and later create the Claude AI assistant, a shared technical hurdle has now brought them together: How to easily connect their AI models...
(BPRW) National Urban League and DoorDash Expand the Virtual Financial Empowerment Center with New Mobile App
(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK – The National Urban League, in partnership with DoorDash, is proud to announce the expansion of the Virtual Financial Empowerment Center (VFEC) through the launch of the VFEC App in April 2025. Since its launch, the VFEC ha…
OpenAI Closes Deal That Values Company at $300 Billion
The start-up’s valuation, which has nearly doubled in six months, shows continued enthusiasm for A.I. among investors.
Trump Family Starts Bitcoin Mining Venture in Further Push Into Crypto
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are investing in a Bitcoin-mining company called American Bitcoin, created by the merger of two firms.
Isomorphic Labs, Google’s A.I. Drug Business, Raises Money From Thrive
The company, which uses artificial intelligence to develop new treatments, now counts the venture capital firm Thrive Capital as a backer.
(BPRW) CBCF Launches New Innovation Leader Scholarship for Students Pursuing Careers in Engineering and Computer Science
(Black PR Wire) The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) is proud to announce the launch of the Innovation Leader Scholarship. This groundbreaking initiative aims to support the next generation of diverse leaders in engineering and computer …
What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk. The...
Elon Musk Says He Has Sold X to His A.I. Start-Up xAI
The deal combined two of Mr. Musk’s companies, which have been on different trajectories. The transaction valued xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, the billionaire said.
Blackstone Considers Small Investment in TikTok
The private equity giant is considering investing as the video app works to follow a law that requires it to separate from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, by next week.
CoreWeave Disappoints on Opening of Trading
The start-up, which provides the processing power to help develop A.I. systems, faces questions about its debt and the overall economy.