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Thursday, Apr 18

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No data mining in Colorado minds as state passes U.S.’s first brainwave privacy law

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Colorado is the first state to slap privacy limits on what companies can do with the data they glean from brain-computer interfaces. Read More

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Microsoft has become an academy for AI talent that other companies are now poaching

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Microsoft alums are popping up at AI-focused companies and in AI-focused roles. Read More

Wednesday, Apr 17

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‘Meta is out of options’: EU regulators reject its privacy fee for Facebook and Instagram

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So much for the “pay or okay” model that the Facebook and Instagram parent recently introduced in the EU. Read More

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VC associates can be vital to firms and founders—when they’re empowered to be

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If you pay attention to VC Twitter (or X, as it’s now called), you may have witnessed a heated debate recently: Should startup founders talk to VC associates? Read More

Tuesday, Apr 16

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AI leaders tackle tough questions at Fortune Brainstorm AI London

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From regulation to energy consumption, Fortune's first Brainstorm AI conference in London saw industry leaders explore the thorny questions surrounding the boom in artificial intelligence. Read More

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Jobs of the future will require the ‘cognitive skills’ AI hasn’t mastered, says Accenture’s chief AI officer

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"Communication skills, being empathetic...these are the cognitive skills that AI is not doing quite well yet," says Lan Guan, Accenture's chief AI officer. Read More

Monday, Apr 15

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Exclusive: Human Ventures approaches $50 million raised for its second fund

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The firm is currently raising its second fund, and has crossed the $50 million threshold, Fortune has exclusively learned. Read More

Friday, Apr 12

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Elon Musk wants to make Grok AI an option for X premium users to compose tweets

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A source said Musk “wants people to sound smarter” on X, and he thinks AI could help. Read More

Tuesday, Apr 9

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Exclusive: AlleyCorp raises a $250 million fund, taking on external investors for the first time

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Though this is technically AlleyCorp’s first fund, the Kevin Ryan-led firm has a long track record of investments and incubations that include MongoDB, Gilt Groupe, Business Insider, and Zola. Read More

Tuesday, Apr 2

For thermal battery startups, the median post-money valuation is up 81.9% year over year

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PitchBook recently released a report on thermal battery companies, which is starting to produce some notable companies, and could be an area that garners more investment from VCs moving forward. Read More

Monday, Apr 1

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Box CEO Aaron Levie remembers the moment he realized ChatGPT was a game changer

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By unlocking mountains of unstructured data, generative AI and LLMs represent a long-awaited breakthrough, says Box’s longtime CEO. Read More

Tuesday, Mar 26

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Do shake-ups at 2 high-profile AI companies signal more to come?

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The upheavals at Inflection AI and Stability AI may signal a subtle shift in the AI industry. Read More

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Canva acquires design software provider Affinity

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Over the last few years, Canva’s been building up its resume as an acquirer. The company’s newest acquisition, however, is especially indicative of how Canva sees its next chapter. Read More

Monday, Mar 25

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Michael Dell, who’s led his company for 40 years, shares the ‘simple’ secret to his longevity

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Dell's company has reinvented itself multiples times and seems poised to capitalize on the AI craze. Read More

Thursday, Mar 21

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Tim Cook’s job just got a lot more complicated with an antitrust suit piled on top of his China and Europe problems

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The U.S. government's antitrust suit against Apple is yet another big headache for its CEO. Read More

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Exclusive: Foundry comes out of stealth with a $350 million valuation

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The company today launched out of stealth, having raised $80 million in total seed and Series A funding in a round co-led Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. Read More

Wednesday, Mar 20

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Google becomes the first AI company to be fined over training data

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Google's €250 million defeat in a long-running showdown with French news publishers comes with an AI twist. Read More

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Elon Musk says society must move on from the ‘constant subject’ of racism: ‘We are all descended from slaves’

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Elon Musk, in an interview with Don Lemon, doubled down on his anti-DEI stance and said society must move on from talk of slavery and racism. Read More

Monday, Mar 18

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Looks like Apple will need a partner to go all in on generative AI—but big antitrust issues await

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Apple and Google already have a two-decade-old search partnership that's under severe regulatory pressure. Read More

Thursday, Mar 14

Alibaba’s AliExpress gets hit with an EU probe—and TikTok feels the heat in Italy

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Also: Firefox and Brave get a boost from Apple's antitrust changes, and Microsoft relents on cloud exit fees. Read More

Wednesday, Mar 13

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Here’s what’s in the EU AI Act, which just got approved

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The EU's AI Act, approved today by the European Parliament, is the world's first law specifically dealing with artificial intelligence. Read More

Tuesday, Mar 12

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Join me for the best AI conversation on the planet: Fortune Brainstorm AI London

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Fortune Brainstorm AI London is bringing together key AI decision makers from Google and Microsoft to Shell, Royal Phillips, and Maersk. Read More

Thursday, Mar 7

AI watermarks aren’t just easy to defeat—they could make disinformation worse

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Researchers have found flaws in Meta's implementation of the increasingly popular C2PA metadata standard and bad actors will use tools without watermarks. Read More

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C3.ai CEO Tom Siebel outlines how AI will transform companies—and how the ‘RAG’ process can solve AI risks

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'Retrieval Augmented Generation' combines the interface of large language models with the quality of enterprise data. Read More

Tuesday, Mar 5

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FTC declares war on ‘pervasive extraction’ and ‘mishandling’ of personal info by targeting companies selling browsing data

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The Federal Trade Commission is steadily expanding the scope of what it can do for privacy. Read More

Friday, Mar 1

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Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin company is exploring space to protect Earth and keep ‘the natural world’ from backsliding

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"We need to continue to use more and more resources and also protect this gem of a planet." Read More

Thursday, Feb 29

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Exclusive: Vimeo launches new AI video tools to help employees breeze through hours-long town halls and training videos. Will it usher in the golden age of asynchronous work?

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Vimeo CEO Adam Gross says to make generative AI work companies need more than tools. They need a strategy. Read More

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Politico’s publisher attacks Google yet again—and this time its logic is more straightforward

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Axel Springer has targeted Google before, but this adtech suit makes more sense than its ancillary copyright crusade. Read More

Wednesday, Feb 28

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Apple’s canned car put it in the unusual position of far behind the pack

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Apple may seem late to the AI party, but at least it's not going to be late to the cutthroat EV market. Read More

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Here’s what it’s like to dig tunnels at Elon Musk’s Boring Company

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Fortune’s investigation underscores the tension between innovation and safety.