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Friday, May 3

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Smaller social platforms are adding TikTok-like features as TikTok’s future hangs in the balance

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Social media services are rapidly morphing into TikTok-like platforms. Read More

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Runway’s second-ever AI Film Festival walks the line between movie business’ past and its future

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I rolled into Runway’s AI Film Festival well after the press hour had ended, and was unsure of what I was about to see. Read More

09

The U.S.’s TikTok ban is full of contradictions

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It's easy to poke holes in the U.S.'s justification for the ban—and Beijing's criticism of it. Read More

Thursday, May 2

21

You’ll probably need to learn a new acronym to keep up with the latest AI trend

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LAMs are an emerging type of model that essentially turn LLMs into assistants. Read More

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You don’t need an AI assistant in a box like the new Rabbit R1—unless it’s your smartphone

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There is no real point to devices like the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1. Read More

14

Why Owner cofounder and CEO Adam Guild is serving up software especially for mom-and-pop restaurants

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Restaurant tech is tough, but it’s a big market: There are about 749,000 restaurants in the United States, and nine out of every ten have less than 50 employees, according to the National Restaurant Association. Read More

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Why one CEO is swearing off making economic forecasts

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“We have to accept some level of uncertainty.” Read More

Wednesday, May 1

21

AI’s biggest bottlenecks, according to CIOs and CTOs

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Corporate technology leaders are on the front lines of rolling out AI services. During a dinner hosted by Fortune, they shared their hopes, fears, and challenges. Read More

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How an early Kanye West scandal showed Adidas’ massive DEI shortcomings

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Adidas has seen an exodus of Black executives since making DEI pledges in 2020. Read More

14

For an AI startup, a high valuation is good news. Right?

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We’re untangling an emerging phenomenon: that a high valuation can sometimes be a detriment, rather than an asset, when it comes to recruiting key AI talent. Read More

13

Business Roundtable announces new mental health initiative for employee well-being

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Workers' mental health issues cost the U.S. economy an estimated $47.6 billion annually. Read More

Tuesday, Apr 30

21

Big Tech is pouring hundreds of billions into AI. Should it also get to decide if the technology is ‘safe’?

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In an era in which the power to shape AI may ultimately be concentrated in the hands of the wealthiest tech companies, who gets to decide whether and what kinds of AI systems are safe and secure? Read More

18

Social networks have too much political influence, Americans tell researchers

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Democrats in particular are becoming likelier to see the downsides of social networks, Pew Research suggests. Read More

14

Here’s more details about the access ByteDance had to U.S. TikTok user data

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TikTok’s former head of security compliance explains which systems ByteDance retained control of.

09

CEOs build new business models to solve the plastic pollution problem

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Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman has noted that plastics now weigh twice as much as all animals on earth. Read More

Monday, Apr 29

18

Meta archnemesis turns his attention to OpenAI’s ‘hallucinations’

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Activist-lawyer Schrems claims OpenAI is breaking the GDPR by generating false information about people and being unable to correct it. Read More

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Exclusive: Zeck, cofounded by Edward Norton, raises $7.5 million to fight the existential dread looming over your board meetings

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Zeck, a board presentation software startup cofounded by actor and entrepreneur Edward Norton, has raised a Series A led by Salesforce Ventures. Coinvestors include Khosla Ventures and Breyer Capital. Read More

09

Bridgewater and Global Citizen CEOs support World Bank’s campaign to replenish IDA coffers

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Every three years, countries are asked to fund grants and low-interest loans to poor economies. Read More

Friday, Apr 26

18

The curious case of Temu’s U.S. ‘headquarters’

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The subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant PDD is already the most popular shopping app in the U.S. on both Android and Apple devices. Read More

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Rubrik goes public, as the stock closed up nearly 16% in the cybersecurity company’s first day of trading

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Rubrik, a data-focused cybersecurity company, went public yesterday, with the stock initially popping by about 20% and closing up nearly 16%. Read More

09

Fortune’s first century was tied to purpose. Its second century will be too

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Outgoing Fortune CEO Alan Murray reflects on his decade-long tenure. Read More

Thursday, Apr 25

18

AI for drug discovery draws a $1 billion launch—and a lot of hope

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AI's impact on health care is one area where people are more enthusiastic than anxious—and there's reason to think that enthusiasm is not misplaced. Read More

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You can’t blame investors for being skeptical of Meta’s enormous AI outlay

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Particularly after the metaverse debacle, it's fair to want a real profit strategy from Mark Zuckerberg. Read More

14

Exclusive: Norwest Venture Partners has closed its $3 billion seventeenth fund

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Amid the AI boom, Norwest has closed its seventeenth fund, Fortune has exclusively learned. Read More

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Goldman Sachs moves its top EMEA banker to Paris as the French capital challenges London’s finance crown

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Dirk Lievens will trade London for Paris. “The whole financial ecosystem in Paris is enormous," he says. Read More

Wednesday, Apr 24

23

Google’s firing of employees signals growing pushback to employee activism

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Google fired dozens of employees protesting its $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon for the Israeli government. Read More

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What happens next for TikTok now that Biden has signed divest-or-ban law?

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If TikTok's legal challenge to the new law fails, users can at best expect to see its empty shell remain in the U.S. Read More

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Why looking at financial metrics for early stage VC firms isn’t as revealing as you might expect

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I came from covering the public markets, where you’re swimming in numbers—revenue, Ebitda, you name it. But in the private markets, as a reporter, brass tacks numbers are a whole lot harder to come by. Read More

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FTC chair Lina Khan’s ban of noncompete agreements is on firmer ground than her past overreach

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The FTC ban could transform the U.S. business environment—if it can survive a court challenge. Read More

Tuesday, Apr 23

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AI will change the world. But that doesn’t mean investors will get rich in the process

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Is AI like commercial aviation? High costs, high growth, and insane competition is a bad combo for investors. Read More