Clio, last valued at $3B, makes a bet on AI-powered legal data provider
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Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years
Spotify is making Discover Weekly more customizable by genre.
Why AI will eat McKinsey’s lunch — but not today
Navin Chaddha, managing director of the 55-year-old Silicon Valley venture firm Mayfield, is betting big on AI’s ability to transform people-heavy industries like consulting, law, and accounting. The veteran investor, whose wins include Lyft, Poshmark, and HashiCorp, recently discussed at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Menlo Park why he believes “AI teammates” can create software-like margins...
OpenAI reportedly ‘recalibrating’ compensation in response to Meta hires
With Meta successfully poaching a number of its senior researchers, an OpenAI executive reportedly reassured team members Saturday that company leadership has not “been standing idly by.”
Trump says he’s found a buyer for TikTok
A group of “very wealthy people” is set to buy short-form video app TikTok, according to President Donald Trump.
With ‘F1’, Apple finally has a theatrical hit
Looks like Apple has its first bona fide box office hit.
Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI
An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators.
Meta reportedly hires four more researchers from OpenAI
Looks like Meta isn’t done poaching talent from OpenAI.
Week in Review: Meta’s AI recruiting blitz
Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots of news for you this week, including Travis Kalanick’s possible return, CoreWeave’s CEO is now worth $10 billion, Apple users aren’t happy with how the company is promoting its new F1 movie, and much more.
Vitalik Buterin has reservations about Sam Altman’s World project
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is arguing that the digital identification approach being promoted by Sam Altman’s World project has real privacy risks.