Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $ 100 million to further strengthen U.S. cybersecurity, addressing what he sees as a growing threat from foreign governments, he tells the WSJ. Half the funds will focus on protecting power grids and other infrastructure from cyberattacks; half will be earmarked to educate people about so-called cybersecurity hygiene. […]
OpenAI pledges to give U.S. AI Safety Institute early access to its next model
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that OpenAI is working with the U.S. AI Safety Institute, a federal government body that aims to assess and address risks in AI platforms, on an agreement to provide early access to its next major generative AI model for safety testing. The announcement, which Altman made in a post on […]
Qoo10’s CEO pledges personal assets worth $58M to compensate Korean merchants affected by its liquidity crisis
The founder and CEO of Singapore-based marketplace Qoo10 has pledged to use his personal assets to secure about $ 58 million (80 billion KRW) to compensate South Korean customers and vendors affected by his company’s liquidity crisis, which in turn resulted in failed payments to about 60,000 small merchants who sell through its Korean marketplace […]