According to the FT, the FBI is now poking around nine-year-old Hone Capital, a Palo Alto, Ca.-based venture firm funded by a Chinese private equity firm, to determine whether some of its capital came from the Chinese government — and if it shared sensitive startup data with Beijing. Originally launched with $ 115 million from […]
LSU’s live Tiger mascot may be making a comeback tour in Death Valley
Mike the Tiger VII, the live tiger mascot of LSU, enjoys a $ 3 million state of the art habitat that is visited by thousands of LSU game day patrons. A great way to get the LSU fans fired up on game day in years past was to have Mike the Tiger placed inside a […]
Palantir’s CTO, and 13th employee, has become a secret weapon for Valley defense tech startups
On August 5, Palantir’s CTO Shyam Sankar stood in front of about 20 nervous new employees at the company’s Washington, D.C. office and gave a speech you’d expect at a new hire meeting: company mission, Palantir’s history, etc. But there was one part that would’ve seemed unfathomable a few years ago: Sankar evangelized the importance […]
California AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters, but Silicon Valley warns it will cause one
Update: California’s Appropriations Committee passed SB 1047 with significant amendments that change the bill on Thursday, August 15. You can read about them here. Outside of sci-fi films, there’s no precedent for AI systems killing people or being used in massive cyberattacks. However, some lawmakers want to implement safeguards before bad actors make that dystopian […]
California AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters, but Silicon Valley warns it will cause one
Update: California’s Appropriations Committee passed SB 1047 with significant amendments that change the bill on Thursday, August 15. You can read about them here. Outside of sci-fi films, there’s no precedent for AI systems killing people or being used in massive cyberattacks. However, some lawmakers want to implement safeguards before bad actors make that dystopian […]