Category AI Agents

Former Meta Employees Sue, Alleging AI Helped Target Workers on Leave in Layoffs

Meta faces a lawsuit over alleged AI layoffs that reportedly targeted workers on leave during May cuts affecting about 8,000 staff.

The Luddite movement is growing among Gen Z, with Summer of Ludd events challenging Big Tech, AI and app culture.

HUD withheld records on AI policy work tied to DOGE, sparking questions about FOIA, prompts and government transparency.

Uber product strategy is expanding into hotels, AI and autonomous data as the company pushes travel growth without becoming an everything app.

Nous Research is reportedly raising at least $75M at a $1.5B valuation as demand for AI agents and Hermes heats up.

OpenAI leadership shifts again as Fidji Simo moves to a part-time advisory role after medical leave, with the company refocusing on agents.

OpenAI is retiring Atlas, but its AI browser strategy lives on through ChatGPT desktop and a new Chrome extension.

An AI agent startup used its own AI agent to help raise $100 million, showing how fundraising itself is becoming automated.

OpenAI is shutting down ChatGPT Atlas less than a year after launch as it shifts browser features into ChatGPT Work.

Voice AI startup Gradium raised $100M in seed funding with Nvidia joining, and will open a Bay Area office to scale faster.