Lauren Goode

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The Unsexy Future of Generative AI Is Enterprise Apps

Keith Peiris says he started to see the generative AI writing on the wall six months ago.Peiris is the cofounder and chief executive of Tome, a San Francisco startup that makes presentation...

The Affordable Connectivity Program Kept Them Online. What Now?

Shawn Wright worries a lot about his mom.Wright, a 50-year-old IT manager from Oklahoma City, lives more than 1,300 miles from his elderly mother in Philadelphia and stays connected with her through...

A National Security Insider Does the Math on the Dangers of AI

Jason Matheny is a delight to speak with, provided you’re up for a lengthy conversation about potential technological and biomedical catastrophe.Now CEO and president of Rand Corporation, Matheny has built a career...

Airchat Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Obsession

At some point this weekend, Airchat cofounder Naval Ravikant had to close off new sign-ups to his app. After releasing a new version Friday, Airchat was quickly overloaded with people thirsting for...

Beeper Took On Apple’s iMessage Dominance. Now It’s Been Acquired

Late last year the messaging app Beeper raised the ire of Apple when it found a way to recreate Apple’s infamous “blue bubble” messaging on Android. Apple later hobbled Beeper, but it’s...

Bug Zappers Are Swarming on Amazon

Call it a bug zapper, not a feature.Data from Fakespot, a service owned by Mozilla that helps consumers spot fake reviews and scams on shopping sites, shows a bizarre rise in the...

The Case Against Apple Weaponizes the Cult of Cupertino

Back in 2022 at the annual Code Conference, where tech luminaries submit to on-stage interviews, an audience member asked Apple CEO Tim Cook for some tech support. “I can’t send my mom...

Perplexity’s Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search

Aravind Srinivas credits Google CEO Sundar Pichai for giving him the freedom to eat eggs.Srinivas remembers the moment seven years ago when an interview with Pichai popped up in his YouTube feed....

Lauren Goode

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