Browsing: development

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GitLab lays off 350 employees, or 14% of its workforce, as it evolves into an AI-driven enterprise software development platform and exits 22 countries (Dean Seal/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 3, 2026

Dean’s Seal / Wall Street Journal: GitLab is laying off 350 employees, or 14% of its workforce, as it evolves…

Asia

The real crisis in Andhra Pradesh is development, not demographics – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettJune 1, 2026

Chandrababu Naidu, the chief minister of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, announced that his coalition government would provide…

Technology

OpenAI releases framework of five principles for AGI development, pledging to resist the concentration of AI power and collaborate with businesses and governments (Marcus Schuler/Implicator.ai)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 27, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Snapchat CEO: Why distribution has become the biggest gap | Evan Spiegel Interviews with world-class product…

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A look at AI METR, a nonprofit organization whose time horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 19, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Jensen on the ropes, Sam Altman conflicts, Allbirds GPU pivot The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Sources say Ola’s AI venture Krutrim’s smart assistant, Kruti, is not available to users and development of its Indian multilingual LLM, Krutrim 3, is stalled (Swathi Moorthy/The Economic Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 16, 2026

Swathi Moorthy / Economic times: Sources say Ola’s AI venture Krutrim’s smart assistant, Kruti, is not available to users and…

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Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to ask their opinions on Claude’s moral and spiritual development and whether he could be considered a “child of God” (Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The dilemma of the Anthropic myth, violence against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta The Big Technology…

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How Hollywood support staff are integrating AI into workflows, from mundane tasks to creative development, amid cost and workload reductions (Mia Galuppo/The Hollywood Reporter)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 5, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI buys TBPN, SpaceX’s IPO for $2 trillion? Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure The Big Technology…

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AI coding agents will radically change both the practice and economics of exploit development, automating the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities (Thomas H. Ptacek/sockpuppet.org)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “You’re Going to Have Trouble”, with Christina Warren The director’s commentary track…

Asia

Vietnam protests China’s development of controversial reef in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

By Frank M. EverettMarch 23, 2026

Vietnam has condemned China’s land reclamation activities at the Antelope Reef in the disputed Paracel Islands, following reports of accelerated…

Technology

Emergent, which offers an AI-powered software development service, claims to generate annual revenue of more than $100 million, just eight months after its launch (TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 18, 2026

TechCrunch: Emergent, which offers an AI-powered software development service, claims to generate annual revenue of more than $100 million, just…

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

Increased World Cup-related travel has yet to materialize for U.S. businesses

Pandemic car shortages still drive up new and used car prices

GM eyes new type of battery to expand data center and energy storage business

LIV Golf CEO says to take PIF ‘at its word’ as funding cliff approaches

Rivian is betting that R2 EV can make it a household name like Tesla

Republicans go off the rails and say they don’t need proof to say the election is rigged

Top House Democrat demands answers about Trump’s health after he falls asleep during NBA Finals

BBC Scares Trump of His Own Defamation Lawsuit

Mike Johnson ceded his power as Speaker of the House to Trump

Hakeem Jeffries goes on Fox News and calls them out for ignoring GOP bigots

Survey: 53% of Americans fear that AI could put a member of their household out of work; Democrats more likely than Republicans to worry about AI’s impact on jobs (Reuters)

Aryon Security, whose platform allows companies to define a security strategy, which it translates into actionable policies that cannot be ignored, raised a $29 million Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios)

A look at Unitree’s growth strategy, which mimics those used by BYD and DJI, and leverages its dominance of quadruped robots to create and lead the humanoid market (SemiAnalysis)

AI will increase productivity in the short term, but only two expect job creation (Wall Street Journal)

Trump administration officials have asked CAISI to stop publishing its assessment models pending implementation of an EO signed by President Trump last week (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

Browsing: development

GitLab lays off 350 employees, or 14% of its workforce, as it evolves into an AI-driven enterprise software development platform and exits 22 countries (Dean Seal/Wall Street Journal)

The real crisis in Andhra Pradesh is development, not demographics – The Diplomat

OpenAI releases framework of five principles for AGI development, pledging to resist the concentration of AI power and collaborate with businesses and governments (Marcus Schuler/Implicator.ai)

A look at AI METR, a nonprofit organization whose time horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

Sources say Ola’s AI venture Krutrim’s smart assistant, Kruti, is not available to users and development of its Indian multilingual LLM, Krutrim 3, is stalled (Swathi Moorthy/The Economic Times)

Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to ask their opinions on Claude’s moral and spiritual development and whether he could be considered a “child of God” (Washington Post)

How Hollywood support staff are integrating AI into workflows, from mundane tasks to creative development, amid cost and workload reductions (Mia Galuppo/The Hollywood Reporter)

AI coding agents will radically change both the practice and economics of exploit development, automating the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities (Thomas H. Ptacek/sockpuppet.org)

Vietnam protests China’s development of controversial reef in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Emergent, which offers an AI-powered software development service, claims to generate annual revenue of more than $100 million, just eight months after its launch (TechCrunch)