Trump rescinds Biden’s executive order on AI safety, as promised
Hours after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing former President Joe Biden’s guardrails for the...
View ArticleOpenAI says India court can’t hear case on alleged copyright breach
OpenAI has told an Indian court that any order to remove training data powering its ChatGPT service would be inconsistent with its legal obligations in the United States, according to a recent filing...
View ArticleNFL tells New England Patriots that team can’t have Bluesky account
The NFL directed the New England Patriots to delete the team’s Bluesky account, Fred Kirsch, the team’s VP of content, said on a January 16 episode of the Patriots Unfiltered podcast. While the team...
View ArticleTrump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the drug marketplace Silk Road who is revered by many cryptocurrency enthusiasts and Libertarians. “I just called the mother of Ross...
View ArticleWisconsin man charged with arson of congressman’s office over TikTok ban
Prosecutors charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman’s office because he was upset with the federal TikTok ban with multiple counts on Wednesday, including...
View ArticleHow Trump is escalating his campaign against DEI programs
U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his campaign against diversity programs on Tuesday by pressuring the private sector to join the initiative and telling government employees in offices...
View ArticleCan cheaper hot dogs and beer save baseball? Why MLB teams are leaning into...
The days of paying 20 bucks for a beer and hot dog at sports stadiums may be heading into their final inning. The Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday released a “value menu” of cheaper stadium food and...
View ArticleWhy new Starbucks restroom policy is getting mixed reactions
Starbucks’s decision to restrict its restrooms to paying customers has flushed out a wider problem: a patchwork of restroom policies that has left Americans confused and divided over who gets to use...
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Content to commerce: MeatEater’s path to $100 million success
Steven Rinella is a busy man. As the founder and on-air face of MeatEater, a weekly reality-TV show, he oversees an ever-expanding empire of content and commerce focused on an outdoor lifestyle. But...
View ArticleProcter & Gamble considers price hikes to offset possible Trump tariffs
U.S. consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble will again look to hike prices on its household basics such as Tide detergent if President Donald Trump imposes new tariffs that increase the cost of...
View ArticleTrump’s ‘Hawk Tuah’-like meme coin moment isn’t a betrayal—it’s keeping a...
At some point between his November election win and Monday’s inauguration, Donald Trump appears to have drawn inspiration from an unlikely source: “Hawk Tuah Girl” Haliey Welch. Following in the...
View ArticleWhy Big Oil isn’t happy with Trump’s climate withdrawal
U.S. oil and gas producers are thrilled that President Donald Trump wants to encourage domestic energy development but say his decision to withdraw the United States from international climate...
View ArticleAmazon closes all Quebec warehouses, cutting 1,700 jobs
E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. The online retailer will phase out...
View ArticleHow Davos leaders are responding to Trump’s DEI crackdown
President Donald Trump’s escalating pressure on the private sector to ditch diversity programs has left some in Davos searching for new words to describe workplace practices they say are essential to...
View ArticleHow America’s work standards are hurting employees
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Smartphones are making people lonely. This app thinks it has the cure
Last night, at more than 1,600 restaurants in 325-plus cities around the globe, approximately 20,000 people gathered for dinner with complete strangers. It’s what the creator of Timeleft—a French app...
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California needs more data centers—but builders are using a legal loophole to...
Data center builders in California are using a shortcut in the state’s power plant regulations to construct facilities that use enormous amounts of energy with limited public input. A process...
View ArticleWhy investors are buying Trump-linked World Liberty Financial tokens
On Sunday, just before Donald Trump‘s inauguration, crypto investor Mike Dudas bought more than $145,000 worth of tokens from World Liberty Financial, a fledgling crypto company partly owned by the...
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Why small acts of care matter now, more than ever
For many of us, it’s a terrifying time to be alive. Wars are breaking out around the world, with death tolls rising daily. Cities are burning, as climate change exacts its toll. Democracy is on the...
View ArticleThe Oval Office ‘Stargate Project’ reveal was just more tech industry...
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. Trump’s ‘Stargate...
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