Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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Dara Khosrowshahi has been CEO of Uber since 2017. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty ImagesIn February, hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman revealed he had acquired a roughly $2 billion stake in Uber. Known for his activist approach and tendency to push for major changes at companies he invests in, Ackman hasn’t always been welcomed by corporate leaders.
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Anne Wojcicki established 23andMe nearly two decades ago. Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty ImagesThe saga surrounding the once-hot DNA testing company 23andMe has taken another unexpected turn. Last month, biotech firm Regeneron purchased the company’s assets—including its genetic database of around 15 million users—for $256 million at a bankruptcy auction, seemingly closing the deal. However, a larger bid from Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe’s co-founder and former CEO, has prompted a second auction.
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Steve Huffman co-founded Reddit two decades ago. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesReddit, the popular social media platform known for its decades of topic-specific forums, holds a treasure trove of user-generated content that A.I. companies can use to train large language models. But the platform doesn’t take kindly to having its data used without permission. In a lawsuit filed yesterday (June 4), Reddit accused A.I. company Anthropic of scraping its site’s content without authorization.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025. Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty ImagesDespite ongoing struggles at Tesla, Elon Musk’s other major venture, SpaceX, is experiencing record growth. The rocket and satellite company is on track to generate approximately $15.5 billion in revenue for 2025, Musk revealed in an X post on June 3.
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Yoshua Bengio testifies during a hearing before the Privacy, Technology, and the Law Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee on July 25, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty ImagesYoshua Bengio, a pioneering figure in deep learning often referred to as a “Godfather of A.I.,” is shifting his focus from building A.I. to safeguarding against its risks. This week, Bengio announced the launch of LawZero, a nonprofit organization dedicated to A.I. safety research.
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