Tuesday’s Senate Republican primary in Texas ended in an anticlimax, with no candidate winning a majority of the vote. Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn will face state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a May 26 runoff. Though Cornyn will likely receive more votes than the other two Republican candidates — as of this writing, Cornyn has […]

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Dario Amodei says Anthropic has a higher retention than OpenAI, emphasizing its “mission” as a way to reinforce staff loyalty and fend off competitors' offers  —  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday touted the company's ability to prevent competitors from hiring away its staff …

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TikTok won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and safety teams from reading messages if needed, saying it wants to protect young users from harm  —  TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe.

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OpenAI's red lines within its DOD agreement are built upon legal language that the NSA has redefined over decades to permit the things they appear to prohibit  —  Within hours on Friday, the Pentagon blacklisted one AI company for refusing to drop its safety commitments on surveillance …

Jessica Hagen / MobiHealthNews:
KeyCare, a virtual care platform built on the Epic EHR, raised $27.4M led by HealthX Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $55M  —  The new funding brings the company's total raise to more than $55 million.  —  Global Investing  —  KeyCare, a virtual care platform built on the Epic EHR …