IBM’s head of VC shares 5 pillars that drive her startup investments Summary Emily Fontaine, IBM’s global head of venture capital, lays out five pillars she uses to decide which startups IBM Ventures will back: strategic fit, technology and product, market and competition, team, and financial discipline. Fontaine focuses on startups that align with IBM’s […]
GR8 Tech’s Bet It Drives wraps Season 1 with Stephen Crystal – from Las Vegas legends to global gaming leadership Summary GR8 Tech’s drive-time podcast Bet It Drives closes its debut season with Stephen Crystal, founder of SCCG Management and a 30+ year gaming veteran. Crystal has driven major shifts across tribal and riverboat gaming, […]
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Summary Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that common human persuasion techniques can often trick large language models into ignoring their safety instructions. In controlled experiments using GPT-4o-mini, the team tested seven tactics — authority, commitment, liking, reciprocity, scarcity, social proof and unity — on […]
ICE Has Spyware Now Summary The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era restriction that blocked US agencies from acquiring powerful commercial spyware. As a result, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — already expanded and well funded under the current administration — can obtain Paragon’s hacking tools after signing a contract last year. Paragon, an Israeli […]
Join Us for WIRED’s AI Power Summit Summary WIRED is hosting its first AI Power Summit on 15 September in New York City. The one-day event gathers leaders from technology, politics and media to unpack the fast-moving world of generative AI: what the White House’s AI plans mean, how emerging regulation could reshape innovation, and […]
The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny But Powerful AI Model Summary The UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), backed by tech group G42, has released K2 Think — an open-source reasoning model that, despite being relatively small (32 billion parameters), matches the reasoning performance of much larger systems from the US […]
Microsoft’s AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an ‘Illusion’ Summary Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, argues that machine consciousness is an illusion and that designing systems to mimic or exceed human awareness is “dangerous and misguided”. He suggests that a system’s capacity to suffer (a pain system) is a more pragmatic basis for considering […]
SBC Summit 2025 Lisbon preview Summary The SBC Summit in Lisbon is one of the industry’s major autumn gatherings for the iGaming and sports-betting sectors. The 2025 event brings together operators, suppliers, regulators, payments firms and affiliates for a packed programme of keynotes, panels, product launches and networking. Expect sessions on regulation and compliance, payments […]
Poker Game Host Fights Back Against Police with Lawsuit Over ‘Unlawful’ Raid Summary Gary Watts, a former Richland County coroner in South Carolina, was arrested in a 2024 raid on a home/office poker game. A court later ruled the games were not illegal and Watts has filed a lawsuit against the State Law Enforcement Division […]
World Poker Federation Ladies Weekend Runs October 24-26 Summary The World Poker Federation (WPF) is staging its inaugural WPF Ladies Weekend from 24–26 October, simultaneously across 15 cities worldwide. The event celebrates women in poker both on and off the felt and is being organised with national federations, local associations and leading venues. Hosts include […]
