Silicon Valley – San Jose Inside

State Tries to Prevent Illegal Discrimination by AI in Employment Screening

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:05:10 +0000

State regulators propose rules on use of artificial intelligence to evaluate workers and job applicants.

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Sam Altman Is Reinstated as OpenAI’s Chief Executive

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 21:11:42 +0000

The move capped a chaotic five days at the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company.

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Venture Capitalist Convicted on Federal Wire Fraud Charges

Barry Holtzclaw — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:41:13 +0000

Michael Brent Rothenberg, 39, was found guilty of obtaining $18 million via wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud and making false statements to a bank,

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Tech Interactive to Honor will.i.am with Humanitarian Award

San Jose Inside — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 20:25:56 +0000

In addition to the founder of the Black Eyed Peas, The Tech will honor its sixth annual “Tech for Global Good” laureates on Saturday.

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UC Berkeley and NASA Announce New $2B Space Research Center in Mountain View

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 04:01:40 +0000

The Berkeley Space Center will launch technological breakthroughs in fields such as astronautics, quantum computing, climate studies and social sciences, in facilities on 36 acres at NASA Ames.

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TikTok Ban Won’t Happen in California This Year

Barry Holtzclaw — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:55:54 +0000

Lawmakers shelved until 2014 a bipartisan bill to prohibit Tik Tok on state phones. It’s the latest attempt at social media regulation to get stalled in California.

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Three Silicon Valley Tech Managers Charged by Feds in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme

San Jose Inside — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:19:21 +0000

FBI says the plot to divert millions in software license fees from an unidentified San Jose company went on for years before being detected.

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Federal Judge Rejects Google Bid to Toss Antitrust Suit Alleging Monopoly in Online Ads

San Jose Inside — Tue, 02 May 2023 18:50:56 +0000

The lawsuit alleges that Google leverages control over online advertising, driving out competition and receiving profits that far exceed what could be made in a competitive market.

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Smaller Banks Say Crisis Is Contained, but Fears Persist

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 19:12:32 +0000

The April 21 downgrading of the credit ratings of 11 regional banks by Moody’s raised new doubts about their stability, while their leaders said the turmoil spurred by last month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has passed.

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Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:23:05 +0000

The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to identify the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code.

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