San Francisco has a new power address for venture capitalists
It’s 9 a.m. on a Wednesday, and there’s a line out the door at Starbucks in the Presidio.…
Qualcomm stock leaps 20% on news of new AI product for data centers
HUMAIN CEO Tarek Amin (left) and Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon. (Photo courtesy of Qualcomm) Shares of Qualcomm rose…
AI will shape the future of art — it’s time for the public to see
“The Vision” (left) by Joe Nalven and “The Practice” by Jill Rowe. (Courtesy of the authors) When we…
Homework is facing an existential crisis. Has AI made it pointless?
Homework has long been a topic of debate, but in 2025 it is facing an existential crisis: Has…
SB 243 Moves To Protect Human Agency From AI
Rotunda California Capital building in Sacramento GETTY California’s Senate Bill 243 (SB 243) is the nation’s first law…
Exchanging morals for money | The Soapbox
In an economy of commodified morality, I have the privilege of majoring in political science and media studies…
California Tops States for AI Accountability Rules
California has passed a series of artificial intelligence and social-media bills establishing the nation’s most extensive state-level safeguards…
New California law requires AI to tell you it’s AI
A bill attempting to regulate the ever-growing industry of companion AI chatbots is now law in California, as…
He earns six figures at Microsoft. Why does he live in an SRO in Chinatown?
Lei Huang is not the typical renter in his Chinatown apartment complex, where most tenants qualify as low-income. …
Meet the 13-year-old looking to cash in on the AI boom
Michael Goldstein had quite the summer before high school. After a month of overnight camp, the 13-year-old Torontonian…
S.F. launched an AI chatbot for RV dwellers. It’s got errors.
For the last few months, Armando Bravo Martinez has kept to a steady routine: Revving up his RV…
Comics Kumail Nanjiani and Ilana Glazer abruptly cancel Dreamforce performance
Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff’s recent comments embracing the Trump administration and advocating for the deployment of federal troops…