At Fast Company’s MIC Summit and Gala, executives Deloitte, Pivot Bio, and Pfizer laid out what innovation means to them. Last week, Fast Company hosted its annual Most Innovative Companies Summit, bringing together business leaders across sectors to celebrate those championing innovation in their respective industries. 

In just the past two weeks, OpenAI has inked deals with Reddit and News Corp. as it looks for fresh data to train its AI. Here are more of the deals that have been announced so far. OpenAI’s chatbots scored a big new data source following the company’s deal with News Corp. on Wednesday. With the stroke of a pen, ChatGPT and the company’s other services...

And it signals that these groups are becoming more comfortable being visible, public entities. When journalists sounded alarm bells in early May 2024 that more than 100 extremist militia groups had been organizing and communicating on Facebook, it wasn’t the first time militias had garnered attention for their online activities.

More organizations and individuals than ever share a vested interest in the space sector’s success. When people think about what we get from the U.S. space program, it may be along the lines of NASA technology spin-offs such as freeze-dried food and emergency space blankets.

If Lamar or Drake have evidence that what they’ve said is substantially true, it is not defamation. The feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar reached a fever pitch recently, with both dissing each other in songs featuring harsh accusations. This kind of beef between rap artists isn’t new, but the severity of the insults traded in this feud...

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