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[ad_1] SB 53, the AI safety and transparency bill that California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law this week, is proof that state regulation doesn’t have to hinder AI progress.   So says Adam Billen, vice president of public policy at youth-led advocacy group Encode AI, on today’s episode of Equity.  “The reality is that policy makers themselves know that we have to do something, and they know from working on a million other issues that there is a way to pass legislation that genuinely does protect innovation — which I do care about — while making sure that these products are safe,” Billen told TechCrunch.  At its core, SB 53 is a first-in-the-nation bill that requires large AI…

[ad_1] 2025-10-05T16:44:23Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. TikTok closed its Los Angeles offices after receiving a series of online threats. The Culver City police department said it made an arrest related to the threats on Friday. One TikTok staffer described the experience as “really scary.” TikTok closed its Los Angeles offices on Thursday and Friday…

[ad_1] OpenAI and Jony Ive face significant technical challenges as they work to develop a screen-less, AI-powered device, according to the Financial Times. Back in May, OpenAI acquired io, the device startup founded by the legendary Apple designer with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, for $6.5 billion. At the time, Altman declared that Ive and his team would help the company “create a new generation of AI-powered computers,” while Bloomberg reported that the first devices to emerge from the deal were scheduled to launch in 2026. The FT now says that OpenAI and Ive aim to create “a palm-sized device without…

[ad_1] I was lying under a cabana in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, working on my computer. My two children were playing in the sand 10 feet away from me. It was at that moment that I realized that I had “made it.”An overwhelming sense of pride swelled inside me, but almost immediately, it was followed by guilt. I was proud of everything that I had accomplished, but I felt guilty about surpassing my family.Being the first in anything is a huge accomplishment, but it comes with responsibilities that are often invisible. I’m trying to move past these difficult feelings.My education…

[ad_1] AI coding tools are getting better fast. If you don’t work in code, it can be hard to notice how much things are changing, but GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 have made a whole new set of developer tricks possible to automate, and last week Sonnet 2.4 did it again.   At the same time, other skills are progressing more slowly. If you are using AI to write emails, you’re probably getting the same value out of it you did a year ago. Even when the model gets better, the product doesn’t always benefit — particularly when the product is a…

[ad_1] In this photo illustration, the Brookfield Infrastructure Partners company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesFears about the impact of a government shutdown, a slowing labor market, and elevated stock valuations are weighing on investor sentiment. Given the ongoing uncertainty, investors looking for stable returns can consider adding dividend stocks to their portfolios.Top Wall Street analysts’ recommendations can help investors pick stocks of dividend-paying companies that have strong fundamentals to support consistent dividend payments.  Here are three dividend-paying stocks, highlighted by Wall Street’s top pros as tracked by TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts…

[ad_1] Warren Buffett’s shrewd dealmaking instincts remain intact even as the 95-year-old legendary investor inches close to the end of his term as Berkshire Hathaway CEO. Berkshire said Thursday it reached a deal to buy Occidental Petroleum’s chemical business, OxyChem, for $9.7 billion in cash, marking its largest purchase since 2022. The transaction reflects Buffett’s investment acumen: buying a good business at an attractive price, while skirting the possibility of costly headaches. Occidental, burdened with billions of dollars in debt on its balance sheet, was motivated to sell and agreed to part ways with OxyChem at a time when chemical…

[ad_1] Semiconductor stocks have been on a tear and rank among the best performers this year. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH), a widely watched gauge of the group, is up 39% year to date compared to the S & P 500’s 14% gain — and SMH is up nearly 20% in the past month. But is the move too far, too fast? This week, SMH’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) jumped above 80, a level many technicians consider extremely overbought. RSI is a technical trading signal that measures the speed of recent gains or losses: below 30 is typically considered…

[ad_1] Red Cat is poised to notch considerable growth as it expands its defense technology offerings, especially since domestic and international military spending is on the rise. The investment firm initiated a buy rating on Red Cat with a price target of $17 per share, implying roughly 32% upside from Friday’s close of $12.89. “We believe the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry is entering a multi-year supercycle, and view Red Cat uniquely positioned to capture accelerating demand for defense-grade small ISR drones,” Needham analyst Austin Bohlig said Friday in a note to clients. RCAT 1Y mountain RCAT 1-yr chart The drone technology…

[ad_1] The heat in London had become unbearable this summer for my partner and me. The air was heavy, the Tube felt like a furnace, and my mind was equally overheated. Work deadlines bled into late nights, and even when I closed my laptop, my brain wouldn’t switch off. My partner was just as restless. We were living in a loop: work, heat, exhaustion, repeat.We agreed we needed a break, but even the thought of planning an escape felt exhausting. Travel usually means obsessively researching hotels, mapping out the “best” routes, and checking review scores like our sanity depends on…