Tekendra Parmar
@tekendra-parmar.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist. Bylines: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Business Insider, Time, Fortune, and The Nation. www.tekendra-parmar.com.
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Videos of Charlie Kirk’s Murder Are Still on Social Media — and That’s No Accident
Politicians demanding the removal of videos of Kirk’s killing pushed tech companies to gut the very systems they now expect to protect them.
theintercept.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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What If AI Goes Rogue? This Startup Wants to Write the Insurance Policy
With hallucinating chatbots, deepfakes, and algorithmic accidents on the rise, AIUC says the solution to building safer models is pricing the risks.
www.inc.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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It’s a small team with big ambitions. Enterprise AI adoption is projected to hit $500B in the next 5 years.
Whether this model scales or not, it reflects a growing push to formalize responsibility as AI moves into the mainstream.
Whether this model scales or not, it reflects a growing push to formalize responsibility as AI moves into the mainstream.
July 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It’s a small team with big ambitions. Enterprise AI adoption is projected to hit $500B in the next 5 years.
Whether this model scales or not, it reflects a growing push to formalize responsibility as AI moves into the mainstream.
Whether this model scales or not, it reflects a growing push to formalize responsibility as AI moves into the mainstream.
The idea: insurance markets can help quantify and manage AI risk more quickly than regulation can. One example? A retailer insuring against chatbot errors in its returns policy.
July 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The idea: insurance markets can help quantify and manage AI risk more quickly than regulation can. One example? A retailer insuring against chatbot errors in its returns policy.
AIUC was founded by an early Anthropic employee, a McKinsey insurance partner, and a Thiel Fellow. Backers include Nat Friedman, Emergence, and Anthropic alums.
They’re creating independent safety standards—and insurance policies for AI deployments.
They’re creating independent safety standards—and insurance policies for AI deployments.
July 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
AIUC was founded by an early Anthropic employee, a McKinsey insurance partner, and a Thiel Fellow. Backers include Nat Friedman, Emergence, and Anthropic alums.
They’re creating independent safety standards—and insurance policies for AI deployments.
They’re creating independent safety standards—and insurance policies for AI deployments.
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Why This Startup Is Building a $50 Million Computer
Quantum computing startup Infleqtion has big plans for a facility in Chicago.
www.inc.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Infleqtion’s move is part of a much bigger shift. Chicago’s not just playing catch-up—it wants to lead.
Gokhale puts it plainly: “Cities that follow suit will gain a strategic edge in the next technological era.”
Gokhale puts it plainly: “Cities that follow suit will gain a strategic edge in the next technological era.”
July 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Infleqtion’s move is part of a much bigger shift. Chicago’s not just playing catch-up—it wants to lead.
Gokhale puts it plainly: “Cities that follow suit will gain a strategic edge in the next technological era.”
Gokhale puts it plainly: “Cities that follow suit will gain a strategic edge in the next technological era.”
It’s not just lab coats and theory. This is serious hardware buildout: cooling centers, research labs, chip-processing facilities.
And yes—dozens of new jobs across engineering, ops, research, and commercialization.
And yes—dozens of new jobs across engineering, ops, research, and commercialization.
July 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It’s not just lab coats and theory. This is serious hardware buildout: cooling centers, research labs, chip-processing facilities.
And yes—dozens of new jobs across engineering, ops, research, and commercialization.
And yes—dozens of new jobs across engineering, ops, research, and commercialization.