Tech
Y Combinator backtracks from controversial AI factory surveillance startup
Optifye.ai promises to make factory floors more efficient, but Y Combinator has pulled supportive posts amid a torrent of mockery
Can an AI-powered app ‘Solve SF’ and its 311 woes?
A new app offers a faster way to report issues like graffiti to the city’s 311 line by just taking a photo. Here's the lowdown — and some lingering concerns
Twilio, Samsara quietly obscured DEI mentions on sites
For Twilio, it’s a huge 180 from the days of proclaiming a desire to be an anti-racist company
Facebook is now overrun with AI-generated film review slop
At best, the posts read like rewrites of Wikipedia entries. At worst, they recommend nonexistent movies
Nuro has begun testing its self-driving car software in San Francisco
And the company teased a big year ahead
In the NBA, at least, diversity and inclusion efforts are alive and well
Bay Area startups set to face off in the NBA All-Star pitch competition
Elon Musk’s DOGE is a problem. But Bay Area techies are cheering it on
Support from some of S.F.'s biggest tech figures, including Garry Tan, shows the ideology fueling tech culture
Judge tosses SF lawsuit that spurred Streisand Effect for tech exec’s arrest
Plaintiff’s lawyer claims former CEO is no Zuckerberg, but judge says ‘there is a First Amendment protection for truthful reporting of newsworthy information’
San Francisco’s Internet Archive fighting erasure of DEI, Jan. 6 materials
Archivists with the organization’s Wayback Machine now trying to predict what Trump might scrub next
