HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - Caught on Camera

Zhou Yuxiang hired food delivery riders to sell AI to factories. Now he’s chasing China’s industrial AI breakthrough

China has millions of small factories—and almost no data on them. Zhou Yuxiang thinks AI can fix both.

Fortune · Oct 2

‘We don’t want to be a policeman of the internet’: How a student of John McPhee turned GPTZero into a $30 million AI-detection business

Edward Tian and Alex Cui are happy to be “the Splash Brothers of anti–AI slop,” but they aren’t really against using AI to write things.

Fortune · Oct 2

'You need to clean up the mess your generation has left': Volkswagen’s guilty boomer gets real about sustainability, China—and his spam folder

Volkswagen’s sustainability chief told Fortune that Europe’s industrial champions cannot protect their way out of China’s electric-vehicle challenge.

Fortune · Oct 2

Bitcoin price target: Why Citi raised its BTC USD forecast to $113,000 from $82,000 as the cryptocurrency rebounds

Bitcoin (BTC USD) price target: Citigroup has increased its 12-month Bitcoin price target from $82,000 to $113,000 due to favorable market conditions. The bank expects $5 billion in crypto investment product inflows over the next year as advisers increase allocations. Spot Bitcoin ETFs have started seeing renewed inflows after significant…

The Economic Times · Oct 1

AI's biggest players promise to police themselves at the White House

Six of AI's most powerful companies signed a voluntary safety accord at the White House this week.

Fortune · Oct 1

Palantir CEO Alex Karp quietly bought 37,000 acres in Sweden for $22 million; locals found out only after hunters got an unexpected email

In a surprising move, Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir Technologies, has acquired a substantial forested region in Härjedalen, Sweden, for 235 million kronor, about $22 million. Local hunters, caught off guard, learned their hunting leases were revoked. This acquisition highlights Palantir's controversial footprint in defense tech, as Karp intends…

The Economic Times · Oct 1

Alex Karp bought 37,000 acres of Swedish forest for $22 million and local hunters could no longer lease the land - why wealthy buyers are looking beyond traditional assets

Alex Karp has acquired 37,000 acres of forest in Härjedalen, Sweden, for $22 million. This purchase has led to local hunters losing their leases for hunting rights previously granted by the former owner. Karp's company, Cladonia Skog AB, plans to engage in forestry activities and preserve the land's natural beauty.

The Economic Times · Oct 1

Thieves stole an Nvidia-branded truck filled with just 20,000 pounds of sand—and it points to Big Tech’s $150 million AI hardware theft headache

While the thieves left the sand-filled trailer unscathed, other freighters have faced real threats from organized criminals in search of high-value data center equipment.

Fortune · Oct 1

Meet world’s richest woman: Alice Walton got $33 billion richer without running Walmart, is building a $250 million tuition-free medical school

Alice Walton, the world’s richest woman and Walmart heiress, saw her fortune rise by $33 billion in one year even though she does not run the retail giant. Instead, the 76-year-old billionaire has focused on philanthropy, art and healthcare. She founded a medical school in Bentonville and donated $250 million…

The Economic Times · Oct 1

Billion-dollar tech company Starkey unveils its newest hearing aid—saying the most human AI innovation may be one you wear

The Omega AI+ model builds on Starkey’s mission to make their hearing aids more of a lifestyle device.

Fortune · Oct 1