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Reed Albergotti

Reed Albergotti

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Reed Albergotti is the technology editor at Semafor

‘Fuzzy logic’ encryption offers a path to safer, easier authentication

The legendary technologist known as “Darpa Dan” joined Badge, which is developing biometric authentication software accessible from anywhere, without storing user data.

Dr. Tina Srivastava, Dan Kaufman and Dr. Charles Herder

Analysis: Trump’s tariffs won’t tank the tech industry, but AI plans seem in limbo

The Trump administration’s biggest impact on the tech industry is in government-funded research and development, which will determine whether the US stays ahead.

US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, April 10.

Data center in UK becomes proving ground for new carbon capture technology

Orbital Materials, founded by an ex-DeepMind researcher, is piloting a technology to capture carbon from the hot air emitted by data centers.

Orbital’s lab team synthesizing AI-designed materials in Princeton, NJ, where Orbital synthesizes and tests new materials and designs and builds pilots of the climate technologies.

Google Gemini is shaking up its AI leadership ranks

Sissie Hsiao, who led the Gemini chatbot project after the launch of ChatGPT, will step down. She’s being replaced by Josh Woodward, who heads Google Labs.

Annegret Hilse/File Photo/Reuters

Elon Musk is building an AI giant — and Tesla will be central

Musk plays catch-up in the high-stakes AI race.

Tech mogul Jon McNeill on placing long-term AI bets

The GM board member and former Tesla president says “AI infrastructure is like the internet” in terms of its prolonged cycle.

Jon McNeill in 2019.

xAI, Nvidia join Microsoft-BlackRock AI fund

The fund aims to initially raise $30 billion to build the data centers and energy infrastructure needed to power advanced AI.

Nvidia looks to grow its AI empire

The tech industry is crazy about Nvidia and its leather-clad CEO Jensen Huang. Wall Street, less so.

The tiny chips behind Amazon’s big AI investment

Anthropic prepares to put the company’s Project Rainier, potentially the world’s most powerful computer, to the test.

Tech leaders pivot away from H-1B visa program after populist revolt

Some tech leaders support reforming the program that has garnered skilled talent, putting them at odds with GOP members who prefer to eliminate it.

Autonomous driving technology has crossed a threshold, and there’s no going back

I turned the family ski trip into an autonomous driving experiment and saw the future of transportation.

Analysis: Elon vs. Sam is good for US AI progress

The intensifying rivalry between the two tech CEOs aids the US in its AI race against China.

DeepSeek’s hidden security risks foreshadow AI’s future

Security experts warn of vulnerabilities as the technology advances into the agentic AI phase.

Google releases new AI safety framework

‘We have to be at the forefront on the responsibility safety side of things,’ a Google executive said.

The real DeepSeek revelation: The market doesn’t understand AI

Investor skepticism doesn’t take into account the insatiable demand for AI or the current bottlenecks in its development, which will require billions to overcome.

Google DeepMind CEO on the AI tricks up the company’s sleeve

Fresh off a Nobel Prize win, Demis Hassabis talks about the “light chips” Google is building to make it more cost effective to run AI models.

Demis Hassabis on what’s next after his Nobel Prize

The Google DeepMind CEO discusses his targets for future scientific breakthroughs.

Scale AI CEO to Trump: ‘America must win the AI war’

Alexandr Wang lays out how this White House can stay ahead of China in the AI race.