Business & Tech OpenAI Has Filed For an IPO, Company Says Timing Remains Up In the Air Following rumors about a pending IPO filing, and following the announcement of an IPO filing by competitor Anthropic, OpenAI has confirmed that it has made its confidential pre-IPO filing with the SEC.
Business & Tech Apple Debuts Siri Chatbot, Other AI Features Powered by Google Partnership At his final World Wide Developers Conference as Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook unveiled a slate of new AI features Monday, including a standalone Siri chatbot app, based on models Apple created in collaboration with Google.
Business & Tech Suspected Thief Flees Scene In Waymo With Stolen Goods From Marina Yoga Studio The San Francisco Police Department is searching for a suspected thief who used a Waymo robotaxi as his getaway vehicle earlier this year in the city’s first reported case of this kind.
Business & Tech Report: Waymo Vehicles Create a Whole New Set of Traffic Safety Problems A recent CNN investigation found that while Waymo's robotaxis may reduce many of the risks associated with human drivers, they often create new problems of their own, from emergency response disruptions to close calls involving pedestrians and cyclists.
Business & Tech Google to Add Clearer Sources In AI Searches, Allow Sites to Opt Out Following UK Ruling Following a ruling from UK regulators, Google announced it plans to allow website owners to opt out of appearing in AI searches, and it’s also agreed to add clearer attributions and links to sources in its AI overviews.
Business & Tech Like OpenAI, Anthropic Makes SEC Filing Ahead of Possible IPO Days after Anthropic saw its valuation soar past competitor OpenAI, the company has made a confidential filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for a possible IPO.
Business & Tech Google Employee Charged With Fraud After Winning Big on Polymarket Bet Using Insider Info A Google information security engineer who had advance access to Google's year-end round-up of popular searches, is accused of making $1.2 million on a Polymarket bet based on that insider info.
Business & Tech Waymo Temporarily Suspends Freeway Service After Weird Construction Zone Incident Goes Viral Waymo announced that it was pulling its autonomous taxis off of freeways in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Miami, saying that software improvements need to be made to improve the vehicles' performance in construction zones.
Business & Tech Report: OpenAI Is About to File for an IPO A much-anticipated event in the tech world is nigh. OpenAI, which everyone has known is prepping for an IPO that should prove dramatic — and profitable for early employees like Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — may be preparing IPO paperwork in a matter of days or weeks.
Business & Tech Google Maps Reverts Back to Satellite Images of LA Before Wildfires Ahead of Election Residents in LA reported that Google Maps was displaying satellite images of the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods prior to the devastating 2025 wildfires, leading some to believe it was motivated by the upcoming mayoral election.
Business & Tech Federal Jury and Judge Side With OpenAI, Dismissing Elon Musk's Case About Company's Nonprofit Mission A decision came down quickly in the federal court battle between OpenAI co-founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman, with the jury issuing a verdict Monday siding with Altman and OpenAI.
Business & Tech Texas Attorney General Sues Netflix, Claiming It Tracks Users’ Every Move In a new lawsuit, the Texas Attorney General accuses Netflix of tracking and selling users’ data and behavior patterns to other large tech companies.
SF News Widow Sues ChatGPT For Aiding Gunman In Florida State University Mass Shooting A lawsuit was filed against OpenAI Sunday by the widow of a man killed in an April 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University, alleging ChatGPT advised the gunman on how to best carry out the shooting.
Business & Tech SF-Based Cloudflare Slashes 1,100 Jobs, Citing 'Agentic AI Era' The steady march of Bay Area job losses to AI continues today with SF-based tech company Cloudflare, which says it is laying off 1,100 employees globally.
Business & Tech New AI-Run Dating App Based In SF Claims Half Its Matches Say ‘Yes’ to Real Dates Known, a new AI-powered dating app that utilizes voice technology, launched this February out of SF, and its 22-year-old Stanford dropout founders, who raised $10 million in funding, claim it's much more successful than traditional dating apps.
Business & Tech Coinbase to Eliminate 700 Jobs as It Restructures Around Artificial Intelligence SF-based cryptocurrency company Coinbase announced it's cutting 14% of its workforce as it moves to implement "one-person teams" using artificial intelligence.
Business & Tech In OpenAI Trial, Elon Musk Really Wants Jury to Know That AI Might Kill Us All He may just be trying to prove a point for the sake of his case, but Elon Musk has reportedly been harping on AI doomsday scenarios in his federal court testimony.
Business & Tech Uber to Begin Offering Hotel Room Listings, Edging More Toward Being an 'Everything App' Uber announced plans to offer in-app hotel listings and other “travel mode” features, while offering enhanced perks through its Uber One subscription. Meanwhile there's a pending lawsuit from the FTC alleging the company used deceptive billing practices tied to the membership.
Business & Tech Insurance Startup Launches FiDi Cafe That's Open 24/7 to Serve as Tech Hub An insurance startup recently opened an all-hours cafe and workspace on the edge of SF's Financial District — where most businesses go dark by 5 pm.
Business & Tech Scientists Say AI Chatbots Gave Them Advice on Creating Biological Weapons A small group of biosecurity experts who consult with AI companies to stress-test their products are reporting that several chatbots on the market offered them detailed information on turning pathogens into potential weapons.
Business & Tech Mill Valley Homeowner Offers 13-Acre Estate In Exchange For Anthropic Stock A Mill Valley property owner and investment banker hoping to get into the AI market recently took to LinkedIn with the hopes of handing over his sprawling estate to an interested Anthropic shareholder in exchange for stock in the company.
Business & Tech Jury Selection Begins In Trial Pitting Elon Musk Against OpenAI What had sounded two years ago like a spat between billionaires over a business they both co-founded has now reached an actual courtroom and jury trial, with jury selection beginning Monday in the civil suit that Elon Musk brought against OpenAI.
Business & Tech Writer Discovers Claude Opus 4.7 Can Identify Her From 125 Words of Unpublished Work Anonymity for published writers and users with a heavy online presence is quickly becoming a thing of the past, as writer Kelsey Piper warns that Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 managed to identify her based on a brief passage of unpublished work — while logged out and using incognito mode.
Business & Tech Mass Layoffs at Meta Begin With 8,000 Let Go; 6,000 Roles Frozen As artificial intelligence continues to drive both spending and job cuts in the tech industry, Meta just announced the first major wave of layoffs this year, which will likely be followed by a second wave before the end of the year.
Business & Tech Apple Names New CEO, John Ternus, With Tim Cook Set to Step Down This Summer Apple Inc. will get a new CEO later this year, following the long-expected retirement of Tim Cook, who took over from the late Steve Jobs in 2011. His name is John Ternus, and he is currently Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering.
