Ford's making moves: Ford is building out a secretive low-cost EV team and Sean O'Kane noticed that it was taking advantage of the chaos in the electric vehicle industry to bulk up the unit. It's now hired around 300 employees from the likes of Rivian, Tesla, Canoo and Lucid Motors. Read more
Databricks launches LakeFlow: With LakeFlow, Databricks users will soon be able to build their data pipelines and ingest data from databases. Read more
No pressure: Helen Toner, a former OpenAI board member and the director of strategy at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, is worried Congress might react in a "knee-jerk" way where it concerns AI policymaking, should the status quo not change. Read more
360 One buys an investment app: 360 One WAM is India's largest wealth manager focused on ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and now it's acquired popular Indian mutual fund investment app ET Money for about $44 million. Manish Singh writes that the "move marks 360 One's foray into the fast-growing wealth tech space for the masses …" Read more
Well that acquisition paid off: A year after acquiring MosaicML, Databricks has rebranded the company Mosaic AI and is giving it a front-row seat in the company's AI strategy. Read more
YouTube's test and compare: The streaming service rolled out its new Test and Compare feature this week more widely. It enables creators to see which thumbnail performs the best. Read more