Automattic's 33-Hour Coup, and can AI labs police themselves?

Automattic’s 33-Hour Coup, and can AI labs police themselves?

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed a plan to 'pace the frontier' using independent safety evaluators and coordination among democratic AI labs. Nvidia's Jensen Huang pushed back, saying no AI slowdown. WordPress parent Automattic saw a 33-hour boardroom coup: CEO Matt Mullenweg was briefly ousted, and interim CEO and legal chief signed reciprocal severance deals. May Mobility goes public via SPAC, targeting over $300M, but being a 'public robotaxi company' has caveats. DoorDash invested $425M in food startup Wonder.