Blue Owl leader bets private credit will survive a ‘SaaSpocalypse’

Blue Owl leader bets private credit will survive a ‘SaaSpocalypse’

Blue Owl has been the face of private credit’s redemption rush and software fears. The firm is confident that lending rather than buying software companies is the right strategy. It is still working to reduce its software exposure, but expects lending fears to be overblown. Fears of a looming software crisis in the age of generative AI…

Granola AI Meeting Notes Are Not as Private as You Might Think

Granola AI Meeting Notes Are Not as Private as You Might Think

Granola, a popular AI meeting notepad, exposes user notes to anyone with a link by default and trains internal AI models on your transcripts unless you manually opt out. Here is a privacy setting you probably did not know you needed to check. Granola, an AI-powered note-taking application that has gained significant traction among startup…

1 in 4 Children Have Used Generative AI at School: Private Survey

1 in 4 Children Have Used Generative AI at School: Private Survey

Tokyo, March 29 (Jiji Press)–One in four children in Japan have used generative artificial intelligence in elementary or junior high school classes, according to a recent private survey. The survey also showed that one in five children think that AI will make studying unnecessary. The online survey, conducted by textbook publisher Mitsumura Tosho Publishing Co….