Spark Capital steps away from its investment in Dispo

Should CEOs speak out about controversial social and political issues?

A Fortune survey shows a 50/50 split. Read More

France whacks Google and Amazon with giant privacy fines

Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Google and Amazon have both been hit with substantial fines from the French data-protection regulator, CNIL, for invading users’ privacy. On Thursday, the watchdog fined Google €100 million ($121 million)—double the penalty it levied on […]

A view from A. I. ’s biggest conference

This year’s NeurIPS conference featured lots of work on transformers and multi-modal learning. Read More