@RobertScammell

Senior tech editor at @BusinessInsider. Signal: Rob_Scammell.12

 City of London, London
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Joined July 2011
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🚨 Some personal news 🚨 I'm incredibly excited to share that I'm starting a new position as Senior Editor of VC, Startups & Tech at @BusinessInsider. I've been a long-time admirer of Business Insider's startup and tech coverage. I can't wait to get started!
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Sundar Pichai says Google is still in the early phases of recursively self-improving AI. bit.ly/4yZEnEg

Sundar Pichai says Google is far from the ‘end state’ of self-improving AI

Google employees are leaning more on AI to build better models, but CEO Sundar Pichai said RSI is in its early days.

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cybersecurity startups trying to raise funding right now
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"We consider this one of the most impactful security issues in recent memory," OpenAI said. bit.ly/47xbO5c

A major security flaw found using an OpenAI model is causing internet chaos

The internet is ablaze after cybersecurity researches using an OpenAI model found a bug in PHP, a widely used programming language.

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Google is more widely testing changes to its hiring process that include the use of AI in coding interviews, Business Insider can exclusively reveal. bit.ly/3VVD6zB

Internal docs reveal how Google is shaking up its interview process with AI

Google interviews are changing for software engineers as the company tests new ways to assess candidates' AI fluency, including for coding.

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Google Cloud is experiencing outages that appear to have knocked out a number of banking services in the UK, including Revolut. bit.ly/4i3fsZi

Revolut and other banking apps go down as Google Cloud suffers UK outage

Google Cloud is experiencing service disruptions in London, along with multiple banking apps including Revolut.

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Tesla: look, flying car! Also Tesla:
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That Slack message you sent to your boss? The email you received from HR? Both are now a hot commodity in the world of AI training. For @BusinessInsider, @CharlesRollet1, @tom_hcarter, and @stephencouncil, explored the booming market for employee data. businessinsider.com/ai-train…

AI labs are offering companies big money to hand over their employees' private Slack DMs and emails

AI labs are offering companies big money for internal data like employee emails and Slack DMs, raising major cybersecurity and privacy concerns.

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Google's new Gemini 4 Argon could put the company back on the AI frontier bit.ly/4zcGp3P

Google launches Gemini 4 Argon to reclaim the AI frontier

Google said its new Gemini 4 matches OpenAI's frontier Astra model in cyber defense, and outpaces rivals in some areas.

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Gemini 4 is here (but you probably can't play with it yet) businessinsider.com/googles-…

Google launches Gemini 4 Argon to reclaim the AI frontier

Google said its new Gemini 4 matches OpenAI's frontier Astra model in cyber defense, and outpaces rivals in some areas.

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Meta's Muse AI was fraught with issues earlier this year. Here's the inside story of how it became a massive hit under Nat Friedman's leadership, bolstering Meta's standing in the AI market. bit.ly/4xKWqMY

Inside Meta's months-long grind to turn Muse into a hit

Meta's Muse became an App Store hit after a rocky start for its AI team. Here's how Nat Friedman, new hires, and AI training turned things around.

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Is your mother suddenly taken with her new agent? Does dad refuse to use the tech? Did your 14-year-old Zoomer kid give all his passwords to Mark Zuckerberg? bit.ly/4hdxwRo

We want to hear how different generations are using AI agents

Personal AI agents are attracting users of all stripes. Business Insider wants to know what generations are the most taken with the tech.

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Meta is on a tear right now thanks to its new personal AI agent. @PranavDixit was in the room at #MetaConnect when Mark Zuckerberg shared his AI victory lap with a thicc Muse mascot. Full story on @BusinessInsider, including "Agent" cocktails. businessinsider.com/meta-con…

I was in the room when Zuckerberg shared his AI victory lap with a thicc Muse mascot

At Meta Connect, I watched Mark Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang bask in the early success of its Muse agent and announce new smart glasses.

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NEW: Noah Shinn, the 23-year-old founder of Instinct, is often described as a college dropout. But there's way more to the story. He was a star AI researcher, publishing a hugely influential paper on AI agents. He only dropped out to become one of Sierra's first employees.
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Alexandr Wang's 'tweet cannon' is Meta's not-so-secret weapon in the AI promo war Me for @BusinessInsider: businessinsider.com/alexandr…

Alexandr Wang's relentless 'tweet cannon' is Meta's not-so-secret weapon in the AI promo war

Meta's chief AI officer has posted more than 300 times on X since Muse, its personal AI agent, launched. The promo strategy is increasingly cheeky.

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on the agenda of my next 1-1...
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Excited to launch VC Insider! Starting with a newsletter
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Coming soon: VC Insider, Business Insider’s first subscriber-only newsletter, written by @thebenbergman and @Katie_Roof. Sign up for your free preview of VC Insider here: businessinsider.com/subscrip… Business Insider subscribers will receive the full newsletter every week. Not a subscriber? Sign up for the free preview — and get your first edition in full.
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Tech leaders say a kill switch won't be enough to stop rogue superintelligent AI @ThibaultSpirlet for @BusinessInsider businessinsider.com/ai-kill-…

Tech leaders say a kill switch won't be enough to stop rogue superintelligent AI

The idea of a kill switch has gained traction on Capitol Hill, as researchers warn that advanced AI agents could evade human control and cause harm.

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Scoop: Google gives all its engineers access to Claude. Staff are being told to treat it as supplementary to Gemini, but this will please a lot of engineers who have been frustrated with the limitations of Google's own models businessinsider.com/google-f…

Google finally lets all engineers use Anthropic's Claude

Google engineers can finally use one of Anthropic's strongest coding models for internal work.

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Sergey Brin is cooking up Google's AI destiny from a microkitchen in Mountain View. New details from @HughLangley about Brin's growing influence over Gemini, the dynamic with Jeff Dean and Demis Hassabis, and Google's unlikely AI command center. businessinsider.com/sergey-b…

Sergey Brin is gaining power over Google's AI future from an unlikely command center

Google's AI reshuffle has handed more sway to Sergey Brin, say insiders, who describe an effective operator trying to run Gemini like a startup.

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A look at Anthropic's Labs team, a ~20-person group led by cofounder Ben Mann that acts as an internal startup incubator for developing flagship products (@stephencouncil / Business Insider) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Charles Rollet@CharlesRollet1Sep 3
SCOOP: Mark Zuckerberg opposed plans for a national AI regulator in a secret phone call with President Trump. The plan, championed by Google's Demis Hassabis and favored by some top White House officials, would create an independent, FINRA-style body to regulate new AI models.
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