Elon Musk wears bulletproof vest to tour Israel kibbutz attacked by Hamas
Elon Musk squeezed into a bulletproof vest to accompany Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a tour of a kibbutz ravaged by Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 as the tech...
Unpacking the hype around OpenAI’s rumored new Q* model
This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Ever since last week’s dramatic events at...
The Problems Lurking in Hollywood’s Historic AI Deal
Actors can rely on the right of publicity, also known as likeness rights, to protect them if a studio clearly infringes on their image. But what about a synthetic performer...
New method uses crowdsourced feedback to help train robots
To teach an AI agent a new task, like how to open a kitchen cabinet, researchers often use reinforcement learning — a trial-and-error process where the agent is rewarded for...
Finding value in generative AI for financial services
With tools such as ChatGPT, DALLE-2, and CodeStarter, generative AI has captured the public imagination in 2023. Unlike past technologies that have come and gone—think metaverse—this latest one looks set...
Nicolas Cage on Memes, Myths, and Why He Thinks AI Is a ‘Nightmare’
Nicolas Cage knows he’s a meme. He’s not happy about it. After making the mistake of googling himself a few years back, the charismatic actor discovered that his big on-screen...
What does Gen Z slang word ‘gyatt’ mean?
Gyatt outta town. Gen Zers, those adorable digital natives born between the years of 1997 and 2012, have rather famously given themselves a dictionary’s worth of new slang, mixing acronyms,...
Elon Musk’s X may lose up to $75M by year-end on advertiser exodus: report
Elon Musk-owned social media company X could lose as much as $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing...
Ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao urges judge to allow him to leave US
Lawyers for former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao are urging a US judge to reject the Justice Department’s request to bar him from returning to his home in the United Arab Emirates until he is...
