Silicon Valley titans accused of ‘mobster techniques’
The Silicon Valley tycoons behind a secretive, $1 billion land grab near a California Air Force base are being accused of using “strong-arm mobster techniques” to bully residents — and...
Autonomous innovations in an uncertain world
MIT Professor Jonathan How’s research interests span the gamut of autonomous vehicles — from airplanes and spacecraft to unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) and cars. He is particularly focused...
Chinese ChatGPT-alternatives receive government approval for widespread public access
On Wednesday, Baidu, one of China’s leading artificial intelligence companies, announced it would open up access to its ChatGPT-like large language model, Ernie Bot, to the general public. It’s been...
Age-discrimination lawsuit against Elon Musk’s X allowed to proceed
A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year....
Forget Zuckerberg. It’s Musk vs. Shkreli in a battle over his X account
It’s Pharma Bro vs the World’s Richest Man. Martin Shkreli, who spent four and a half years in federal prison for securities fraud and gained infamy for alleged price gauging...
ChatGPT owner OpenAI eyes $1B in sales this year: report
ChatGPT creator OpenAI is on track to amass more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months as more companies sign up to use its revolutionary chatbot, according...
Large language models aren’t people. Let’s stop testing them like they were.
When Taylor Webb played around with GPT-3 in early 2022, he was blown away by what OpenAI’s large language model appeared to be able to do. Here was a neural...
Meet Aleph Alpha, Europe’s Answer to OpenAI
The interest Aleph Alpha has received so far—the company claims 10,000 customers across both business and government—shows it is able to compete, or at least coexist, with the emerging giants...
Self-checkout machines could be making Americans lonelier
They may be in the market for friends. While many Americans have become accustomed to scanning their groceries while wearing headphones, this practice may be contributing to the loneliness epidemic....
