OpenAI says Elon Musk wanted to merge it with Tesla
OpenAI — in its first public comments since Elon Musk claimed in a lawsuit the artificial intelligence behemoth puts “profit over humanity” — claimed the tech tycoon tried to gain...
AI startup Anthropic unveils new chatbot to rival ChatGPT
Artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic — whose backers include Google and Amazon — on Monday launched an updated group of AI chatbots called Claude 3, claiming they are its fastest and most...
Apple iPhone sales slump 24% in China, fanning fears of a slowdown
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% year-on-year in the first six weeks of 2024, according to research firm Counterpoint, as the company faced increased competition from domestic rivals such as...
Elon Musk rips purported eco-terrorists for suspected arson at Tesla Gigafactory: ‘Extremely dumb’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed a suspected arson attack on his Gigafactory near Berlin as “extremely dumb” after far-left activists claimed responsibility. German authorities said a fire brigade responded Tuesday after...
Google worker slams exec of ‘powering genocide’ over Israel ties
A Google engineer sparked a ruckus at a New York tech conference when he accused an executive from the search giant’s Israel-based operations of “powering genocide” by cooperating with the...
Bill seeks to force ByteDance to divest app or face ban
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is introducing legislation on Tuesday that would give China’s ByteDance about six months to divest popular short video app TikTok or face a US ban. Rep....
Bitcoin smashes record as it crosses $69K mark for first time
Bitcoin crossed the $69,000 mark for the first time ever as investors plowed into newly created exchange-traded crypto funds and bet that global interest rates are poised to fall this...
Facebook, Instagram down worldwide as Meta faces global outage
Facebook and Instagram users were met with a message that the online services were down on Tuesday. Meta’s signature social media platforms informed users of a “failure to load” on...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin admits company ‘messed up’ on Gemini
Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitted the tech giant “definitely messed up on the image generation” function for its AI bot Gemini, which spit out “woke” depictions of black founding fathers...
