Automated system teaches users when to collaborate with an AI assistant
Artificial intelligence models that pick out patterns in images can often do so better than human eyes — but not always. If a radiologist is using an AI model to...
Boost Mobile founder pushes carriers to back ban on cell phones in schools
A longtime telecom CEO called on carrier giants like Verizon and T-Mobile to get behind the growing push on the state and federal level to cut off kids from cell...
Jewish TikTok employees allege toxic workplace, antisemitism since Hamas war began: report
A group of Jewish and Israeli employees at TikTok have accused the China-owned company of allowing hostile conditions and internal instances of antisemitism since Israel’s war with Hamas began in...
Elon Musk appeals dispute over Tesla ‘funding secured’ tweet to Supreme Court
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to consider whether the Securities and Exchange Commission overstepped its authority in enforcing a consent decree that he has...
US State Department funds censorship firms that favor left-wing media: suit
A bombshell lawsuit has accused the US State Department of violating First Amendment rights by using taxpayer dollars to fund private censorship firms that have favored left-wing media outlets at...
Google’s Gemini Is the Real Start of the Generative AI Boom
The history of artificial intelligence has been punctuated by periods of so-called “AI winter,” when the technology seemed to meet a dead end and funding dried up. Each one has...
The Generative AI Copyright Fight Is Just Getting Started
The biggest fight of the generative AI revolution is headed to the courtroom—and no, it’s not about the latest boardroom drama at OpenAI. Book authors, artists, and coders are challenging...
MIT engineers develop a way to determine how the surfaces of materials behave
Designing new compounds or alloys whose surfaces can be used as catalysts in chemical reactions can be a complex process relying heavily on the intuition of experienced chemists. A team...
OpenAI Cofounder Reid Hoffman Gives Sam Altman a Vote of Confidence
Hoffman and others said that there’s no need to pause development of AI. He called that drastic measure, for which some AI researchers have petitioned, foolish and destructive. Hoffman identified...
SpaceX approaches investors for tender offer that values Elon Musk firm at $175B: report
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has approached investors about another tender offer that would value the company at above $175 billion, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Tender volume could go up as it is...
How to Use Google’s Gemini AI Right Now in Its Bard Chatbot
Google just launched its Gemini AI model. Want to try it out for free? A version of the model, called Gemini Pro, is available inside of the Bard chatbot right...
Apple to launch new iPads, M3 MacBook Air amid weak sales: report
Apple is planning to release several new models, including a faster MacBook Air and two updated iPads, early next year to help combat a decline in sales of the devices,...
Elon Musk denies xAI raising funds ‘right now’ — despite SEC filing
Elon Musk said on Wednesday his artificial intelligence company xAI was not raising funds “right now,” a day after the startup filed with the US securities regulator to raise up to $1...
Facebook, Instagram expose child users to predators: New Mexico AG
Underage Facebook and Instagram users are exposed to adult sex content and disturbing messages from alleged child predators — including “pictures and videos of genitalia” and six-figure offers to star...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Gemini and the coming age of AI
Google released the first phase of its next-generation AI model, Gemini, today. Gemini reflects years of efforts from inside Google, overseen and driven by its CEO Sundar Pichai. (You can...
