Joby Aviation opens eVTOL vehicle plant in OH in $500m investment
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s your Uber? The futuristic fantasy of taxis soaring above congested city streets flew closer to reality today when Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced...
MIT scholars awarded seed grants to probe the social implications of generative AI
In July, MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Provost Cynthia Barnhart issued a call for papers to “articulate effective roadmaps, policy recommendations, and calls for action across the broad domain of...
TikTok alarms employees by using ‘MyRTO’ app to track office attendance
TikTok has reportedly rattled its US employees by mandating the use of an internal app called “MyRTO” to track office attendance — and warning of consequences for those who fall...
Multi-AI collaboration helps reasoning and factual accuracy in large language models
An age-old adage, often introduced to us during our formative years, is designed to nudge us beyond our self-centered, nascent minds: “Two heads are better than one.” This proverb encourages...
Larry David confronted Elon Musk about supporting Republicans
Comedian Larry David reportedly wanted Elon Musk to curb his enthusiasm for the Republican Party. In a scene that could have easily come from David’s HBO’s hit show, the irascible...
ChatGPT Isn’t Coming for Your Coding Job
Software engineers have joined the ranks of copy editors, translators, and others who fear that they’re about to be replaced by generative AI. But it might be surprising to learn...
TikTok is hit with $368M fine under Europe’s strict data privacy rules
European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching...
What France’s move could mean for US users
Reports that a top US government regulator is taking a hard look at the safety of the iPhone 12 —citing radioactivity concerns that led the French government to ban the...
Elon Musk ‘pedo guy’ kerfuffle was due to him being’in grief’ over Amber Heard
Elon Musk called a heroic British cave diver a “pedo guy” because the heartsick billionaire was devastated over his breakup with actress Amber Heard, according to the Tesla mogul’s younger...
SBF ripped Caroline Ellison over FTX crisis
Sam Bankman-Fried shredded his ex-lover Caroline Ellison’s handling of the crisis that eventually toppled FTX and said he felt “claustrophobic” in their relationship, according to a trove of his unsent...
I tricked my brain out of its phone addiction — here’s how
If you find yourself mindlessly scrolling on your phone when you should be working — you’re not alone. Self-described productivity guru Arsia Sasha, 30, shared a tip on his TikTok...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin finalized divorce from Nicole Shanahan
Google co-founder Sergey Brin quietly finalized his divorce from Nicole Shanahan almost a year after rumors swirled that she had an affair with his good buddy Elon Musk. A Santa...
France’s iPhone 12 ban over radiation risks forces Apple to update software
Apple pledged on Friday to update software on iPhone 12s in France to settle a row over radiation levels, but concerns in other European countries signaled it may have to take...
DeepMind’s cofounder: Generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI.
DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat. In a recent conversation I had with him, he told me that generative...
Gen Z trusts AI way more than Boomers, poll finds
Americans fear AI and big corporations taking their data, but a new survey found 87% are admittedly likely to provide personal information to brands in order to save money. A...
