8 ways to keep someone you know who lives alone protected
Caring for a loved one who values their independence and prefers to live alone can be challenging. You may feel anxious about their well-being when you are not around and hope that...
Making life friendlier with personal robots
“As a child, I wished for a robot that would explain others’ emotions to me” says Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist in the Media Lab’s Personal Robots Group (PRG). Growing...
Senators Want ChatGPT-Level AI to Require a Government License
The US government should create a new body to regulate artificial intelligence—and restrict work on language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 to companies granted licenses to do so. That’s the recommendation...
AT&T debuts AI hologram of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones
The fascination with artificial intelligence has hit Dallas, where everything is bigger, as they say. And it’s doing so with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. The team unveiled a hologram of...
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson says AI ‘rubbish in, rubbish out’
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson blasted the left-wing bias and inaccuracies spewed out by AI generated content — calling it “rubbish in, rubbish out” — even as he warned the...
AI pilot programs look to reduce energy use and emissions on MIT campus
Smart thermostats have changed the way many people heat and cool their homes by using machine learning to respond to occupancy patterns and preferences, resulting in a lower energy draw....
SpaceX ordered to make fixes in FAA probes Starship explosion
The Federal Aviation Administration wrapped up a technical investigation into SpaceX’s April test launch of its giant Starship rocket, saying in a Friday statement that the company must implement dozens...
Warner Music signs first-ever record deal with AI pop star
Warner Music faced backlash over sexualizing its newest artist — an artificial intelligence-generated pop star named Noonoouri who wants “to make a 12 year old look sexy.” The record label...
Jackson Jewett wants to design buildings that use less concrete
After three years leading biking tours through U.S. National Parks, Jackson Jewett decided it was time for a change. “It was a lot of fun, but I realized I missed...
Google loses Joshua Wright ahead of antitrust monopoly case
With Google’s antitrust trial slated to begin next week, its defense team has lost a key advisor over a sex-harassment scandal — and it’s got to be a painful blow...
Apple shares tumble in wake of China iPhone ban
Beijing’s widening curbs on iPhone use by government staff rattled Apple and other US technology stocks on Thursday as investors fretted over the financial impact of rising Sino-American tensions on companies with large...
Grindr loses half its workforce over return-to-office mandate
Nearly half of LGBTQ dating app Grindr’s workforce have quit after the company enacted a strict two-day-per-week office requirement — and furious staffers claim the mandate was in retaliation over...
Google to require prominently disclosure of AI use in election ads
Google will require “all verified election advertisers” to “prominently disclose” when their ads use artificial intelligence amid the growing threat of misinformation posed by the exploding technology, the tech giant...
Musk calls for ‘evidence’ after Tucker Carlson interview with man claiming he had sex with Obama
X owner Elon Musk called out Tucker Carlson for not providing “objective evidence” in allowing a convicted fraudster to claim he had sex with Barack Obama on the tech mogul’s...
Dave Clark mulls Texas governor run after Flexport resignation
Dave Clark is reportedly mulling a 2026 gubernatorial run in Texas following his shocking resignation as CEO of the freight and logistics firm Flexport. Clark, a former longtime Amazon executive...
