Roblox ‘illegally facilitated child gambling’: lawsuit
Roblox, the online video game maker of popular hits such as “Murder Mystery 2,” “Adopt Me,” and “Slap Battles” is being sued by the parents of two minors who allege...
Supporting sustainability, digital health, and the future of work
The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology has selected three new research projects that will receive support from the initiative. The research projects aim to accelerate progress...
Teaching language models to reason algorithmically
Posted by Hattie Zhou, Graduate Student at MILA, Hanie Sedghi, Research Scientist, Google Large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-3 and PaLM, have shown impressive progress in recent years, which...
Why Sam Bankman-Fried likely won’t get Adderall while locked up in Brooklyn jail
Jailed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will likely have to survive without access to Adderall while behind bars at the infamous Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, according to federal prison guidelines....
Nvidia Chip Shortages Leave AI Startups Scrambling for Computing Power
Cloud computing providers are very aware that their customers are struggling for capacity. Surging demand has “caught the industry off guard a bit,” says Chetan Kapoor, a director of product...
How to help high schoolers prepare for the rise of artificial intelligence
Should artificial intelligence be allowed to make care decisions for patients? Though the future of AI may conjure up doomsday visions of robots and computers intent on rendering human existence...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX sued by DOJ over asylees, refugees hiring
The Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for allegedly discriminating against asylum seekers and refugees in hiring. “The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018...
You Are Not Responsible for Your Own Online Privacy
In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg told the audience at a TechCrunch awards ceremony that young people—especially social media users—no longer cared about privacy. “People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing...
T-Mobile US to slash 5,000 jobs as cheaper plans weigh on costs
T-Mobile US said Thursday it would reduce its workforce by about 7% by cutting 5,000 jobs in the US as the wireless carrier grapples with rising costs related to adding more subscribers...
The Myth of ‘Open Source’ AI
A new analysis shows that “open source” AI tools like Llama 2 are still controlled by big tech companies in a number of ways. Source
Meta Releases Code Llama, a Coding Version of Llama 2
When Meta released Llama 2, a powerful artificial intelligence model similar to the one behind ChatGPT, last month, it made it possible for developers, startups, and researchers to play with...
AI chip giant Nvidia’s profit surge makes CEO $4.2B richer overnight
Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang became $4.2 billion richer overnight after his software company crushed Wall Street’s second-quarter earnings expectations by billions, sending its stock surging by as much as...
Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records
Ann, a stroke survivor, can communicate using a digital avatar that decodes her intended speech. Photograph: Noah Berger/UCSF There are trade-offs to both group’s approaches. Implanted electrodes, like the ones...
AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies
Imagine you want to carry a large, heavy box up a flight of stairs. You might spread your fingers out and lift that box with both hands, then hold it...
Nvidia rides AI, ChatGPT boom as Q2 sales skyrocket: ‘Drop the mic moment’
Nvidia far exceeded expectations with its quarterly revenue forecast on Wednesday as an artificial-intelligence boom fueled demand for its chips and said it would buy back $25 billion in stock, sending...
