Robots say they won’t steal jobs, rebel against humans
Robots presented at an AI forum in Switzerland on Friday said they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems — and vowed not steal humans’ jobs or...
Elon Musk’s Tesla offers referral incentives amid EV price
Electric-vehicle maker Tesla rolled out a new program globally allowing buyers to earn extra incentives through referrals from existing customers, a strategy long used by traditional automakers to boost sales. The incentive,...
Apple to require appointment to buy Vision Pro VR headset
Apple will gradually introduce its $3,500-apiece Vision Pro virtual reality headsets as part of a slow, piecemeal rollout that will require customers to make in-person appointments at the tech giant’s...
Mark Zuckerberg spends on security and ‘defund police’ groups
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t practice what he preaches when it comes to public safety. The tech tycoon’s company has spent more than $40 million on Zuckerberg’s personal security over...
‘We can achieve great things’
We might be welcoming our robot overlords in the near future. As if artificial intelligence wasn’t taking enough jobs of late, now AI is suggesting they could potentially be president....
Modular visual question answering via code generation
Posted by Sanjay Subramanian, PhD student, UC Berkeley, and Arsha Nagrani, Research Scientist, Google Research, Perception Team Visual question answering (VQA) is a machine learning task that requires a model...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads backtracks ‘censoring’ Donald Trump Jr.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s new “Twitter killer” app Threads quickly found itself embroiled in a censorship controversy after warning users that Donald Trump Jr. may be a source of misinformation...
AI-text detection tools are really easy to fool
Within weeks of ChatGPT’s launch, there were fears that students would be using the chatbot to spin up passable essays in seconds. In response to those fears, startups started making...
Elon Musk’s $1B NY solar panel factory a taxpayer nightmare
New York state has spent nearly $1 billion since 2014 building what Elon Musk envisioned as the largest solar panel factory in the Western Hemisphere — but the deal is...
ChatGPT Is Reshaping Crowd Work
While some workers may shun AI, the temptation to use it is very real for others. The field can be “dog-eat-dog,” Bob says, making labor-saving tools attractive. To find the...
What is Threads on Instagram? All about Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative
Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram unveiled its new text-based social media app Threads to widespread fanfare on Wednesday evening, escalating a high-stakes clash with billionaire rival Elon Musk and struggling Twitter. More...
How ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ De-Aged Harrison Ford
Near the end of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Nazis attempt to pull off one of the oldest tropes in entertainment: using the movie’s titular dial, the Antikythera,...
Meta’s Threads is a serious threat to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, analysts say
Meta’s Threads racked up more than 30 million sign-ups within about 18 hours of its launch, emerging as the first real threat to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, as it took advantage of its...
Vegas lights up with the world’s largest video screen from MSG
It brings new meaning to the term “sphere of influence.” MSG’s soon-to-open immersive concert venue in Las Vegas kicked off Independence Day with a major bang, transforming the Las Vegas...
Learning the language of molecules to predict their properties
Discovering new materials and drugs typically involves a manual, trial-and-error process that can take decades and cost millions of dollars. To streamline this process, scientists often use machine learning to...
