ChatGPT may know more than your doctor about smoking, suicide and sex
Doctor ChatGPT will see you now — and you might like it better than your human doctor. Recent studies suggest that many people find chatbot programs like ChatGPT more caring...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman complained chip shortage is ‘delaying’ ChatGPT plans
OpenAI boss Sam Altman admitted a computer chip shortage is hindering ChatGPT’s progress during an off-the-record meeting in London last month – the details of which surfaced after one attendee...
Volvo unveils affordable EX30 electric SUV in move to compete with Tesla
Volvo launched its EX30 fully-electric small SUV on Wednesday with two battery options and a starting price of around $38,500, as carmakers compete with Tesla to make electric vehicles more affordable. The...
Deepmind’s AI Is Learning About the Art of Coding
In the field of computer science, there is perhaps no more fundamental task than to sort. Bubble, heap, merge—take your pick. The methods for reordering data inside a computer have...
Google DeepMind’s game-playing AI just found another way to make code faster
DeepMind’s run of discoveries in fundamental computer science continues. Last year the company used a version of its game-playing AI AlphaZero to find new ways to speed up the calculation...
Binance and Coinbase CEOs’ wealth slashed by billions
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed back-to-back lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase — the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world and in the US, respectively — causing billions to be...
‘Black Mirror’ creator used ChatGPT to write episode: ‘Was s–t’
Oh, the humanity. “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker, 52, says he used the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT to write an episode of the smash Netflix series — but he wasn’t impressed by...
Q&A: Gabriela Sá Pessoa on Brazilian politics, human rights in the Amazon, and AI
Gabriela Sá Pessoa is a journalist passionate about the intersection of human rights and climate change. She came to MIT from The Washington Post, where she worked from her home...
Tesla’s Model 3 cheaper than Toyota’s Camry with tax benefits
Tesla’s rapid adjustment of its battery supply chain means all of its Model 3 vehicles qualify for federal US credits that, along with other tax breaks, could lower its price to...
Visual captions: Using large language models to augment video conferences with dynamic visuals
Posted by Ruofei Du, Research Scientist, and Alex Olwal, Senior Staff Research Scientist, Google Augmented Reality Recent advances in video conferencing have significantly improved remote video communication through features like...
Apple CEO Tim Cook panned for not wearing Vision Pro
Apple CEO Tim Cook was slammed Tuesday for failing to don the “Vision Pro” headset during the company’s much-anticipated reveal of its pricey new goggles. In classic Apple fashion, Cook...
Coinbase sued over crypto violations, one day after SEC sued Binance
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday sued Coinbase, accusing the largest US cryptocurrency exchange of operating illegally because it failed to first register with the regulator. The lawsuit is the...
AI Could Usher in a New Era of Music. Will It Suck?
Michael Sayman has worked at Facebook, Google, Roblox, and Twitter. At 26, the software engineer has already published a memoir, App Kid. But until he began work on his latest project,...
Microsoft to pay $20M for violating children’s privacy laws
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle charges from the US Federal Trade Commission that it illegally collected personal information from children without a guardian’s consent. The tech giant has...
Don’t Want Students to Rely on ChatGPT? Have Them Use It
When I first caught students attempting to use ChatGPT to write their essays, it felt like an inevitability. My initial reaction was frustration and irritation—not to mention gloom and doom...
