Elon Musk’s Grand xAI Plans
Elon Musk is back in the news again. (Really, does he ever leave the news?) Last week, Musk announced a new artificial intelligence venture called xAI. The timing of the...
A Battlefield AI Company Says It’s One of the Good Guys | WIRED
Instead that slogan says less about what the company does and more about why it’s doing it. Helsing’s job adverts brim with idealism, calling for people with a conviction that...
Microsoft, Activision extend $75B deal deadline to secure UK approval
Activision Blizzard and Microsoft on Wednesday extended the deadline for the close of their $75 billion deal by three months to Oct. 18 as the American companies work to secure UK approval for...
ChatGPT’s evil twin WormGPT is secretly entering emails, raiding banks
ChatGPT has an evil twin — and it wants to take your money. WormGPT was created by a hacker and is designed for phishing attacks on a larger scale than...
Tesla Q2 sales beat estimates as Elon Musk’s price cuts drive demand
Tesla on Wednesday handily beat quarterly profit estimates and reported automotive gross margin in line with Wall Street expectations, signaling it was gaining ground in the electric-vehicle price war ignited by...
The secret to making your iPhone battery last longer
A little charge can go a long way. iPhone users are only recently discovering a hidden tool that apparently can make your phone battery last longer. Although Apple released the...
‘The Knot’ swindles advertisers, fosters ‘culture of fear’: ex-workers
The Knot has been accused of systematically swindling clients for years — from major corporate retailers like Macy’s to mom-and-pop caterers and dressmakers — and ex-workers claim former top executives...
AI bartenders that recognize regulars could be the future of dining: expert
Artificial intelligence may one day take customers’ orders at bars and even recognize regulars as the food and hospitality sectors “slowly” move to embrace integrating AI into day-to-day tasks, according to...
Apple tests AI tools, including ‘Apple GPT,’ to rival ChatGPT: report
Apple is working on artificial intelligence offerings similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, sending its shares up as much as 2% to a record high. The iPhone maker has...
Meta, Microsoft team up to offer AI model Llama for commercial use
Meta Platforms is releasing a commercial version of its open-source artificial intelligence model Llama, the company said Tuesday, giving start-ups and other businesses a powerful free-of-charge alternative to pricey proprietary models sold...
To Save Itself, Hollywood Must Build Its Own ChatGPT
Now, generative AI is the potential kill shot, the one that could cause copyright owners to surrender their library of scripts, created over decades, in exchange for promised benefits that...
I’m a tech expert and these are 3 things I’m asked all the time
You don’t need to spend money on new gadgets to get access to some great features. Sometimes all you need is a little help learning something new. Have an iPhone? Tap back...
Tesla directors to return $735M to settle suit over excess compensation
Current and former directors of electric-vehicle maker Tesla have agreed to return more than $735 million to the company to settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging that they unjustly enriched themselves...
G/O Media publishing AI-generated stories despite employee outcry
A media company that runs several sites including Jezebel, the Onion and Gizmodo is publishing mistake-ridden stories written by AI bots despite an outcry from staff over what they slammed...
First-gen iPhone sells at auction for $190K — almost 380 times its original price
A first-generation iPhone sold at auction Sunday for $190,373, almost 380 times its original price of $499 when the groundbreaking device went for sale in 2007. LCG Auctions, which hosted the...
