Elon Musk microdoses ketamine to treat depression: report
Elon Musk uses small doses of ketamine to treat depression and occasionally takes full doses of the popular club drug known as Special K when he attends parties, according to...
SBF loses bid to toss criminal charges over FTX’s collapse
A US judge on Tuesday denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to have criminal charges against him thrown out, paving the way for the founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX to face trial starting Oct....
Build an AI strategy that survives first contact with reality
Whether you think next-generation AI heralds an exciting new world for humankind or sows the seeds for its destruction, few business leaders can afford to ignore it. But in this...
ChatGPT’s Storytelling Chops Are No Match for Dungeons & Dragons
The experiment began quite simply: We popped open a few cans of Mountain Dew, put some Hawkwind and Blue Oyster Cult on the turntable, grabbed our bags of polyhedral dice,...
Meet the Humans Trying to Keep Us Safe From AI
A year ago, the idea of holding a meaningful conversation with a computer was the stuff of science fiction. But since OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched last November, life has started to...
AI helps dentists catch more cavities, gum disease
Gum disease (periodontitis) affects more than 47% of Americans — or nearly 65 million people — including former Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez, who recently announced he has the condition....
AI-powered diversity recruiting firm Joonko in chaos as CEO accused of ‘staggering’ fraud
Joonko, a New York City-based startup that created an AI-powered job board to improve diversity in hiring, is on the brink of collapse after its CEO allegedly duped investors with...
Most adults think AI produces better work than they ever could
Artificial intelligence’s ability to mine facts and data has been marveled at for some time now — but how about its capacity for creativity? A new poll resulting from a...
Day of AI curriculum meets the moment
MIT Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE) recently celebrated the second annual Day of AI with two flagship local events. The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S....
Achieving a sustainable future for AI
We are witnessing a historic, global paradigm shift driven by dramatic improvements in AI. As AI has evolved from predictive to generative, more businesses are taking notice, with enterprise adoption...
The US Senate Wants to Rein In AI. Good Luck With That
While negotiations started with Young and Schumer, they didn’t end there. Rather, the pair heard input from other congressional committees and worked that into the final package. “That was the...
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT
In 2014, DeepMind was acquired by Google after demonstrating striking results from software that used reinforcement learning to master simple video games. Over the next several years, DeepMind showed how...
Amazon’s New Robots Are Rolling Out an Automation Revolution
In a giant warehouse in Reading, Massachusetts, I meet a pair of robots that look like goofy green footstools from the future. Their round eyes and satisfied grins are rendered...
Google could exit Hong Kong for good as it faces high-stakes censorship battle
Google is facing unprecedented heat in Hong Kong as local authorities attempt to censor a popular pro-democracy anthem — and the high-stakes spat has provoked speculation that the US tech...
WhatsApp’s hidden contact feature revealed — here’s how it works
It was playing hide and seek. Popular messaging application WhatsApp has a hidden contact feature that’s recently been revealed — and it can prove to be super helpful, especially when...
