How Larry Page, Sergey Brin ‘escaped all scrutiny’ in Google antitrust trials
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have kept a low profile as the Big Tech firm weathers a series of critical antitrust court battles – and it’s part of...
Ziploc phone hack sparks debate about kids and screen time
This is how to get kids to zip it during long car rides. A TikToker who goes by @jeffandlaurenshow says the “best travel hack to keep the peace on a long road...
Grimes says ‘Grok’ toy has nothing to do with Elon Musk’s AI bot
Grimes released an interactive, artificial intelligence-powered toy named Grok on Thursday, but insists it was purely coincidental that Elon Musk’s xAI startup released a chatbot also named Grok last month....
Elon Musk mocks Microsoft Word’s woke ‘inclusivity checker’
Elon Musk blasted a Microsoft Word feature called “inclusivity checker,” complaining that it “scolded” him for typing the word “insane.” The billionaire owner of X posted a screenshot of a...
Image recognition accuracy: An unseen challenge confounding today’s AI
Imagine you are scrolling through the photos on your phone and you come across an image that at first you can’t recognize. It looks like maybe something fuzzy on the...
Computational model captures the elusive transition states of chemical reactions
During a chemical reaction, molecules gain energy until they reach what’s known as the transition state — a point of no return from which the reaction must proceed. This state...
Delta’s new Airbus A321neo planes boast AirPod technology
Now hear this. A cookie dough brand co-founder has a hot tip for fellow travelers: You can connect your Apple AirPods to Delta’s seat-back TV screen using Bluetooth technology when flying...
AI meets climate: MIT Energy and Climate Hack 2023
The MIT Energy and Climate Hack brought together participants from myriad fields and disciplines to develop rapid, innovative solutions to one of the most complex challenges facing society today: the global...
New Apple update prevents thieves from hacking stolen phones
It’s the perfect safeguard against hack attacks. Has the prospect of getting your phone stolen got you in a tizzy? Not to fear: Apple has devised a powerful new weapon...
Smaller businesses eye ad vacuum on X after blue-chip firms ditch site
Small- and medium-size business owners are angling to take advantage of the stampede of big advertisers away from X – with the little guys betting it will enable them to...
GM’s embattled Cruise robotaxi unit slashes 900 jobs
General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is cutting over 900 jobs, about a quarter of its workforce, as it moves to reduce costs and remake itself after a series...
OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever Has a Plan for Keeping Super-Intelligent AI in Check
OpenAI was founded on a promise to build artificial intelligence that benefits all of humanity—even when that AI becomes considerably smarter than its creators. Since the debut of ChatGPT last...
Now we know what OpenAI’s superalignment team has been up to
OpenAI has announced the first results from its superalignment team, the firm’s in-house initiative dedicated to preventing a superintelligence—a hypothetical future computer that can outsmart humans—from going rogue. Unlike many...
Elon Musk to open a STEM-focused K-12 school, university in Austin
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk plans to launch a STEM-focused primary and secondary school in Texas before debuting a glittering university “dedicated to education at the highest levels,” according to a...
My Surprisingly Unbiased Week With Elon Musk’s ‘Politically Biased’ Chatbot
Some Elon Musk enthusiasts have been alarmed to discover in recent days that Grok, his supposedly “truth-seeking” artificial intelligence was in actual fact a bit of a snowflake. Grok, built...
