The radio makes for a great background companion. My grandmother always had her favorite station on when she cooked, and my mom tuned into NPR whenever we were on the road. I’ve been continuing the tradition, listening to my favorite radio station from my teenage years now that I live within its range again. I’ve… Continue reading 6 Best Radios (2023): Portable, Stylish, For Emergencies
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Sam Altman Officially Returns to OpenAI—With a New Board Seat for Microsoft
Sam Altman marked his formal return as CEO of OpenAI today in a company memo that confirmed changes to the company’s board, including a new nonvoting seat for the startup’s primary investor, Microsoft. In a memo sent to staff and shared on OpenAI’s blog, Altman painted the chaos of the past two weeks, triggered by… Continue reading Sam Altman Officially Returns to OpenAI—With a New Board Seat for Microsoft
Elon Musk Just Told Advertisers, ‘Go Fuck Yourself’
Elon Musk says that advertisers fleeing X after his endorsement of an antisemitic post could “kill” the platform formerly known as Twitter. And he has a simple message for those companies, which include Disney, Apple, and IBM: “Go fuck yourself.” Musk, speaking Wednesday night at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit, said that advertisers with… Continue reading Elon Musk Just Told Advertisers, ‘Go Fuck Yourself’
Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Two Years Late and Still Crazy
Paul Snyder has mixed feelings about Tesla’s Cybertruck, the first of which will be unveiled during an event for investors and fans on Thursday in Austin, Texas. One of them is horror. When Tesla revealed the vehicle’s design in November 2019, his first reaction was a question. “Like, what is going on over there?” says… Continue reading Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Two Years Late and Still Crazy
A Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment May Cause Cancer. The FDA Is Investigating
Scientists use harmless viruses to ferry and insert the new genetic material because of their natural ability to get inside cells. But the potential for these viruses to accidentally trigger another cancer has long been considered a theoretical risk. In its notice, the FDA said the use of these viruses may have played a role… Continue reading A Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment May Cause Cancer. The FDA Is Investigating
An AI Dreamed Up 380,000 New Materials. The Next Challenge Is Making Them
The robotic line cooks were deep in their recipe, toiling away in a room tightly packed with equipment. In one corner, an articulated arm selected and mixed ingredients, while another slid back and forth on a fixed track, working the ovens. A third was on plating duty, carefully shaking the contents of a crucible onto… Continue reading An AI Dreamed Up 380,000 New Materials. The Next Challenge Is Making Them
A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab
United States lawmakers are receiving a flood of warnings from across civil society not to be bend to the efforts by some members of Congress to derail a highly sought debate over the future of a powerful but polarizing US surveillance program. House and Senate party leaders are preparing to unveil legislation on Wednesday directing… Continue reading A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab
Amazon’s Answer to ChatGPT Is a Workplace Assistant Called Q
Q uses a range of different artificial intelligence models under the hood, including Amazon’s own Titan large language model and LLMs built by Cohere and Anthropic, two well-funded startups competing with OpenAI. Selipsky points to OpenAI’s near-implosion last week to make the case for companies diversifying their AI providers. “You need not look any further… Continue reading Amazon’s Answer to ChatGPT Is a Workplace Assistant Called Q
Prominent Women in Tech Say They Don’t Want to Join OpenAI’s All-Male Board
“It’s repulsive to me,” says Gebru. “I honestly think there’s more of a chance that I would go back to Google—I mean, they won’t have me and I won’t have them—than me going to OpenAI.” The lack of women in the AI field has been an issue for years; in 2018, WIRED estimated that only… Continue reading Prominent Women in Tech Say They Don’t Want to Join OpenAI’s All-Male Board
Elon Musk Is Giving QAnon Believers Hope Just in Time for the 2024 Elections
With no new messages from Q in almost three years and former US President Donald Trump facing mounting legal woes, one would think that the QAnon political conspiracy was losing steam. But, on November 22, Elon Musk may have renewed hope for conspiracists around the world: As the US was preparing for Thanksgiving, Musk tweeted… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Giving QAnon Believers Hope Just in Time for the 2024 Elections