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Tesla teases new product release on Friday

Tesla is teasing a new product release on Friday, August 29th, coming to Europe and the Middle East. It’s likely going to be the Model Y Performance. On X today, Tesla has teased an upcoming product release coming this friday. The post is cryptic. It only mentions ‘spoiler alert’ and the date August 29 with… Continue reading Tesla teases new product release on Friday

Huge Number of Authors Stand to Get Paid After Anthropic Agrees to Settle Potentially $1 Trillion Lawsuit

As OpenAI’s ChatGPT and its imitators exploded onto the world stage over the past few years, they kicked off a series of legal showdowns that are still working their way through the courts. The New York Times is suing OpenAI. Disney is suing Midjourney. And in a class action case representing potentially millions of writers, book… Continue reading Huge Number of Authors Stand to Get Paid After Anthropic Agrees to Settle Potentially $1 Trillion Lawsuit

OpenAI Says It’s Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

For the better part of a year, we’ve watched — and reported — in horror as more and more stories emerge about AI chatbots leading people to self-harm, delusions, hospitalization, arrest, and suicide. As the loved ones of the people impacted by these dangerous bots rally for change to prevent such harm from happening to… Continue reading OpenAI Says It’s Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason, Experts Say

Are “dark patterns” and product design choices to blame for the disturbing phenomenon increasingly referred to as “AI psychosis” by mental health professionals? According to some experts, the answer is yes. AI chatbots are pulling a large number of people into strange mental spirals, in which the human-sounding AI convinces users that they’ve unlocked a… Continue reading AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason, Experts Say

Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out

Susan Monarez is no longer the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a post by the official Department of Health and Human Services X account. She had been in the position for just a month. In the wake of her apparent ouster, several other CDC leaders have resigned. Named… Continue reading Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out

£3750 cut for Ford Puma Gen-E as firm lands highest EV grant

The Ford Puma Gen-E and e-Tourneo Courier have become the first models to receive the top £3750 discount from the government’s new Electric Car Grant scheme. The pair are now priced at £26,245 and £28,440 respectively, and notably in the case of the Gen-E, its starting price has dipped £345 under its hybrid sibling. Both… Continue reading £3750 cut for Ford Puma Gen-E as firm lands highest EV grant

The Boring Company is finally testing Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ in its Las Vegas tunnels

Elon Musk’s The Boring Company is finally testing Full Self-Driving (Supervised), the advanced driver assistance system created by Tesla, in the tunnels that connect Las Vegas’ Convention Center to a few nearby hotels, according to Fortune. Steve Hill, the CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, told the outlet that The Boring Company… Continue reading The Boring Company is finally testing Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ in its Las Vegas tunnels

Tesla announces 50% increase in Austin Robotaxi, but 50% from what?

Tesla announces that it increased the size of its Robotaxi fleet by 50%, but it never confirmed the original fleet size. It appears Tesla was only operating about 20 vehicles in its “robotaxi” fleet so the number likely only rose to about 30 cars. In late June, Tesla launched its ‘Robotaxi’ service to paying customers… Continue reading Tesla announces 50% increase in Austin Robotaxi, but 50% from what?