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German Manager Magazin: BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Audi: New luxury tax meets German car manufacturers in China004340

A change in the luxury tax in China currently employs the big German premium carmakers. China’s Ministry of Finance had communicated a change in the tax regulation for luxury cars around a week ago and thus reduced the limit, from which the delivery is due, of 1.3 million yuan (currently around 154,000 euros). The new… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Audi: New luxury tax meets German car manufacturers in China004340

German Manager Magazin: Electric cars: Market is growing faster004340 worldwide

The global new electric car registrations rise faster again. In the first half of the year there were more than 5.9 million purely battery -operated Stromer (BEV), such as an analysis of PWC shows. That is 37 percent more than in the same period last year. For comparison: In 2024, sales had only increased by… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Electric cars: Market is growing faster004340 worldwide

Scientists Teach AI to Think About the Roman Empire

Historians don’t know when the Ancient Roman text “Res Gestae Divi Augusti,” a chronicle of Emperor Augustus’s deeds, was first written, since these kind of epigraphs tend to not contain any written dates. Enter our hero Aeneas — not the mythological forefather of Rome, but a generative AI model that’s been trained on Ancient Roman texts.… Continue reading Scientists Teach AI to Think About the Roman Empire

OpenAI Is Giving Exactly the Same Copy-Pasted Response Every Time Time ChatGPT Is Linked to a Mental Health Crisis

ChatGPT has a sycophancy problem. With persuasive language and a human-like voice, the AI chatbot is prone to telling you whatever you want to hear — even if that means confirming your wildest delusions or encouraging your darkest impulses. In extreme cases, users are becoming so entranced by the bot’s silver tongue and always-available ear… Continue reading OpenAI Is Giving Exactly the Same Copy-Pasted Response Every Time Time ChatGPT Is Linked to a Mental Health Crisis

Netflix Says It Used Video-Generating AI for Special Effects in a New Show

Streaming slop, meet AI slop. Netflix is bragging that, for the first time, it’s used generative AI in one of its original, scripted TV shows, Ars Technica reports, signaling its championing of a technology that the streamer claims will shorten production times, lower costs, all while supposedly enhancing the quality of its series and films.… Continue reading Netflix Says It Used Video-Generating AI for Special Effects in a New Show

Sam Altman Warns That AI Is About to Cause a Massive “Fraud Crisis” in Which Anyone Can Perfectly Imitate Anyone Else

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is warning of an “impending fraud crisis” in which practically anybody will be able to imitate not only the voice but even the likeness of others, using the type of AI that his company is helping pioneer. During a chat with Federal Reserve vice chair Michelle Bowman in Washington, DC, Altman argued… Continue reading Sam Altman Warns That AI Is About to Cause a Massive “Fraud Crisis” in Which Anyone Can Perfectly Imitate Anyone Else

Analyzing Ancient Footprints, Scientists Find Evidence Dinos Like T-Rex Did the “Moonwalk” to Attract Mates

Scientists have discovered that a fossil site in Colorado was once the equivalent of a popular nightclub back in the long-ago Cretaceous era. In those times, male dinosaurs, some similar to the Tyrannosaurus rex, traveled to this once long-ago plain of tidal mud to preen and bust dance moves — even doing what the researchers… Continue reading Analyzing Ancient Footprints, Scientists Find Evidence Dinos Like T-Rex Did the “Moonwalk” to Attract Mates

I found cheap accessories that made my AirTags twice as useful (and secure)

Elevation Labs accessories ZDNET’s key takeaways These are tough, water- and dirt-resistant AirTag holders that will last years. They go a long way to preventing bad guys from removing your AirTags from secured items. They work on everything from suitcases, camera bags, jackets, and even your cat or dog! I’ve mentioned more than once my… Continue reading I found cheap accessories that made my AirTags twice as useful (and secure)

If Elon Musk Is So Concerned About Falling Birthrates, Why Is He Creating Perfect and Beautiful AI-Powered Girlfriends and Boyfriends That Seem Designed to Drive Down Romance Between Real Humans?

Mercurial billionaire Elon Musk is famously prolific as a father: at last count, the man has sired 14 known children — though there may be far more in the shadows — while frequently expressing deep concern about the world’s falling birthrate. So why is it that he’s been rolling out a slate of AI “companions” via… Continue reading If Elon Musk Is So Concerned About Falling Birthrates, Why Is He Creating Perfect and Beautiful AI-Powered Girlfriends and Boyfriends That Seem Designed to Drive Down Romance Between Real Humans?