Tesla has reportedly decided not to give stock-based compensation to employees as part of their annual performance review. CEO Elon Musk has often claimed that Tesla has the best employee compensation in the auto industry and that’s because of its stock options. Just last month, Musk told a crowd at a New York Times conference:… Continue reading Tesla removes stock-based compensation this year, report says
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Man Horrified When Someone Uses AI to Reword and Republish All His Content, Complete With New Errors
“It’s just wrong to make money on that.” AI Theft A website has found itself the victim of a pernicious new online scheme that its perpetrators are shamelessly bragging about: an “SEO heist,” the latest example of how generative AI is being used to accelerate the deterioration of the search engines that form the backbone… Continue reading Man Horrified When Someone Uses AI to Reword and Republish All His Content, Complete With New Errors
Celine Dion Has Completely Lost Control of Her Muscles
Image by Brian Rasic / WireImage via Getty / Futurism Iconic French-Canadian singer Celine Dion’s, who suffers from what’s known as “stiff person syndrome,” is apparently now unable to move much as her disorder has worsened. In an interview with the French-language news outlet 7 Jours, Dion’s sister Claudette explained that the singer “doesn’t have control… Continue reading Celine Dion Has Completely Lost Control of Her Muscles
Database Powering Google’s AI Pulled Down After It’s Found to Contain Child Sexual Abuse
Google has been training its AI image generator on child sexual abuse material. As 404 Media reports, AI nonprofit LAION has taken down its 5B machine learning dataset — which is very widely used; even Google uses it to train its AI models — out of “an abundance of caution” after a recent and disturbing… Continue reading Database Powering Google’s AI Pulled Down After It’s Found to Contain Child Sexual Abuse
Scary AI Can Look at Photos and Figure Out Exactly Where They Were Taken
There’s no hiding from this AI. Pinpoint PrePIGEON A trio of Stanford graduate students have made a powerful AI that can guess the location of a wide variety of photos with remarkable accuracy. Known as Predicting Image Geolocations (PIGEON), the AI is trained on Google Street View and can effortlessly pinpoint where photos were taken, even… Continue reading Scary AI Can Look at Photos and Figure Out Exactly Where They Were Taken
Apple’s immersive next-gen CarPlay will start with Porsche and Aston Martin
/ 2024 vehicles from high-end automakers will get the first taste of Apple’s “cohesive design experience that is the very best of your car and your iPhone.” By Richard Lawler, a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Share… Continue reading Apple’s immersive next-gen CarPlay will start with Porsche and Aston Martin
Snow Sports Are Getting More Dangerous
Many people meet Dale Atkins for the first time on their worst days—ice climbers who are stranded and injured, skiers that have been swallowed by an avalanche. Atkins, a skilled mountaineer as well as a climatologist and former weather and avalanche forecaster, is one of the experts on Colorado’s Alpine Rescue Team that local sheriffs… Continue reading Snow Sports Are Getting More Dangerous
Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat
If you are planning to buy your donkey meat on Amazon this Christmas, you may have to look elsewhere. The world’s largest online retailer says it has stopped selling edible donkey in California, WIRED has learned. Amazon’s new policy kicked in after months of negotiations with the Center for Contemporary Equine Studies, a nonprofit organization… Continue reading Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat
Best 4K Blu-Ray Players (2023): Sony, Panasonic and More
How many video streaming services do you subscribe to? And how many of those reckon they can deliver you full-on, state-of-the-art picture and sound quality for your monthly fee? The answers are likely to be “plenty” and “almost all of them.” But true home-cinema aficionados know the truth: The best picture quality and the best… Continue reading Best 4K Blu-Ray Players (2023): Sony, Panasonic and More
Waymo has 7.1 million driverless miles — how does its driving compare to humans?
/ The Google spinoff’s robotaxis led to a reduction in injury-related and police-reported crashes when compared to human benchmarks, according to new research. By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State.… Continue reading Waymo has 7.1 million driverless miles — how does its driving compare to humans?