Back in the days of yore, Twitter capped posts at a paltry 140 characters. That kept tweets short, sweet, and to the point — lending themselves well to off-the-cuff musings. Now, as tragedy mounts in the middle east following Israel’s attack on Iran, it’s safe to say more eyes are on Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei… Continue reading As War Descends on Iran, People Have Discovered Some Wild Old Posts on Ayatollah Khamenei’s Twitter Account
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Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence
Mark Zuckerberg has been playing the field as he looks to reboot his AI strategy. Mark Zuckerberg has been playing the field as he looks to reboot his AI strategy. Alex Heath is a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a… Continue reading Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence
TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo might be the largest commercial robotaxi operator — offering 250,000 paid rides per week — but it is hardly smooth. The past seven days in Waymo’s… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week
The startups rolling out of Europe’s early-stage micromobility scene
Early-stage micromobility has shifted over the last few years. The cowboy antics of e-scooter companies causing chaos in a bid to scale has faded along with those fat venture checks that are now flowing to AI startups. Tighter capital combined with an existential need to create sustainable business models has produced a new crop of… Continue reading The startups rolling out of Europe’s early-stage micromobility scene
Toyota’s hot $15,000 EV in China costs nearly $50K in this overseas market
Toyota’s most affordable EV, which starts at about $15,000 in China, may not be so cheap overseas. The Toyota bZ3X is launching in new markets at a price nearly three times the cost, starting at almost $50,000. Toyota’s $15,000 EV is launching overseas GAC Toyota, Toyota’s joint venture, launched the bZ3X in China this March,… Continue reading Toyota’s hot $15,000 EV in China costs nearly $50K in this overseas market
Tesla releases details about ‘Robotaxi’ launch: there’s a ‘safety monitor’ in front seat
Tesla has released the details about its planned ‘Robotaxi’ launch in Austin, Texas, this weekend, and it’s even worse than we thought. There’s going to be a “safety monitor” in the front seat. Over the last few weeks, we have been discussing how Tesla’s planned launch of a “Robotaxi” service was a game of smoke… Continue reading Tesla releases details about ‘Robotaxi’ launch: there’s a ‘safety monitor’ in front seat
CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees
As artificial intelligence becomes the corporate buzzword du jour, executives are finding more and more ways to shoehorn the trendy tech into their everyday business operations. That has a lot of workers anxious about automation, income inequality, and increased workloads — something c-suite bigwigs are all too happy to take advantage of. Though AI — really… Continue reading CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees
Researchers Scanned the Brains of ChatGPT Users and Found Something Deeply Alarming
Image by Getty / Futurism Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found some startling results in the brain scans of ChatGPT users, adding to the growing body of evidence suggesting that AI is having a serious — and barely-understood — impact on its users’ cognition even as it explodes in popularity worldwide. In… Continue reading Researchers Scanned the Brains of ChatGPT Users and Found Something Deeply Alarming
Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions
Conspiracy theorists are using AI chatbots not only to convince themselves of their harebrained beliefs, but to recruit other users on social media. As independent Australian news site Crikey reports, conspiracy theorists are having extensive conversations with AI chatbots to “prove” their beliefs. Then, they post the transcripts and videos on social media as “proof”… Continue reading Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions
Elon Musk Concerned That Reality Has Infiltrated His “Grok” AI
Elon Musk is once again fuming against his own AI model, Grok, because he doesn’t like that its answers don’t line up with his personal politics. When a user on X, Musk’s social media platform, suggested that Grok has been “manipulated by leftist indoctrination,” the world’s richest man wholeheartedly agreed without even a hint of… Continue reading Elon Musk Concerned That Reality Has Infiltrated His “Grok” AI