We are once again asking: who asked for this? Summary Judgment WhatsApp is now offering AI summaries of text threads for those too lazy to read through their messages themselves. In a press release, the Meta-owned messaging app framed the new AI summarizing function as an optional feature that can help busy users keep up… Continue reading WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family
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ChatGPT Tells User to Mix Bleach and Vinegar
Does mixing bleach and vinegar sound like a great idea? Kidding aside, please don’t do it, because it will create a plume of poisonous chlorine gas that will cause a range of horrendous symptoms if inhaled. That’s apparently news to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, though, which recently suggested to a Reddit user that the noxious combination could be used for… Continue reading ChatGPT Tells User to Mix Bleach and Vinegar
Ozempic-Style Drugs Linked To Hundreds of Illnesses and Deaths
Image by Getty / Futurism The United Kingdom’s health regulator is investigating weight loss jabs like Ozempic and Mounjaro after linking it to hundreds of severe illnesses and even a handful of deaths. As the Independent reports, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is asking residents to submit their own experiences with… Continue reading Ozempic-Style Drugs Linked To Hundreds of Illnesses and Deaths
‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, one of the first young technologists brought on to Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has returned to government shortly after resigning. “Edward Coristine joined the Social Security Administration this week as a special government employee,” Stephen McGraw, an SSA spokesperson, tells WIRED. “His work will be focused on… Continue reading ‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration
Redwood Materials is giving old EV batteries a second life as microgrids
The company is using still-functional EV batteries to make modular energy storage units. The company is using still-functional EV batteries to make modular energy storage units. Andrew J. Hawkins is 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… Continue reading Redwood Materials is giving old EV batteries a second life as microgrids
Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
A Meta exec calls Sam Altman “dishonest,” my conversation with the startup CEO who is suing OpenAI, and AI is coming for games. A Meta exec calls Sam Altman “dishonest,” my conversation with the startup CEO who is suing OpenAI, and AI is coming for games. During a company-wide all-hands meeting on Thursday, some of… Continue reading Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
Travis Kalanick is trying to buy Pony AI — and Uber might help
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is looking for ways to buy the U.S. arm of Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony AI, according to The New York Times. Kalanick is reportedly working with investors to finance an acquisition, and Uber may even help make the transaction happen, the Times reports. Pony AI went public last year and… Continue reading Travis Kalanick is trying to buy Pony AI — and Uber might help
Uber has Atlanta’s autonomous ride-hailing and delivery market on lock
Uber Eats customers in Atlanta can now opt in to have their food delivered via sidewalk delivery robots, following partner Serve Robotics’s launch on Thursday. The move comes just two days after Uber and Waymo launched a commercial robotaxi service in the city. Serve, which spun out of Uber in 2021 before braving the public… Continue reading Uber has Atlanta’s autonomous ride-hailing and delivery market on lock
“Nonsensical Benchmark Hacking”: Microsoft No Longer Believes OpenAI Is Capable of Achieving AGI
The love’s gone bad between Microsoft and OpenAI, whose lucrative partnership ushered in our age of AI hype. OpenAI is trying to convert into a for-profit company, but it’s so far failed to secure its benefactor’s approval and negotiate a new contract. The frustration is running so high that the ChatGPT maker is reportedly considering… Continue reading “Nonsensical Benchmark Hacking”: Microsoft No Longer Believes OpenAI Is Capable of Achieving AGI
Microsoft Is Having an Incredibly Embarrassing Problem With Its AI
Despite investing tens of billions of dollars into OpenAI, tech giant Microsoft has a problem: it’s in direct competition with its business partner, and OpenAI is winning. As Bloomberg reports, Microsoft salespeople are having trouble wooing both potential and existing customers with the company’s Copilot, its AI assistant built on OpenAI’s tech. Basically, it feels like a worse version… Continue reading Microsoft Is Having an Incredibly Embarrassing Problem With Its AI