Sam Altman wants ‘trillions of dollars’ to jumpstart global AI chip production: report
OpenAI chief Sam Altman reportedly aims to raise “trillions of dollars” to jump-start global production of high-performance computer chips needed for advanced artificial intelligence. . Altman, who was briefly ousted as OpenAI’s CEO last year but returned days later, is in talks with a variety of potential investors to raise a staggering sum of money, […]
News Corp in ‘advanced’ talks with AI firms on content licensing deals, CEO says
News Corp., the media giant that owns the Post and the Wall Street Journal, is in “advanced” discussions with major artificial intelligence companies to license news content, a top company official has said. Ta. CEO Robert Thomson has been vocal in criticizing AI companies that effectively steal content from news organizations to train chatbots that […]
Here’s what it will cost
Google on Thursday renamed its chatbot the Bard chatbot after a new artificial intelligence called Gemini, making consumers more likely to pay for better inference capabilities as it battles with Microsoft for subscriptions. He said he could pay. US customers can subscribe for access for $19.99 per month Gemini Advanced includes more powerful Ultra 1.0 […]
NASA’s Juno mission photographs Jupiter’s volcanic moon lo
This extraterrestrial photo shoot was far from lo-fi. NASA’s Juno mission passed within 930 miles of Jupiter’s volcanic third-largest moon on Saturday, capturing stunning images of the solar system’s most volcanic world. The spacecraft is in the third year of its mission to document the giant planet and up to 95 of its officially recognized […]
TikTok pushes ‘toxic’ misogynistic videos to teenage boys: study
Chinese-owned TikTok’s algorithm flooded teenage boys’ feeds with disturbing and negative videos about women, creating a “hateful ideology and misogynistic tropes” at school, according to a British study. It helps us become ‘normalized’, a surprising British study has found. Researchers set up test accounts to mimic the habits of disaffected young men and found that […]
Apple developing prototypes for a foldable iPhone: report
The iPhone may soon be available as a flip phone. Apple has developed at least two prototypes of its best-selling smartphone that folds like a clamshell. According to the technology news site “The Information”. This foldable version is reportedly in the early stages of development and won’t be available to Apple consumers until 2026 at […]
Elon Musk’s Tesla stokes layoff fears: report
Tesla executives have been asked whether each employee’s position matters enough to fuel fears of layoffs within the company. Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. After discontinuing semiannual performance reviews for some employees, Tesla sent out a one-line query for each job, some people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The electric car maker did not respond […]
SpaceX execs accused of sexual harassment, retaliation: filings
A California civil rights complaint alleges that SpaceX executives made sexual and vulgar comments in the workplace, discriminated against female employees, and fired employees who raised alarm over the behavior. . The allegations were made by seven former California-based employees who were fired from SpaceX in 2022, saying they “distracted and embarrassed” the space company’s […]
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO backs cryptocurrency Tether despite Hamas links
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick is furious at the New York financial giant’s huge investment in Tether, a cryptocurrency popular with terrorist groups including Hamas. Last month, Lutnick, whose brother is an ardent supporter of Israel and whose brother killed about 3,000 people in the 9/11 attacks, touted Tether at the World Economic Forum in […]
Honda recalling more than 750K vehicles to fix faulty sensor that may effect airbags
Honda is recalling more than 550,000 vehicles in the U.S. because a defective sensor could cause the passenger airbag to inflate when it shouldn’t. The recall applies to certain Honda Pilot, Accord, Civic Sedan, HR-V, and Odyssey models from 2020 to 2022, as well as the 2020 Fit and Civic Coupe. Also included are the […]