The artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT, which can create spreadsheet formulas, emails, poems, and more, has recently received a lot of unfavorable press. Users were briefly prohibited from publishing ChatGPT-generated content by Stack Overflow, which claimed that the AI made it too simple for users to flood the site with bogus …
Read More »A glimpse of the future as seen by Sam Altman
Sam Altman, the former CEO of Y Combinator and, as of 2019, the co-founder and co-CEO of OpenAI, the company he famously co-founded with Elon Musk and numerous others in 2015 to develop artificial intelligence for the “benefit of humanity,” spent an hour with this editor late last week in …
Read More »Gravity batteries could be made from abandoned mines
It takes creative transformations to produce and store electricity because energy cannot be created or destroyed. Some ideas seem more absurd than others, such as the plan to revive defunct mine holes and transform them into massive batteries. Sand is the only thing they require (or an equivalent heavy enough …
Read More »The largest aircraft in the world does a record-breaking flight over the Mojave Desert
After breaking yet another world record by flying nonstop for six hours, the largest plane in the world has gone to the skies to demonstrate that having a 117-meter (385-foot) wingspan does not prevent it from traveling the distance. The current largest plane in the world, Stratolaunch’s Roc, flew for …
Read More »After an 18-month security investigation, Didi receives approval from China to reopen
On Monday, Didi, a major ride-hailing company, returned to the market after having its app suspended in China for 18 months. The action was taken at a time when China was beginning to loosen up on its three-year-old broad regulatory crackdown on the internet industry. Chinese authorities demanded that Didi …
Read More »News aggregator SmartNews fires 40% of its employees in the US and China, and plans additional layoffs in Japan
According to individuals acquainted with the company’s plans, SmartNews, a news aggregation website and app with headquarters in Tokyo, today announced a 40% decrease of its U.S. and China personnel, or roughly 120 people. The announcement was made on Thursday during an All-Hands meeting that the SmartNews team was present …
Read More »Parisian scooters are at a turning point
What will become of the 15,000 vibrant electric scooters that are currently littering Paris’ streets? Their future may take a dramatic turn on March 23 as the French capital decides whether or not to renew licenses for the three scooter businesses that are currently doing business there. The three businesses …
Read More »The EU finding that Meta’s ads are illegal serves as a warning to other ad-funded services
Before moving through with any plans to impose behavioral ads on Twitter users in the European Union, Elon Musk should take heed of a recent significant privacy fine for Meta. To wit: The European Data Protection Board (EPBD) has issued a strong warning to other companies after the publication of …
Read More »Kickboxing sessions, sleep meditation, and more will be added to Apple Fitness+
For the new year, Apple has revealed that its Fitness+ service will add new kickboxing workouts, a sleep meditation theme, artist spotlights, and more. Kickboxing will be added by the organization on January 9. Every workout will begin with a unique round of moves, followed by a final round that …
Read More »At CES, Sony and Honda debut Afeela, their joint electric vehicle brand
The Afeela prototype was unveiled by Sony and Honda over a year after the two firms announced their intentions to jointly produce and market electric automobiles. The four-door sedan was demonstrated on stage at CES on Wednesday as Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida discussed the company’s mobility strategy, which places a …
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