Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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What does Sam Altman's firing — and quick reinstatement — mean for the future of AI?

It’s been quite a week for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI — and co-founder Sam Altman

What does Sam Altman's firing — and quick reinstatement — mean for the future of AI?
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Lawsuit blaming Tesla's Autopilot for driver's death can go to trial, judge rules

A jury should decide whether Tesla and Elon Musk oversold the electric car company’s Autopilot system and caused the fatal crash of a man who engaged it and took his hands off the steering wheel

Lawsuit blaming Tesla's Autopilot for driver's death can go to trial, judge rules
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Putin to boost AI work in Russia to fight a Western monopoly he says is 'unacceptable and dangerous'

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he will endorse a national strategy for the development of artificial intelligence

Putin to boost AI work in Russia to fight a Western monopoly he says is 'unacceptable and dangerous'
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Cyber Monday marks the year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts

Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday marks the year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts
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Russia puts the spokesman for Facebook owner Meta on a wanted list

Russia's interior ministry has added the spokesman of U.S. technology company Meta to a wanted list according to its online database

Russia puts the spokesman for Facebook owner Meta on a wanted list
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Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say

A newly unsealed legal complaint claims Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids

Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say
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What's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.”

What's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
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‘Get Ready With Me’: Video genre that focuses on everyday life is everywhere — and not slowing down

More than a decade after debuting on the once-nascent YouTube creator community, “Get Ready with Me” videos have inundated social media

‘Get Ready With Me’: Video genre that focuses on everyday life is everywhere — and not slowing down
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Elon Musk visits Israel to meet top leaders as accusations of antisemitism on X grow

Elon Musk has visited Israel, where he toured a kibbutz attacked by Hamas militants

Elon Musk visits Israel to meet top leaders as accusations of antisemitism on X grow
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Paris mayor says she's quitting Elon Musk's 'global sewer' platform X as city gears up for Olympics

The mayor of future Olympic host city Paris says she is quitting X

Paris mayor says she's quitting Elon Musk's 'global sewer' platform X as city gears up for Olympics
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Earth's magnetic field protects life on Earth from radiation, but it can move, and the magnetic poles can even flip

Ever seen the northern lights? You have a magnetic layer in Earth’s atmosphere to thank for those beautiful displays. But the magnetosphere does a lot more than create auroras.

Earth's magnetic field protects life on Earth from radiation, but it can move, and the magnetic poles can even flip
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Google will start deleting 'inactive' accounts in December. Here's what you need to know

Have a Google account you haven’t used in a while

Google will start deleting 'inactive' accounts in December. Here's what you need to know
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EU regulators say Amazon's acquisition of vacuum maker iRobot may harm competition

European regulators say Amazon’s proposed acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot may harm competition

EU regulators say Amazon's acquisition of vacuum maker iRobot may harm competition
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Morgan Wallen tops Apple Music's 2023 song chart while Taylor Swift, SZA also lead streaming lists

Country singer Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” tops Apple Music’s global song chart in 2023

Morgan Wallen tops Apple Music's 2023 song chart while Taylor Swift, SZA also lead streaming lists
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Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead

The war in Gaza is highlighting the latest advances in artificial intelligence as a way to spread fake images and disinformation

Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead
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Amazon launches Q, a business chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence

Amazon finally has its answer to ChatGPT

Amazon launches Q, a business chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence
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Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by an AI experiment gone wrong

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by being less than forthcoming about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence age

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by an AI experiment gone wrong
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Michigan to join state-level effort to regulate AI political ads as federal legislation is pending

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign legislation in the coming days aimed at curbing deceptive uses of artificial intelligence and manipulated media

Michigan to join state-level effort to regulate AI political ads as federal legislation is pending
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Toyota selling part of Denso stake to raise cash to develop electric vehicles

Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations

Toyota selling part of Denso stake to raise cash to develop electric vehicles
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MicroRNA is the master regulator of the genome − researchers are learning how to treat disease by harnessing the way it controls genes

When just one of the thousands of microRNAs in people go awry, it can cause diseases ranging from heart disease to cancer.

MicroRNA is the master regulator of the genome − researchers are learning how to treat disease by harnessing the way it controls genes
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Blackstone acquires pet care app Rover in $2.3 billion all-cash deal

Private equity giant Blackstone will acquire the pet care app Rover in an all-cash deal valued at $2.3 billion, the companies announced Wednesday

Blackstone acquires pet care app Rover in $2.3 billion all-cash deal
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ChatGPT turns 1: AI chatbot's success says as much about humans as technology

ChatGPT’s interface fueled the technology’s phenomenal rise to prominence. By being good at talking with us, it spoke to us.

ChatGPT turns 1: AI chatbot's success says as much about humans as technology
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Feminist website Jezebel will be relaunched by Paste Magazine less than a month after shutting down

The irreverent feminist website Jezebel is making a comeback less than a month after it was shut down

Feminist website Jezebel will be relaunched by Paste Magazine less than a month after shutting down
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Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law

Canada’s government says it has reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country’s news industry

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law
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New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive

Crews have installed what’s billed as the nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street west of downtown Detroit

New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive

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