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Spacecraft data has confirmed successful deployment of the futuristic technology. More than four months after launching to space, a solar-sailing … http://dlvr.it/TCcVc6

Tesla, the company that CEO Elon Musk claims will “solve autonomy,” has a problem: It turns out autonomy is hard. The company is totally definitely … http://dlvr.it/TCW45g

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise a massive tranche of cash led by previous backer Thrive Capital, at a valuation of more than $100 billion. That’s substantially higher than OpenAI’s previous $86 billion valuation, and by far the highest valuation of any AI startup to … http://dlvr.it/TCW3w7

The Herculaneum papyri were too fragile to unwrap for centuries. Now, they may not have to be. Researchers are using cutting-edge AI models to “read” … http://dlvr.it/TCW3gJ

In a world where artificial intelligence was once the stuff of science fiction, we now find ourselves in an era where AI is not just a reality - but a driving force of innovation across industries. Forget the usual suspects - the tech giants that dominate headlines. Today, we're diving into the AI … http://dlvr.it/TCW3T3

Nvidia said Wednesday that its board of directors has approved a $50 billion stock buyback. The computer chip giant announced the share repurchase as … http://dlvr.it/TCW3GL

The futurist argues that advances in AI and medicine will offer us unprecedented freedom. By the end of this decade, AI will likely surpass humans at … http://dlvr.it/TCSXX7

Elon Musk has unveiled Tesla’s new ‘Cortex’ supercomputer, which could become one of the biggest in the world, but it’s not ready quite yet. This project has been described as critical to Tesla by CEO Elon Musk, who has shifted the automaker’s focus to artificial intelligence in the last few … http://dlvr.it/TCPsNx

In June 2000, Google announced that it had won the search wars. “Google will now provide the default search service for Yahoo!” wrote founders Sergey … http://dlvr.it/TCLncW

Generative AI is on everyone's radar. But more often than not, emerging technology is seen as a risk factor. References to generative AI are popping … http://dlvr.it/TCLZLx

In a push towards sustainable construction, Finland-based company Block Solutions is making waves with its Lego-like building blocks made from … http://dlvr.it/TCLNWD

New research gives insight into when the ancestor of all living things lived, and it's earlier than we thought. Everything alive today descends from a … http://dlvr.it/TCLD6q

Chinese technology companies cut off from the world’s most advanced chips for artificial-intelligence computing are rallying around an appealing message from industry pioneers: to make money, they might not necessarily need them. A host of Chinese AI startups are attempting to write more efficient … http://dlvr.it/TCJ5Tz

This is easier than I thought (and it's free). I very recently discovered that Epic Games has an app capable of scanning real-world items, and … http://dlvr.it/TCJ59k

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Vectara just made generative AI development a piece of cake. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, an early pioneer in the retrieval augmented generation (RAG) space, has … http://dlvr.it/TCJ4vJ

Last month, BMW sold more electric cars than Tesla for the first time in Europe. BMW led the market for the first time despite slowing EV sales in Germany, France, and Belgium. With EV sales climbing, BMW is narrowing the gap with Tesla in the EU. According to new data from Jato Dynamics, 1.03 … http://dlvr.it/TCFpXw

Looking for a new AI app to try out or curious to see which ones are showing promise? Well, the good news is Andreessen Horowitz just released its third installment of Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps, which rounds up the most-used apps in the space. It's an excellent way to find some lesser-known apps … http://dlvr.it/TCFpL8

Despite Meta's previous stance against web scraping, it's now using a new crawler duo to do exactly that. Meta has been using a pair of "new" custom … http://dlvr.it/TCD607

MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A company that sent deceptive calls to New Hampshire voters using artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice agreed Wednesday to pay a $1 million fine, federal regulators said. Lingo Telecom, the voice service provider that transmitted the robocalls, agreed to … http://dlvr.it/TCD5b4

Back in June 2022, Oak Ridge National Laboratory debuted Frontier—the world’s most powerful supercomputer. Frontier can perform a billion billion … http://dlvr.it/TCC7zy

Imagen 3 is already blowing minds. While it might seem like we've been given more than enough AI image generators, for better or worse, new models are … http://dlvr.it/TCBmxm

Voters in Cheyenne Wyoming take to the polls Tuesday to elect their next mayor. Amid the six candidates for the position, one in particular stands … http://dlvr.it/TC9kdR

Wall Street bank leaders say generative AI is here to stay, and they're weaving the technology throughout the fabric of their banks to make sure. Generative AI is taking root in the systems and processes that make Wall Street run. From trading to payments to marketing, it's hard to find a corner of … http://dlvr.it/TC8S4X

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Walmart now has the largest drone delivery footprint of any U.S. retailer. But the retail giant’s journey there required help from others. It has become increasingly common to see a drone hovering over a building with a delivery order. Customers want things faster these days, and drone delivery … http://dlvr.it/TC6F6v

Artificial intelligence (AI) prophets and newsmongers are forecasting the end of the generative AI hype, with talk of an impending catastrophic … http://dlvr.it/TC5VqR

Sam Altman wants to save us from the AI-dominated world he is building. The trouble is, governments aren’t buying his plan, which involves an attempt to scan the eyeballs of every person on Earth and pay them with his own cryptocurrency. Altman’s OpenAI is creating models that may end up outsmarting … http://dlvr.it/TC4PSN

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More OpenAI continues to push the envelope on generative AI. Yesterday, without much fanfare or warning, the company’s official ChatGPT account on the social network X posted an … http://dlvr.it/TC0Q2v

The image generation tool added to Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is unleashing a “torrent of misinformation” and other harms, an expert has said. A new … http://dlvr.it/TByp8N

Lawmakers will soon vote on a bill that would impose penalties on AI companies failing to safeguard and safety-test their biggest models. Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter … http://dlvr.it/TByWL8

Bitcoin’s incredible price run to break over $7,000 this year has sent its overall energy consumption soaring, as people worldwide bring more energy-hungry computers online to mine the digital currency. Bitcoin mining is the largely automated process (although it can be done by hand) of finding a … http://dlvr.it/TByWCk

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More As research and adoption of artificial intelligence continue to advance at an accelerating pace, so do the risks associated with using AI. To help organizations navigate … http://dlvr.it/TBwJnv

Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide has received the green light to test its driverless vehicles with passengers in California. The step comes as WeRide begins the process to go public on the U.S. stock market at a nearly $5 billion valuation. The timing also coincides with reports that the … http://dlvr.it/TBtvwl

It’ll still be a while before quantum computers become powerful enough to do anything useful, but it’s increasingly likely that we will see full-scale, error-corrected quantum computers become operational within the next five to 10 years. That’ll be great for scientists trying to solve hard … http://dlvr.it/TBtVDv

The countdown is on. Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will merge, a concept borrowed from the world of quantum physics. • American computer scientist and futurist Ray Kurzweil has long argued that the singularity would likely occur … http://dlvr.it/TBgrBK

Leaked internal sales documents suggest it has yet to rebound from a wave of bad reviews. Humane’s universally derided AI Pin is not exactly flying off of store shelves, according to internal sales documents published by The Verge. As a matter of fact, returns seem to be currently outpacing new … http://dlvr.it/TBf4rz

In This Story Redditors uncovered the set of prompts Apple is using to instruct its suite of AI tools, Apple Intelligence. Suggested Reading The biggest Boeing 737 Max door plug blowout mystery remains unsolved Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffett are in agreement, America's economy is resilient Kamala … http://dlvr.it/TBdsgw

Finally, a legal ruling on whether TikTok is a real search engine. (It’s not.) The opinion in the Google search antitrust case, published Monday, is extremely long. Because this was a bench trial, Judge Amit Mehta was on the hook to make factual findings as well as legal findings. So, there are over … http://dlvr.it/TBZzWW

New York CNN — Google has violated US antitrust law with its search business, a federal judge ruled Monday, handing the tech giant a staggering court defeat with the potential to reshape how millions of Americans get information online and to upend decades of dominance. “After having carefully … http://dlvr.it/TBXXpj

Despite the tight venture capital market, unicorns are still being created every month. Using data from Crunchbase, CB Insights, and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the newly minted unicorns so far this year. The list includes Elon Musk’s xAI, which is already valued at a staggering $24 billion, … http://dlvr.it/TBXXZ0

Every startup wants to be big someday, and most successful businesses were startups when they began. But the truth is, somewhere down the line most … http://dlvr.it/TBXXKj

Microsoft has once again claimed the crown of cloud, despite mixed market reactions after it reported its results.In the previous quarter, Microsoft … http://dlvr.it/TBWtZw

Sam Altman’s ChatGPT promises to transform the global economy. But it also poses an enormous threat. Here, a scientist who appeared with Altman before the US Senate on AI safety flags up the danger in AI – and in Altman himself http://dlvr.it/TBSqb1

2024 has been an eventful year at OpenAI and it could get even more exciting with the release of ChatGPT-5. In the first half of 2024 alone, OpenAI … http://dlvr.it/TBNyfc