
Tech Meme - 3 hours 59 min ago
New York Times : Inside xAI's chaotic summer: Musk reorganized xAI on the fly, researchers left over concerns it abandoned science in favor of attention-grabbing products, more — Mr. Musk spent the summer at his artificial intelligence start-up xAI, trying to match the runaway success of OpenAI. The result was chaos.

New York Times - 6 hours 59 min ago
Since leaving Washington in June, Elon Musk has focused much of his time on his A.I. start-up.

Tech Meme - 7 hours 9 min ago
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg : Nvidia plans to invest £2B to support the UK's AI industry in partnership with Accel, Air Street Capital, Balderton Capital, Hoxton Ventures, and Phoenix Court — Nvidia Corp. plans to invest £2 billion ($2.7 billion) to support the UK's artificial intelligence industry in partnership with several venture capital firms.

The Guardian - 12 hours 19 min ago
Our study is looking into how toys powered by AI can affect children's development and their right to privacy, write Dr Emily J Goodacre and Prof Jenny Gibson It is our collective responsibility to understand how toys powered by artificial intelligence such as those explored by Arwa Mahdawi impact young children ( I love you too!' My family's creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy, 16 September ). At the University of Cambridge's Play in Education, Development and Learning centre...

GeekSpin - 13 hours 18 min ago
Taco Bell is rethinking its experiment with artificial intelligence after a string of drive-through glitches went viral. The fast-food chain has been testing AI voice technology at over 500 locations across the US since 2023, but recent viral failures have prompted a major reassessment. One widely shared clip on TikTok showed a customer ordering 18,000 […] Read the original article here: Taco Bell reconsiders AI drive-thrus after customer orders 18K waters...

CNBC - 14 hours 22 min ago
Microsoft is rushing to meet artificial intelligence computing needs of OpenAI and other clients.

Observer - 14 hours 49 min ago
In this wide-ranging Q&A, Yoshua Bengio pioneer of deep learning and founder of Mila, Quebec's leading A.I. research institute reflects on the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence and the risks he believes are being overlooked. Bengio discusses why leaving A.I. development solely to private industry is a dangerous mistake, how OpenAI's o1 model marked a turning point and why the rise of agentic systems raises the specter of misalignment and risk.

NBC News - 15 hours 29 min ago
Nvidia, the semiconductor company powering the artificial intelligence revolution, said it was buying a $5 billion stake in its ailing rival Intel...

Tech Meme - 16 hours 4 min ago
Brian X. Chen / New York Times : A look at Live Translation on AirPods Pro, one of the strongest examples yet of how AI can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people's lives — The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people's lives.

The Hill - 16 hours 19 min ago
Will artificial intelligence destroy undergraduate business education? As business school economists, we see the anxiety firsthand. If AI can prepare a balance sheet, price assets, and develop personnel plans more efficiently than twenty-something degree holders, it's natural to worry whether demand for those degrees will persist. Recent labor-market developments seem to bear this out. Tasks...

The Hill - 16 hours 54 min ago
Kaufman shared the letter with his staff on Sept. 15, announcing the company is laying off 250 employees as part of a "painful reset."...

The Guardian - 17 hours 19 min ago
Legislation limits child access and imposes prison terms for damaging use of artificial intelligence Italy has become the first country in the EU to approve a comprehensive law regulating the use of artificial intelligence, including imposing prison terms on those who use the technology to cause harm, such as generating deepfakes, and limiting child access. Giorgia Meloni's rightwing government said the legislation, which aligns with the EU's landmark AI Act, is a decisive move in influencing...

The Next Web - 18 hours 49 min ago
Venture capital investment surged to a 10-quarter high of 108.3bn in Q1 2025, fuelled by artificial intelligence, which accounted for over 44.6bn raised. In recent years, AI has felt like a money-printing machine. Investors, eager to avoid missing out on the next big thing, were quick to back almost any startup that mentioned AI in their pitch deck. The idea didn't need to be particularly well-implemented or useful. In some cases, even the illusion of innovation was enough to earn a unicorn...

NPR - 19 hours 49 min ago
A federal judge's mild ruling in the Justice Department's suit over Google's search engine monopoly has critics worried that the tech giant can now monopolize artificial intelligence.

Newser - 21 hours 24 min ago
Nvidia, the world's leading chipmaker, announced a new partnership on Thursday with struggling semiconductor company Intel. Nvidia and Intel will team up to work on custom data centers that form the backbone of artificial intelligence infrastructure, as well as personal computer products, Nvidia said in a press release, per the...

Tech Meme - 21 hours 44 min ago
Yusuke Ogawa / Reuters : Source: SoftBank's plans for a JV with OpenAI to bring AI to Japanese corporate customers are well behind schedule, with an update now expected in November — SoftBank's (9984.T) plans to set up a joint venture with OpenAI to bring artificial intelligence services to corporate customers …...