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Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that the Iranian military has attacked U.S. forces more than 10 times since the two sides agreed to a ceasefire on April 7. "Since the ceasefire was announced, Iran has fired at commercial vessels nine times and seized two container ships. And...
A sleep apnoea wearable. Plus, tech to free up hospital beds and a breast health app.
Greg Brockman has faced questions about his emails, texts and writings in his personal diary in second week of the trial As Elon Musk 's case against OpenAI entered its second week, focus shifted to the company's president, Greg Brockman. Over the course of several hours on Monday and Tuesday, Brockman faced questions about his emails, texts and one piece of evidence that has become central to the trial: his personal diary. Musk's lawsuit revolves around his allegation that Brockman...
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Air and Space - 15 hours 56 min agoA funerary custom in Roman Yorkshire of pouring liquid gypsum over bodies before burial preserved traces of Tyrian purple...
Once powerful AI models are released, it's nearly impossible to keep them from being misused. Minimizing the risk means making safety the top priority in developing the systems.
ABC News - 16 hours 29 min agoThe man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and attempted arson...
In a new legal battle in the AI space, Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been sued by five publishers and author Scott Turow, who allege the tech company illegally copied millions of books, articles and other works to train Meta’s AI systems. “In their effort to win the AI ‘arms race’ and build a […]...
ABC News - 16 hours 34 min agoFive publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement...
GeekSpin - 17 hours 1 min agoThe man who helped put the Roomba in millions of homes thinks the next thing on the floor might be something you can hug. Colin Angle, the longtime CEO of iRobot, unveiled a four-legged prototype recently for what his new company is calling the Familiar. The machine is roughly the size of a bulldog with […] Read the original article here: Roomba inventor unveils robot that acts like a real pet...
This year's event had controversial co-chairs, a softball theme, and at least one apt reference to an art-historical scandal.
NHS England is pulling its open-source software from the internet because of fears around computer-hacking AI models like Mythos. Opposition is growing among those who say the move is bad for transparency and efficiency, and will also do nothing to improve security...
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Air and Space - 18 hours 20 min agoT cells, which target infection and disease, can become more effective after a meal. The finding might help improve cancer-fighting therapies and optimize our response to vaccines...
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Air and Space - 18 hours 20 min agoTwo decades ago, the International Astronomical Union which defines and names celestial bodies redefined the criteria for being a planet, putting Pluto into the new category of dwarf planet...
James Murdoch, a media and tech investor who is the younger son of Rupert Murdoch, is reportedly in advanced negotiations to buy Vox Media-owned New York magazine and Vox’s podcast network. Murdoch's Lupa Systems investment firm is in talks with Vox Media about a deal but it “could still fall apart,” the Wall Street Journal […]...
"Scores" of workers at Google DeepMind, the company's British AI research arm, are demanding union recognition over the use of their work by Israel and the US military.
Tech mogul Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual with a net worth currently estimated at $659 billion, agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle an SEC lawsuit accusing him of failing to properly disclose stock he was amassing in Twitter in violation of securities laws. Musk consented to the settlement “without admitting […]...
Tech Meme - 19 hours 56 min agoRam Iyer / TechCrunch : Seattle-based CopilotKit, whose popular AG-UI protocol lets developers deploy app-native AI agents, raised a $27M Series A led by Glilot, NFX, and SignalFire — Many companies today provide AI simply as a chatbot inside their apps: you type in (or dictate) what you want it to do, and the AI bot goes and tries to do it.
Tech Meme - 20 hours 26 min agoAlexandra Alter / New York Times : Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, and Cengage, alongside novelist Scott Turow, file a class-action copyright lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg — The class-action lawsuit accuses the tech giant and its founder and chief executive of infringing on authors' copyrights.
Tech Meme - 20 hours 41 min agoTamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu : Dutch quantum processor company QuantWare raised a $178M Series B from Intel, In-Q-Tel, and others to build KiloFab, a dedicated quantum manufacturing facility — QuantWare will use new funding to scale its quantum processor technology, expand manufacturing capacity, and accelerate …...
Washington's thinking on artificial intelligence appears to be changing quickly. After years of championing a mostly hands-off strategy, the Trump administration is expected to require that new AI models undergo a federal safety review before they hit the market, reports the New York Times . The outlet sees the shift as...
A new tiny ice world has been discovered beyond Pluto surrounded by a thin atmosphere, scientists revealed.
Meta is facing a fresh legal barrage over how it built its AI. Five major publishers Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, and Cengage along with novelist Scott Turow have filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan accusing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg of mass copyright infringement tied to...
Jeff Bezos' participation in this year's Met Gala sparked protests that threatened to overshadow the event itself.
Cellphones may now be shoved into pouches during the school day, but test scores aren't exactly soaring as a result. A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that school cellphone bans, now in place in some form in about two-thirds of states, have "consistently close...
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