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Observer - 22 hours 47 min agoGoogle's latest A.I. play shows how acqui-hires are reshaping Silicon Valley power.
Alec Baldwin is making his return to narrative audio with “The Ides of April,” an 8-episode historical docuseries chronicling the pivotal 17 days in April 1865 from the surrender at Appomattox to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the largest manhunt in American history. Launching July 23 from Evio Creative, the new audio storytelling […]...
The New York Observer - 1 day 48 min agoEmil Barr, co-founder of education technology platform Flashpass, explores why A.I.-driven job loss is accelerating faster than traditional education systems can respond, and what scalable solutions might look like. Barr argues that without major reform, millions of workers could be left behind by a system not built for the speed or scale of the coming disruption.
VentureBeat - 1 day 2 hours agoCognition CEO Scott Wu and interim Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang said they would start by integrating the AI-powered engineer Devin into Windsurf...
Can AI companies keep stealing books to train their models?...
Hackers also demanded the US government release more information on the sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Hackers gained access to the X account of the puppet Elmo over the weekend and used it to post racist and antisemitic threats as well as make profane references to Jeffrey Epstein . Sesame Workshop was still trying to regain full control on Monday over the red character's account. "Elmo's X account was compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic...
The Pentagon has signed a contract for as much as $200 million to deploy Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, across the Defense Department. The deal represents a major push to bring cutting-edge artificial intelligence into federal government operations. The move was revealed by xAI on Monday...
AI is not making my phone easier to use.
Moonvalley, an AI research company that says it is developing “ethical” foundational AI video models trained exclusively on licensed content, announced $84 million in additional funding led by existing investor General Catalyst. The round includes strategic investments from CAA and Comcast Ventures, as well as AI cloud company CoreWeave. Existing investors Khosla Ventures and YCombinator […]...
Tasting the good and the bad for the Filter; summer spritzes for aperitivo hour; and the perfect fans for keeping cool Don't get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here My favourite scene in the film Ratatouille is when Remy the rat tastes strawberries and cheese. Closing his eyes, he takes a bite and it's fireworks. Like Remy, I'm a food lover: I'm a chef and recipe developer, writer and campaigner for a better food system, and have worked on farms and in kitchens, from...
UK company Superdielectrics says its polymer technology could make batteries cheaper and easier to recycle, but its energy density must improve to compete with lithium-ion devices...
Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. Last week, we looked at the largest investment rounds in the Netherlands, and now we're honing in on Europe's budding fusion energy sector. European fusion energy startups raised a record 290mn in the first half of this year as VCs bet big on a technology with the potential to supply virtually limitless clean power. Funding in 2025 has already eclipsed 2024 levels the previous record year which saw fusion...
GeekSpin - 1 day 8 hours agoMcDonald’s AI-powered hiring platform, McHire, has come under scrutiny after a critical security flaw exposed the personal data of up to 64 million job applicants. Researchers discovered that the system was accessible via a default admin password and an insecure API endpoint, allowing access to sensitive information. Although the issue was quickly patched following responsible […] Read the original article here: McDonald’s Computer System Hacked, 64 Million at Risk...
Why did Google's supposedly teen-friendly chatbot say it wanted to tie me up?...
A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with a melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that had spread throughout their body, including their brain.
Tesla is set to face its first jury trial over a fatal crash involving its Autopilot driver-assist system. The trial in Miami federal court set to begin on Monday centers on a 2019 incident in South Florida in which a Tesla Model S, with its Autopilot engaged, crashed into a...
The cyborg era is here and it has wall-climbing beetles.
Financial Times - 2 days 9 hours agoThis moment of technological change is so profound that we might compare it to the Renaissance...
Financial Times - 2 days 16 hours agoSwedish retailer H&M's use of a digital twin' in its ads opens up a whole range of possibilities for the fashion industry...
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