
Observer - 31 min 34 sec 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 - 1 hour 12 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 - 1 hour 47 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 - 2 hours 2 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 - 2 hours 37 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 - 3 hours 2 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...

NPR - 5 hours 32 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 - 7 hours 7 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 - 7 hours 27 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 …...

Tech Meme - 10 hours 32 min ago
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE : Upscale AI, which is building a suite of open standards-based networking tools for AI infrastructure, raised a $100M+ seed led by Mayfield and Maverick Silicon — Artificial intelligence is putting existing networks under immense strain, and they have emerged as one of the major constraints …...

Tech Meme - 11 hours 52 min ago
Wall Street Journal : Sources: several xAI execs left after clashing with two of Musk's closest advisers over concerns about unrealistic financial projections and xAI's management — Some who left say they were concerned about the artificial intelligence company's financial projections...

New York Times - 13 hours 30 min ago
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's chief executive, unveiled three new types of smart glasses at the company's annual developer conference in Menlo Park, Calif., on Wednesday.

Observer - 19 hours 13 min ago
They write the script that the rest of us follow.

PC World - 20 hours 7 min ago
Starting with version 138 (released back in April), Firefox has had a new-yet-still-deactivated option that uses "artificial intelligence" to display a mini preview of the destination page for a link. The feature determines the content of the page in question and displays a pop-up, and this preview can help to avoid potential scams and malware when navigating unsolicited links. The AI feature works locally on your PC and, according to Mozilla, doesn't use a cloud service. Firefox's...

BBC - 23 hours 12 min ago
An artificial intelligence model can predict the risk of more than 1,000 diseases, a team of scientists say.

NY Post - 23 hours 29 min ago
Meta is expected to show off artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses at its Connect developer conference.

The Guardian - 23 hours 32 min ago
Delphi-2M uses diagnoses, medical events' and lifestyle factors to create forecasts for next decade and beyond Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence tool that can predict your personal risk of more than 1,000 diseases, and forecast changes in health a decade in advance. The generative AI tool was custom-built by experts from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the German Cancer Research Centre and the University of Copenhagen, using algorithmic concepts similar...