Sam Altman responds to ‘inflammatory’ New Yorker article after home attack
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a blog post Friday night responding to both the apparent attack on his home and the New Yorker’s detailed profile that raises questions about his credibility. Someone allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s San Francisco home early Friday morning. SF Police said no one was injured in the incident, […]
Nvidia-backed SiFive open AI chip reaches $3.65 billion valuation
Founded in 2015 by UC Berkeley engineers who developed an open-source chip design, SiFive received $400 million in oversubscribed funding and an enterprise value of $3.65 billion. This deal is interesting for a number of reasons. First, SiFive’s RISC-V open chip design is based on RISC processors rather than Intel’s x86 or ARM, the two […]
Found a new meteor shower – it’s coming from an asteroid scorched by the sun
Every night on Earth, thousands of automated stargazers wait to take pictures of shooting stars. I’m one of the scientists studying these meteors. Most movies and news stories focus on large asteroids that could destroy Earth. And every few months, my phone alerts me that an object the width of nine washing machines is about […]
AI for farewell messages? How chatbots are interfering with our ability to deal with difficult social situations.
A new study suggests that the sycophantic responses of artificial intelligence (AI) systems may be confusing the way people deal with social dilemmas and interpersonal conflicts. Scientists have found that when AI chatbots are used to advise on interpersonal dilemmas, they tend to affirm users’ perspectives more often than humans, and even endorse problematic behaviors. […]
This week’s science news: Artemis II splashes, world’s fattest parrot bounces off, and Shroud of Turin is contaminated
This week in science news, we were surprised by the latest information from the Artemis II mission. The mission saw four astronauts orbit around the far side of the moon before safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. The grueling final stage of the mission, which Live Science covered with minute-by-minute live updates, was a […]
Do the microbes in your gut influence the foods you like?
Scientists have identified more than 3,000 species of bacteria that live in the human gut. We know they play a role in digestion and immune function. But could they also influence the types of foods we crave? In a 2014 study published in the journal BioEssays, researchers proposed that gut microbes may manipulate the host’s […]
Law enforcement uses Webloc to track 500 million devices via advertising data
Hungary’s domestic intelligence agency, El Salvador’s national police, and several law enforcement agencies and police departments in the United States are believed to have used an ad-based global geolocation surveillance system called Weblock. According to a report published by Citizen Lab, the tool was developed by Israeli company Cobwebs Technologies and sold by its successor, […]
NASA Artemis II splashes down in Pacific Ocean with ‘perfect’ landing for moon mission
Ten days later, four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft returned to Earth, completing a successful mission around the moon. Integrity, the name of the spacecraft carrying a crew as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, at 5:07 p.m. PT, according to NASA. All […]
How to watch NASA’s Artemis II fly to Earth
NASA’s Artemis II crew of four astronauts from the United States and Canada is scheduled to return to Earth on Friday after a historic journey to the far side of the moon. Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen spent 10 days aboard the Orion spacecraft. Reentry is scheduled to begin at 7:33 […]
Anthropic has temporarily banned the creator of OpenClaw from accessing Claude
“Yes, folks, it will be difficult to guarantee that OpenClaw will work reliably with Anthropic models in the future,” OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger wrote on X early Friday morning, posting a photo of a message from Anthropic saying his account had been suspended for “suspicious” activity. Prohibition did not last long. Hours after the post […]