Mira Murati’s startup Thinking Machines Lab loses two co-founders to OpenAI
Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati’s startup Thinking Machines Lab is bidding farewell to its two co-founders, who will both return to OpenAI. Another former OpenAI staff member who worked for Murati’s startup also plans to return to the company. On Wednesday, Murati announced on social media that the company’s co-founder and chief technology officer, Barrett […]
California launches investigation, Musk denies knowledge of Grok’s images of minors
Elon Musk said Wednesday that he was “not aware of any images of naked minors generated by Grok,” hours before California’s attorney general launched an investigation into xAI’s chatbot for “spreading non-consensual sexually explicit content.” Musk’s denial comes amid mounting pressure from governments around the world, from the UK and Europe to Malaysia and Indonesia, […]
AI models are starting to decipher high-level math problems
Neel Somani, a software engineer, former quantitative researcher, and startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new models last weekend when he made an unexpected discovery. After pasting the problem into ChatGPT and letting it think for 15 minutes, I came back with a complete solution. He evaluated the proof and formalized it […]
Digg unveils new Reddit rival to the public
restart Digg, an early Internet online community that was once a rival to Redditmoving forward. The company is now back under the ownership of original founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and will begin an open beta for the public on Wednesday. Similar to Reddit, the new Digg offers a website and mobile […]
Bandcamp takes action against AI music, bans it from platform
Music distribution platform Bandcamp announced in a post on Reddit on Tuesday that it would ban AI-generated music and audio. “We want musicians to keep making music, and we want fans to have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp is made by humans,” the company said in a statement. Bandcamp’s new guidelines state […]
US freight technology company puts its shipping system and customer data on the web
Over the past year, security researchers have been urging the global shipping industry to strengthen its cyber defenses after a spate of cargo thefts by hackers. Researchers say they witnessed an elaborate hack that targeted a logistics company to hijack a large number of customers’ products and redirect them into the hands of criminals, marking […]
YouTube now offers a way for parents to block their kids from watching short videos
As the online safety of minors continues to be a focus internationally, YouTube and other social media platforms are increasing parental controls. The Google-owned platform announced Wednesday that it is introducing additional parental controls, especially regarding the amount of time children and teens spend watching YouTube Shorts. Image credit: YouTube Parents can now set a […]
Tesla will now only offer fully self-driving (with supervision) subscriptions
Tesla is eliminating the option to pay a one-time fee for its fully self-driving (supervised) driver assistance software, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday. From now on, the only way to access this feature will be through a monthly subscription. The changes represent a major shift from the way Tesla has sold access to its advanced […]
Meta reportedly lays off 10% of Reality Labs staff
Meta will lay off 10% of its staff in its Reality Labs division, which is central to the development of its VR and Metaverse products, The New York Times reported. The magazine noted that Reality Labs employs about 15,000 people, and the layoffs could affect more than 1,000 people. Separately, CNBC reported that the company […]
Microsoft announces oversupply of new data centers, but insists electricity bills won’t go up
Despite the intense public backlash against data centers over the past 12 months, all of the tech industry’s biggest companies have committed to building out additional AI infrastructure over the next year. This includes OpenAI partner Microsoft, which on Tuesday announced a so-called “community-first” approach to AI infrastructure. Microsoft’s announcement, coming just one day after […]