Geothermal startup Quaise certainly has an unconventional approach when it comes to destroying rocks: it uses a new form of ...

A beam of energy hit the slab of rock, which quickly began to glow. Pieces cracked off, sparks ricocheted, and dust whirled ...

I aimed the talk at a general audience, and it serves as a quick tour of how I’m thinking about AI in 2025. I’m sharing it ...

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Once cautious, OpenAI, Grok, and others will now dive into giving unverified medical advice with virtually no disclaimers.

How funny is AI, really? Not all senses of humor are made equal. ( Undark) + What happened when 20 comedians got AI to write their routines. ( MIT Technology Review) 10 Work has begun on the first ...

Personally identifiable information has been found in DataComp CommonPool, one of the largest open-source data sets used to ...

1 OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Agent It undertakes tasks on your behalf by building its own “virtual computer.” ( The Verge) + It may take a while to actually complete them. ( Wired $) + Are we ready ...

A UK team announced the births of eight babies born with DNA from three people. But around the world, others have already ...

Agentic AI offers a number of opportunities for enterprises, but finding business-driven uses for it might be more difficult ...

Local LLMs aren’t just for proficient coders. If you’re comfortable using your computer’s command-line interface, which ...

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