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A sand battery in Finland is transforming sustainable heating
From housing to businesses and a municipal swimming pool, this battery is slowly changing the game for Finland's district heating.
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ChatGPT is ableist toward applicants with disabilities, new study finds
A university study found inherent disability biases in the AI chatbot when tasked with resume screening.
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Instagram teens are regularly recommended sexual and explicit videos, new report finds
The Reels algorithm may be stronger than the platform can handle.
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OpenAI, Google DeepMind insiders have serious warnings about AI
In an open letter, whistleblowers say that these "frontier AI companies" need to support a culture of open criticism.
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Instagram is testing unskippable ads. Users hate it.
We guess that's one way to keep you from doomscrolling.
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Legendary trader Roaring Kitty finally shows his hand, and it's full of GME
This is a man with conviction.
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OpenAI halted five political influence ops over the last three months
Threat actors from Russia, China, and Israel were using OpenAI tech for political operations.
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Former OpenAI exec that quit for ‘safety concerns’ joins rival company
Leike has found a new home and urges others to join him.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired for 'outright lying,' says former board member
Helen Toner also revealed the board found out ChatGPT had been released via social media.
By Amanda Yeo
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OpenAI launches new internal safety team with Sam Altman in control
CEO Sam Altman heads the group.
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Former OpenAI execs call out the company's lack of transparency
A wave of increasingly energetic cries for regulation have been thrown at OpenAI.
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Meta and 'Call of Duty' publisher sued by Uvalde families in wrongful death suit
Suits like this don't typically yield success for plaintiffs.
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What OpenAI's Scarlett Johansson drama tells us about the future of AI
OpenAI boss Sam Altman didn't need to start a feud with Scarlett Johansson. Now it's affecting the whole AI industry.
By Chris Taylor
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Ethereum heats up over key ETF decision. Here's what you need to know.
Crypto is getting popular again.
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Xiaomi tries to make fun of Apple's ill-fated Crush ad. The result isn't great.
They haven't exactly crushed it, though.
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Ai Pin maker Humane is reportedly looking to sell
Mere weeks after the company's buzzy smartphone alternative launched publicly.
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Meta, Match Group, and more announce new anti-scam coalition
The new coalition will "help prevent and disrupt" financial scams.
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Major AI models are easily jailbroken and manipulated, new report finds
Easily jailbroken models show safeguards are failing.
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Microsoft risks billions in fines as EU investigates its generative AI disclosures
Reluctance to expose Bing's AI problems may lead to billions of lost dollars.
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OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving. But what did he see?
Perhaps we'll never know.
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TikTok's AI-generated content is getting watermarked
TikTok joins industry-wide labeling initiatives to combat harmful content.
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Microsoft to law enforcement: No using Azure OpenAI for facial recognition
Cops can't use its services to find suspects, body cams and phone footage included.
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Why does Mark Zuckerberg look... like that?
For years, Zuckerberg didn't care about fashion. Why is he suddenly so interested in how he looks?
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