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Acquisitions, job postings and academic papers suggest tech company is preparing to run AI through its devices

The Internet used to be so simple to use that people collectively coined the term “let me Google that for you” to make fun of people who had the audacity of asking other people questions online. In the future I fear that people will have no other choice but to ask people for information from the Internet, because right now it’s all full of AI dogshit.

It has been a truly bizarre week. We’ve watched three banks die, and then a fourth bank almost died (Credit Suisse) before being scooped up by UBS for the rock-bottom price of $3.2bn. Credit Suisse’s fall from grace is especially remarkable given that it was

Or why tech upgrades are now mostly downgrades

WindCORES operates data centers inside wind turbines located in a wind park in western Germany, which the company says makes the centers almost carbon neutral.

The device is the size of a water bottle and made of copper, aluminium and other parts worth around $10. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Automated wind-energy system brings portable renewables off-grid

What happened after my wife and I removed Wi-Fi from our home

It is the zoomers’ web now.

technology, living post scarcity, and how to find what you want

The web is filled with content designed for Google, not humans.

Duolingo Inc., the maker of language-learning software, is cutting some contractors while using generative artificial intelligence to create more content, the latest sign that companies are shifting some tasks typically handled by workers to AI tools.

Ikea's 2023 Life at Home Report looks at how people will escape social upheaval and a changing climate to find joy in the future.

Northvolt says new lithium-free sodium-ion battery is cheaper, more sustainable and doesn’t rely on scarce raw materials

Over 300 Protestant Christians congregated in Germany for a unique church service orchestrated largely with AI tools.

Seeing a computer create sermons in mere seconds has led faith leaders to wrestle with an intriguing problem: Can AI replicate a truly human, spiritual message? And if it can, is the computer just that good, or does the human message need some work?

Cryptic life guidance is one thing. Telling me to ditch my therapist is another.

Humane’s AI wearable is here — but what is it for?

Latimer, named after African-American inventor Lewis Latimer, is a new platform trying to make generative AI more inclusive.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:      Section 1.  Purpose.  Artificial intelligence (AI) holds extraordinary potential for both promise and peril.  Responsible AI use has the potential to help solve urgent challenges…

Caltech researchers are experimenting with a space-based solar power system that would assemble itself after being launched by rockets.

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Constructed from cement, carbon black, and water, the device holds the potential to offer affordable and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources. Two of humanity's most ubiquitous historical materials, cement and carbon black (which resembles very fine charcoal), may form the basis for

We must resist normalizing opacity in the design of generative AI systems, says Eryk Salvaggio.

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Parent company Meta says bug caused ‘inappropriate’ auto-translations and was now fixed while employee says it pushed ‘a lot of people over the edge’

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The globe could be "nearing the point of falling power sector emissions."