As Computers Take the Driver’s Seat, Experts Worry About Safety
Self-driving systems are getting so good that drivers may overestimate the technology and not be prepared to respond when something goes wrong.
Morphotonics raises €40M to expand its display tech into data centers
Deep tech company Morphotonics raises €40M from investors including 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM, and Invest-NL.
The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
Apple Store architect Ron Johnson says Apple’s secret sauce has always been its people.
OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
The group won’t be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI’s ongoing mathematical research.
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Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfigures.
Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google
Future Google supplier Kairos Power inked a deal with Samsung C&T to help build its first 50-megawatt nuclear power plant.
Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com
Amazon has its own cohort of foundation models, along with one of the most popular inference platforms on the internet. As long as they’re under no legal obligation to open the doors to Muse, why would they?
X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts
X is expanding its “Under the Hood” transparency tool to show when posts have been downranked or withheld in response to local laws and government demands, including which country made the request.
How Potential 2028 Presidential Candidates Are Talking About A.I.
Democrats are jockeying to embrace new safeguards, while Republicans have aligned with President Trump’s warnings against slowing down the technology.