The soft and stretchable ‘jelly batteries’ that could be implanted in humans to treat health conditions Posted September 10, 2024 Soft and stretchable jelly-like strips could be the key to providing electric power on and even inside human bodies. Scientists at the University of Cambridge say…
White House says no need to restrict “open-source” artificial intelligence—at least for now Posted August 25, 2024 The White House is coming out in favor of “open-source” artificial intelligence (AI) technology, arguing in a report that there’s no need right now for restrictions on companies m…
CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity’s firm role in global tech outage Posted August 17, 2024 U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company's role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded f…
US senators call out Big Tech’s new approach to poaching talent, products from smaller AI startups Posted August 10, 2024 In the race to stay ahead in artificial intelligence, the biggest technology companies are swallowing up the talent and products of innovative AI startups without formally acquiri…
As AI booms, Google’s having a hard time slashing its emissions Posted August 2, 2024 Three years ago, Google set an ambitious plan to address climate change by going “net zero,” meaning it would release no more climate-changing gasses into the air than it removes,…
California considers unique safety regulations for AI companies, but faces tech firm opposition Posted July 27, 2024 California lawmakers are considering legislation that would require artificial intelligence companies to test their systems and add safety measures so they can't be potentially ma…
North American car dealerships revert to pen and paper after cyberattacks on software provider Posted July 20, 2024 Car dealerships in North America continue to wrestle with major disruptions that started last month with cyberattacks on a software company used widely in the aut…
Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks Posted July 11, 2024 A group of OpenAI’s current and former workers is calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence (AI) companies to protect employees who flag safety risks about AI…
AI race for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text Posted July 4, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what keeps making them smarter—the tens of trillions of words people have written and shared online. A n…
Inside world’s first ‘cobot hub’ Posted July 2, 2024 The world’s first “cobot hub” has opened in Denmark’s third-largest city, Odense. The new $45 million headquarters for Teradyne-owned Universal Robots and MiR (Mobile Industria…