MIT Technology Review
AI can now tackle decades-old math problems, handle grapes with robotic hands and even break out of its own security tests.
The A I Hype Index
Would you promise to like OpenAI more in exchange for $320 in equity? Sam Altman hopes so. He’s floated that the US distribute a 5% stake in the company among its citizens.
New pickup line unlocked: Chip workers in Korea are a hot item on the dating market, thanks in no small part to their hefty bonuses.
1X demoed impressively dexterous robotic hands that can fondle grapes— or unzip people’s jackets. Sexy or scary? We won’t judge.
There’s a new lab assistant in town: Anthropic says Claude Science will help turbocharge research.
ChatGPT solved a math problem humans have struggled with for 50 years. All it took was a lot of data—and a little encouragement.
Today in “Who asked for this?” OpenAI is planning to launch a smart speaker designed to feel “like a companion.”
New York’s governor signed an executive order promising not to build big data centers for a year. NIMBYism works!
As if the job market doesn’t feel bleak enough already! New research found that AI is more likely to form biases while hiring than people are.
Why pay for a Ferrari when all you need is a Kia? Companies like Siemens, Airbnb, and DoorDash are turning to cheaper Chinese AI models.
“Not sexy!” Lorde slammed Meta’s Ray-Ban AI glasses— which may soon conceal that they’re recording— during her set at a festival in Madrid. The crowd cheered.
A giant (and predictable) privacy backlash forced Meta to yank its first AI image feature, which generated pics based on users’ Instagram feeds.
Models from Anthropic and OpenAI escaped their testing sandboxes and hacked into external organizations. OpenAI’s broke into Hugging Face looking for answers to a security test. Oh, irony …
Grok’s grossing us all out— again. Its AI translation feature is turning people’s posts into foul-mouthed smut.
What’s more important than the planet? Winning! Tech companies’ climate goals are in tatters, according to their annual sustainability reports.
Credits: TCA, LLC.