Category Archives: Business

Sam Altman Officially Returns to OpenAI—With New Board Seat for Microsoft

The CEO’s memo to staff announces a non-voting seat for Microsoft but leaves questions about the future of chief scientist Ilya Sutskever.

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Elon Musk Just Told Advertisers, ‘Go Fuck Yourself’

In a rambling interview at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit, Elon Musk suggested advertisers fleeing X were blackmailing him and could kill the platform.

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Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Two Years Late and Still Crazy

After years of delays, Tesla will livestream its Cybertruck delivery event Thursday. Car experts still can’t believe it’s trying to mass-produce a vehicle with such a challenging design.

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An AI Dreamed Up 380,000 New Materials. The Next Challenge Is Making Them

Google DeepMind researchers say they’ve expanded the number of known stable materials by 10-fold. Some could be useful for everything from batteries to superconductors—if they make it out of the lab.

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GM Slashes Spending on Robotaxi Unit Cruise, in Setback For Driverless Cars

General Motors said it will scale back ambitions for its self-driving Cruise cars after an accident involving one of its robotaxis last month

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Fresh Bitcoin Hype Shows Crypto Just Can’t Help Itself

After crashes, scandals, and SBF’s guilty verdict, many hoped the crypto industry would grow up. Speculation around the arrival of a spot bitcoin ETF shows old hype dies hard.

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OpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets

Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed.

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Amazon’s Answer to ChatGPT Is a Workplace Assistant Called Q

Amazon has developed a generative AI helper that codes, manages cloud software, and powers business apps. The company has also developed new silicon for AI.

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A New Type of Geothermal Power Plant Just Made the Internet a Little Greener

A new approach to geothermal energy makes it possible to tap the energy of hot rocks just about anywhere. A pilot plant in Nevada is now helping to power Google data centers.

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Palestinians Are Locked Out of Google’s Online Economy

YouTube’s revenue sharing for creators and other Google services are shut off or hard to access for people in Palestinian territories. That digital divide is under new scrutiny as war ravages Gaza.

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