A.I.
A New York robotics startup is paying up to $20/hour for first-person videos of everyday tasks—like cooking or laundry—to train humanoid robots. With $12B in VC investment this year, companies are buying high-quality footage to teach robots fine motor skills, with advanced tasks paying up to $150/hour and long-term goals including building space colonies. AI […]
Residents in New Jersey have been told that the state’s public utilities board warned that their electricity bills could surge up to 20% starting on June 1. A key driver in that rate hike: data centers. The spread of these large-scale computing facilities across the U.S. amid growing demand for artificial intelligence, data storage and […]
Visa is partnering with major AI developers like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic to enable AI agents to make purchases on behalf of users by connecting them to its payment network. These AI agents could eventually handle tasks like buying groceries or booking flights, with users setting budgets and preferences. Though still early in development, this […]
Instagram is testing a new AI tool designed to detect when users lie about their age, aiming to create a safer space for teens online. But is it protection or policing? We unpack what it means when AI starts playing internet cop and who decides the rules.
Instagram is testing AI to detect if users are lying about their age, aiming to better protect teens on the platform. If AI flags an account as underage, it will automatically convert to a teen account with stricter privacy, limited content, and time-based usage controls. The move comes amid growing concerns over social media’s impact […]
A new study from UCLA found that an AI tool identified prostate cancer with 84% accuracy — compared to 67% accuracy for cases detected by physicians, according to a press release from the university. Unfold AI, made by Avenda Health in California — a software recently cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration uses […]
One of The power houses from Google who is labeled as the pioneer of Google’s artificial intelligence has walked away from the giant tech company. Geoffrey Hinton said he quit the company so he could freely talk about the dangers of A.I. technology and said he worried about Artificial intelligence capability to create false information […]
Wow, That Was Fast! Capitol Music Group said it had “severed ties” with the A.I. rapper FN Meka after facing pushback from activist groups and observers that the virtual rapper was a stereotypical caricature of Black artists. “CMG has severed ties with the FN Meka project, effective immediately,” a Capitol Music Group spokesperson told The […]
Are you ready for A.I. to Rap? Not A.I. Hall of Fame Basketball Icon, Allen Iverson, but Artificial Intelligence, A.I.? Yep, according to several reports, artificial intelligence robot FN Meka became the very first virtual rapper on a major label after she inked a deal with Capitol Records. The deal was signed following Meka’s continued success […]
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