The smartphone era created an attention crisis. Slowtech is fixing it
When Tony Fadell entered New York City’s 28th Street Subway Station, he did not expect to come face-to-face with an advertisement for a product he designed over 20 years ago.…
SpaceX warns multiple investigations into sexually abusive AI imagery created with xAI’s Grok may hurt the company’s global market access (Reuters)
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Discord seeks to solve a problem that it created
Discord is entering its second decade as a company and seeking to go public. Along the way, it’s changed the way that online communities interact, turning groups that may have…
Duolingo launches 148 courses created with AI after sharing plans to replace contractors with AI
Duolingo is introducing 148 new language courses that were created with generative AI, the company announced on Wednesday. The launch comes as Duolingo has been facing backlash this week after…
Waymo and Toyota are dating. If they get serious, a new autonomous vehicle could be created.
Waymo and Toyota have agreed to explore a possible deal that could one day lead to a new vehicle designed for ride-hailing and even bring self-driving tech into consumer cars.…
Anthropic says it created a new tool for deciphering how LLMs “think” and used it to resolve some key questions about how Claude and probably other LLMs work (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
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How ‘The Electric State’ team created a world of unlikely robots
The new Netflix movie “The Electric State” depicts a world full of robots — but not robots as we know them. Directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo (who previously…
On a quest to revive the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has created a woolly mouse
Colossal Biosciences, known for its outlandish goal to resurrect the woolly mammoth by 2028, is claiming steady progress. It’s evidence: Genetically engineering mice to have mammoth-like fur. To engineer the…
Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50
AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI “reasoning” model for under $50 in cloud compute credits, according to a new research paper…
Canucks need Pettersson to help fill hole created by Miller trade
VANCOUVER — In a quiet conversation last season, when J.T. Miller was on his way to 103 points, the emotional power forward said his dream ending with the Vancouver Canucks…