A vague apology from the social media account behind Jim Henson’s Muppet History fan page has unraveled one of the year’s most unexpected social media scandals.
Created in October 2018, the Muppet History account (@HistoryMuppet) described itself as a “fan page dedicated to continuing the spirit and silliness of Jim Henson,” the legendary creator of the Muppets and Sesame Street classics like Elmo and Big Bird. The account amas
The online world, we are increasingly told, is as harmful as cigarette smoking. It undermines trust in institutions like the government and the news media, poisons our discourse, amplifies disinformation, shortens our attention spans, narrows our thinking, and makes kids anxious, depressed, and antisocial. The U.S. Surgeon General has urged that it be required to carry the
American content creators on TikTok asked followers to subscribe to their channels on rival platforms like Meta-owned Instagram and Alphabet’s YouTube after a federal appeals court ruled that the social media a
The AI boom has brought renewed attention to graphics processing units, the high-powered computing chips used to power modern generative AI and other machine learning applications.
And a startup called Voltron Data is harnessing some of those same GPUs to efficiently handle massive data analytics tasks, like combing through huge server logs for cybersecurity purposes, analyzing enormous sets of financial data, or processing telemetry da
From innovations like autopilot systems to battery management optimization, the electric vehicle (EV) industry has consistently leveraged and improved cutting-edge technologies to enhance vehicle performance and user experience.
AI’s continued evolution brings even more new opportunities for EV innovation, keeping the electric car industry at the forefront of smarter, more sustainable mobility.
Here are five ways AI is shaping the future of EVs.
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Lyft is testing out what it’s calling a “first-of-its-kind” program for Utah drivers starting January 1 in which the rideshare giant will offer to contribute 7% of eligible drivers’ quarterly earnings into savings accounts to be used for things like benefits or cover paid time off.
Lyft is partnering with portable benefits provider Stride for the offering, it tells Fast Company.
“We’ve been fighting against the status quo for a long time.
On November 17, 2023, Helen Toner went from being a little-known member of OpenAI’s board of directors to one of the biggest influencers in the debate over responsible AI. Toner, an AI safety and policy expert, famously voted with the majority of OpenAI board members—along with Ilya Sutskever—to oust CEO Sam Altman over concerns about his honesty with the board, commitment to safe AI, and alleged abusive treatme
Alex Karp, the chief executive of Palantir, knows his products can be dangerous. Built to extract insights from torrents of data with machine learning and AI, his company’s software is optimizing manufacturing and supply chains but also warfare and kill chains, helping target weapons in Ukraine and across the Middle East. To some, accelerated AI development is an existential threat worthy of a pause. Karp—a self-described socialist who earned his philosophy doctorate in Germany before
I exist at the intersection of two worlds, management and artificial intelligence (AI), which are evolving at different paces. I’ve witnessed firsthand how generative AI tools can democratize access to knowledge, accelerate learning, and spark creativity in ways we never imagined possible. The potential of AI skilling is staggering. According to a recent report by The AI Forward Alliance, AI-skilling for women and girls is a path to sus
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on December 6, 2024, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video app by January 19, 2025, or face a nationwide ban on the app. The