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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says Google’s search results are more cluttered than ever

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas doesn’t mince words when it comes to Google.

Speaking on stage at Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies gala in New York City Thursday night, Srinivas criticized the tech behemoth’s approach to AI-native search, specifically its decision to pull in AI for o

Former OpenAI leader blasts company for ignoring ‘safety culture’

Not all the departures from OpenAI have been on the best of terms. Jan Leike, a coleader in the company’s superalignment group who left the company Wednesday, among a growing series of departures, has taken to X to explain his decision—and he has some harsh words for his former employer.

Why Americans are hungry for transparent, reliable, and timely election information

At the Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA), we enable high level women to mentor each other to enable each leader to achieve personal and professional happiness through sisterhood. As the nonprofit organization’s founder, chair, and CEO, I am honored to interview and share insights from some of the thought leaders who are part of our peer-to-peer mentoring. 

This month I introduce to you the Honorable Ellen McCarthy, former assistant secretary of state. She has bridged from a sen

Google Reveals Two New Web Crawlers via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google announces details of two new crawlers that are optimized for scraping images and videos for research and development purposes

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Ebike-sharing app Forest rides ad revenue to become ‘cheapest’ in London


If you’ve been to London recently you may have noticed packs of dark green and brown ebikes lining the city’s streets. They belong to Forest, an aptly named startup that claims to be London’s cheapest and most sustainable shared ebike operator.   I

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The Space Force has some growing up to do, says one analyst

America’s newest military branch still has some maturing to do to earn the respect and support of the public and the nation’s adversaries, according to analysts.

The Center for a New American Security released a report that weighs the challenges in the developing culture of the still-budding U.S. Space Force and suggests steps that could be taken to improve it.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on keeping a startup vibe as his company grows

Don’t bet on chat or voice as the future of AI, argues Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Chesky gives an inside peek at his partnership with legendary Apple designer Jony Ive to explore a new interface for engaging with tech. Chesky also shares details of how he operates Airbnb—like planets orbiting the sun—and how once all those pieces of his plan fit together, Airbnb will be a very different company.

This is an abridged transcript of an interview from

Microsoft to release next ‘Call of Duty’ game on subscription service

Microsoft plans to release the coming installment of the “Call of Duty” videogame to its subscription service, in a departure from its longtime practice of only selling the title independently, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The move is expected to be announced at the company’s annual Xbox showcase, scheduled for June 9, the

How Google, Netflix, and Warner Bros.’s ad tech stole the show from celebrities at TV upfront

Television “upfront” advertiser presentations this week in New York City were hardly about TV at all.

The annual week-long affair where media executives have traditionally pre-sold TV advertising featured many familiar trappi

OpenAI resignations are reaching an alarming level. Here are 11 key people who have left

The announcement this week that OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever was leaving the company felt almost inevitable, given that he had headed the push resulting in the removal of Sam Altman from the CEO role for a short period six months ago. Still, his departure and his importance to the company have raised question

Elon Musk advances plans to power Tesla AI with Chinese data

Tesla is pushing ahead with plans to power the global development of its self-driving system with data from China that could be processed within the country, part of a strategic shift by

Watch: Space telescope captures solar megastorm behind epic northern lights


You’ve probably already seen the dazzling pics of the aurora that flooded social media over the weekend. Lucky onlookers were treated to streaks of green, pink, and purple dancing across the night sky from the UK to New Zealand. 𝑨𝑼𝑹

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This week in Dutch tech


Friday is here, there is a long weekend ahead in the Netherlands, and it’s time for your weekly round-up of news from the Dutch tech ecosystem.  This week saw Booking.com become a DMA “gatekeeper,” a new European Investment Fund (EIF) office opened in Amsterda

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Big Tech could give this 19th-century antiabortion law an Orwellian facelift

Former President Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to criminalize abortion, telling Time

Is the self-driving dream going to crash into a regulatory wall?

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recently announced investigation into self-driving company Waymo is just the latest of many such probes.

Since October, NHTSA has opened investigations into autonomous vehicle systems operated by Tesla, Ford, Zoox, and Cruise, suggesting a significant shift in approach to the nascent world of self

This free AI service upscales grainy photos into digital delights

These fancy-schmancy phones of ours sure can take some phenomenal photos, but you know what? That incredible quality also highlights just how awful our older images are in comparison.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve got tons of small-size, almost comically fuzzy old photos in my collection. And there’s not a heck of a lot the cutting-edge camera in my current phone can do to help ’em.

So what if there were a super-simple tool for sprucing

Velká Británie vyvíjí radiofrekvenční energetickou zbraň

Sestřelovat laciné drony za pár tisíc dolarů sofistikovanými protivzdušnými střelami, jejichž cena se pohybuje v milionech dolarů, je ekonomicky i vojensky sebevražedné a dlouhodobě neudržitelné. Jedním z řešení jsou energetické zbraně jako vyvíjený britský systém Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW), který (poněkud netradičně) operuje v oblasti rádiových vln. http://www.osel.cz/13479-velka-britanie-vyviji-radiofrekvencni-energetickou-zbran.html

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Nejúčinnější systém na výrobu vodíku Hysata cílí na průmyslovou produkci

Australská společnost Hysata vyvinula extrémně účinný kapilární systém pro elektrolýzu vodíku, který je mnohem účinnější než jiné srovnatelné technologie. Technologie je založená na eliminaci bublin, které jinak sabotují elektrolýzu vodíku navyšováním elektrického odporu. Hysata teď směřuje k výrobě vodíku ve velkém. http://www.osel.cz/13478-nejucinnejsi-system-na-vyrobu-vodiku-hysata-cili-na-prumyslovou-produkci.html

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OverflowAI and the holy grail of search

Product manager Ash Zade joins the home team to talk about the journey to OverflowAI, a GenAI-powered add-on for Stack Overflow for Teams that’s available now. Ash describes how his team built Enhanced Search, the problems they set out to solve, how they ensured data quality and accuracy, the role of metadata and prompt engineering, and the feedback they’ve gotten from users so far. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/17/overflowai-and-the-holy-grail-of-search/

TikTok Trends 2024: The Most Important Trends To Watch via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh

Stay up-to-date with the latest TikTok trends and memes. Discover how TikTok influences other social media platforms and find inspiration for your content.

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What Is Conversion Rate & How Do You Calculate It? via @sejournal, @coreydmorris

It's possible to get both higher traffic and a better conversion rate. Understand how to influence them by knowing how to calculate conversion here.

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From oceans to your gut: AI helps researchers understand how viruses act

Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and manipulate human and bacterial cells in nearly every environment, from the oceans to your gut. But scientists don’t yet have a full picture of how viruses affect their surrounding environments in large part because of

Hairy black holes? A new space mission could help answer questions

Physicists consider black holes one of the most mysterious objects that exist. Ironically, they’re also considered one of the simplest. For years, physicists like me have been looki

Google and OpenAI’s announcements signal the end of the beginning of the AI wars 

Welcome to AI DecodedFast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.

The Google and OpenAI announcements show we’re in a new phase of the AI wars 

Just last year

Wisdom gains value as the price of intelligence drops

The data flooding industries globally is staggering—from genomic sequences in healthcare to consumer behavior patterns in retail, to performance metrics in manufacturing. The potential of AI to transform these extensive data sets into practical knowledge is also undeniably staggering, yet there’s more value than just the data. 

As the world stands on the brink of what some call an AI revolution, the real differentiation lies in human beings’ ability to apply the technology wis

Airbus’ new Racer is half-plane, half-copter — and it’s lightning-fast


Business execs and politicians gathered at a helicopter base in France yesterday for the first public unveiling of Airbus’ new Racer aircraft. At first glance, Racer looks like a regular helicopter. Look closer, however, and you’ll notice it has bo

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Second House of Quantum opens in Delft


Many noteworthy things happened in the realm of European tech yesterday. However, not all involved the King of Sweden — and quantum. To see the representative of such an antiquated office in conjunction with the most out-there groundbreakin

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Japanese telecoms provider will use AI to smooth out irate customer voices before routing to reps

Dealing with irate customers can be extremely stressful for call centre workers but Japan’s SoftBank Corp thinks it has a solution: artificial intelligence-enabled software that softens the tone of customers’ voices.

The country’s th

Here’s how Apple can compete against OpenAI and Google

Users of Apple’s Siri would probably agree the talking assistant hasn’t progressed much since it was first introduced in September of 2011. In fact, on certain days, Siri seems actually to have gotten less intelligent, more prone to misconstrue requests or to respond sluggishly. Certainly, Siri has not lived up to the loftiest expectations we all had for its evolution.

That’s

Rollercoaster for UK AI scene as PolyAI bags $50M while Stability AI mulls sale


The artificial intelligence scene in Great Britain feels a little bit like your weekly tv drama at the moment. Major funding rounds compete for attention with controversial CEO departures and outlandish government campaigns (“Unicorn Kingdom” and 3D statue

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The rise of the ‘augmented’ startup founder


The modern startup founder will tell you work never stops. What they’re far less

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Samsung has a brilliant response to Apple’s hated ‘Crush’ ad

It’s not often that Samsung one-ups Apple in its marketing campaigns, but the South Korean company has done just that with its latest ad, “Uncrush.”

Earlier this month, Apple unveiled the long-awaited new iPad Pros, which feature OLED displays and the M4 chipset. They are also the thinnest devices that Apple has ever made. To show off that thinness, Apple released a new ad called “Cru

As Chatbots And AI Search Engines Converge: Key Strategies For SEO

Learn about chatbots and AI on the search landscape, so you can adapt your SEO strategies to optimize for both traditional and AI-driven search engines.

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AI can be a friend or an enemy to nearly half the workforce. Here’s how to make sure it’s the former

Artificial intelligence presents both opportunities and pitfalls for women. 

More than a third of working women are engaged in occupations at risk of being disrupted by AI versus 60% of men. The difference between genders is particularly stark given that

OpenAI’s GPT-4o may be better at making friends than you are

They may not be great singers, but the new ChatGPT voice models from OpenAI have sure come a long way. In a widely viewed demo this week, the company showed off its new flagship model, GPT-4o, with company cofounder and president Greg Brockman putting two generative AI bots in conversation with each other—and asking the pair to sing a song about t

How AI apps are moving beyond basic chatbots

Freeform chat-powered tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney have captured much of the attention paid to generative AI, but increasingly, the technology is being used behind the scenes to breathe new life into a variety of software applications.

“We’ve really been kind of witnessing the birth of one of the most pi

16 Free Title Generator Tools For Writing Better Headlines via @sejournal, @annabellenyst

Take your headlines to the next level with free title generator tools. Create concise, catchy, click-worthy, and SEO-friendly headlines to captivate your audience.

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A new browser war is brewing in Europe


Have you ever been trapped in a bad relationship? I’m stuck in one right now with Google Chrome. The browser’s good looks can no longer hide the ugliness that lurks inside. Chrome devours my laptop’s memory, sucks away its battery, and harvests my data. All t

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These 3 AI editors can help polish your prose

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.

Like many journalists, I used to have editors to help polish my prose. Now I work independently. No more editors.

I still need an outside perspective, though, and copy editing help. (Does this make sense? Are th

Building Brand Authenticity Through Community via @sejournal, @navahf

Explore the power of authentic interactions in building brand trust and loyalty. Learn how to cultivate your brand voice and values.

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Dech Belzebuba

Romantika zpříjemněná lahvinkou dobrého moku je něco, na co se rádo vzpomíná, pokud to ovšem nezhatí něco, na co pak rovněž nezapomíná. http://www.osel.cz/13477-dech-belzebuba.html

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7 big tech companies with 500+ remote job openings right now

Go big or go home? Why not go big and stay home instead?

You can do just that by snapping up one of these 500+ open roles from some of tech’s largest employers.

Here’s a look at some big companies with big positions to fill, along with links to Glassdoor ratings for each.

3M: 38 remote roles

Science giant 3M has

#429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God

Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and founder of Junglekeepers, dedicating his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Support his efforts at https://junglekeepers.org

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How ‘noise’ creates problems for AI—and what to do about it

Many people understand the concept of bias at some intuitive level. In society, and in artificial intelligence systems, racial and gender biases are well documented.

If society could somehow remove bias, would all problems go away? The late Nobel laureate

Voice-cloning tech helped recreate this landmark 1954 Supreme Court case

Seventy years ago on Friday, no one outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building heard it when Chief Justice Earl Warren announced the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision on school desegregation.

Now, through the use of an innovative voice-cloning technology, it is becoming possible for people to “hear” Warren read the decision as he did on May

Digital bank Chime to roll out earned wage access product

U.S. digital bank Chime is launching a product that will allow customers to access up to $500 of their wages before payday, the latest move by a financial technology company to enter the fast-growing “earned wage access” market.

The p

Elon Musk’s X now treats the term ‘cisgender’ as a slur on the platform

Elon Musk warned us this was coming. Now, the owner of X (formerly Twitter) has apparently followed through on his threat to begin treating the words “cis” and “cisgender” as slurs, the latest in a number of moves on the social media site that some view as targeting transgender individuals.

Posting to X via the mobile app with the words “cisgender” or “cis” results in an interstitial warning screen reading, “This post contains language that may be considered a slur by X and could b

‘I feel betrayed’: Schumer’s much-awaited AI road map gets panned by watchdogs

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released on Wednesday a long-anticipated road map for governing artificial intelligence, which called for some $32 billion in annual spending for AI research and development by 2026. The bipartisan proposal, which is meant as a guide for the Senate’s legislative efforts on AI, grew out of a yearlong series of “insight forums,” which inc

AWS to launch European ‘sovereign cloud’ in Germany by 2025, earmarks €7.8B


Amazon Web Services (AWS) today confirmed plans to launch its European “sovereign cloud”, aiming to enhance data residency and security across the EU. The city of Bradenburg in Germany will be the first region to host the cloud servers, which are set to powe

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A new Red Cross report says AI introduces risk of ‘unaccountable errors’ in warfare

A new report commissioned by the International Committee of the Red Cross raises concerns about militaries’ use of artificial intelligence systems in warfare.

The report, authored by researcher Arthur Holland Michel, who is an external researcher contracted by the Red Cross, argues that current AI and computer systems introduce significan

OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever announces exit

OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving the startup at the center of today’s artificial intelligence boom.

“OpenAI would not be what it is without him,” OpenAI CEO Sam

Apple still isn’t done building its dream iPad

The idea that the iPad is a magical piece of glass is so Apple-esque that I’d developed a false memory of Steve Jobs describing it that way when he &t=7s">unveiled the first one in 2010. He didn’t, and I’m not positive just when the company embraced the metaphor. It dates at least to the press release

Neuralink knew their brain implant wires had issues for years. Trials continued anyway

Neuralink’s disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue the El

A merger between Chinese EV maker Aiways and SPAC Hudson Acquisition would ring in a $400 million valuation

Chinese electric vehicle maker Aiways will go public via a merger with U.S. special purpose acquisition company Hudson Acquisition Corp in a deal that should value the company around $400 million, the two companies said.

The deal is a lifeline for Aiways, which halted production at its Shangrao plant last summer as a fierce

Using AI for public impact: Insights from Dr. Soroush Saghafian

In the current era of artificial intelligence (AI) reshaping industries worldwide, integrating AI in healthcare, public policy, and business is paramount. Dr. Soroush Saghafian, the visionary founder and director of the Public Impact Analytics Science Lab (PIAS-Lab) at Harvard, is a key figure at this intersection. His pioneering work as a Harvard professor involves developing, integratin

Could Google’s AI push cause a rift with YouTube creators?

Wasting time on YouTube could soon be a thing of the past. 

Instead of sitting through lengthy instructional YouTube videos, Android users will soon be able to ask Google’s AI questions about individual clips, and receive answers in seconds. The feature, which the company plans to make available in the coming months, could be a boon to consumers, but also have significant consequences for YouTube creat