Nabiha Syed, who was previously CEO of investigative tech news nonprofit The Markup, is joining the Mozilla Foundation as executive director, she tells Fast Company in an exclusive interview.
Syed will be stepping into an organization that looks to bring its open source, pro-user freedom approach to the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence. The Mo
Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its
A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a new report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the oppo
While Intel is betting big on ASML’s latest High NA EUV chipmaking machines, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC is considering opting out. Speaking at a conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday, TSMC’s Senior VP Kevin Zhang told reporters that ASML’s new equipment c
This week, Airbnb’s co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky sat down to discuss the company’s new Icons initiative and how Airbnb plans to surprisingly pivot their business in the next year. Chesky also shares the inside story behind the antagonistic Airbnb vs hotels ad campaign, and why bodybuilding inspires his leadership. The second part of this interview releases on Friday—with Chesky revealing his bold strategy for an AI future.
This is an abridged transcript of an interview from
Tvůrci proudové létajícího motocyklu P2 Speeder Mayman Aerospace nahradili lidského pilota pokročilou inteligencí Skyfield. Vznikl autonomní letoun Razor VTOL, s nímž se počítá pro vojenské účely. Může fungovat jako šikovný náklaďák, sofistikovaný cvičný cíl, výkonný průzkumný letoun, levná střela s plochou dráhou letu anebo autonomní bitevník s protitankovými střelami. http://www.osel.cz/13476-mayman-aerospace-vyvinuli-rychly-autonomni-bojovy-letoun-razor-vtol.html
A Finnish startup today launched a multilingual AI model that’s a “significant milestone” on the path to LLMs for every EU language, the company says. Helsinki-based Silo AI calls the new large language model Viking 7B. It covers Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Nor
A quartet of General Motors electric vehicles line the garage of a sleek Beverly Hills mansion now occupying a lot once housing Dean Martin’s digs. It’s against this backdrop of old making way for the new that subsidiary GM Energy last week demonstrated its new vehicle-to-home bidirectional (V2H) charging technology. Or in simpler terms, a system enabling EVs and homes to power one another.
The pa
I’ve tried virtually every major messenger app over the years, but my favorite has always been Apple’s Messages. No, I’m not a blue bubble snob. I’ll happily use different messaging apps with different friends. But I’ve always preferred Apple’s Messages because of its clean, minimalist design. Still, many of my friends prefer WhatsApp, and most businesses that offer messenger-based support us
Facing brand conflicts? Discover strategies to compete against brands and nouns with the same name and establish your online presence.
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Norwegian startup 7Analytics has secured €4mn to help predict the next big flood or landslide. The Bergen-based outfit trains machine learning algorithms on vast quantities of data on everything from weather to land use. The AI then learns to p
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea an
The necessity of professional certifications is debated, with many software developers pooh-poohing their relevance when it comes to securing a job. But in a competitive job market, anything that can give you an edge or help you stand out as a candidate is worth co
Google introduces new "Web" filter for simplified, text-only search results.
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Google showed off some new skills in its Gemini AI chatbot at Tuesday’s I/O developer event, and previewed a new Gemini assistant that talks to you like a human assistant.
The AI advancements are powered by Google DeepMind’s Gemini Pro 1.5 model, which strikes a balance between performance and speed.
In the short term, subscribers to the Gemini Advanced service tier will get a chatbot that can digest and remember far more information (and more than any other c
Google said at its I/O developer event Tuesday that it’s rolling out its AI-native search to all users for the first time. Previously, users could try Google’s chatbot-based search (then called “Search Generative Experience” (SGE)) by opting into the experience in Google Labs. Now AI search will become available to all users searching for certain subjects or products.
Unlike traditional Google search, AI search returns a custom-built bundle of text and links—called “AI Overv
Meta Platforms will discontinue its work-focused Workplace app as the company shifts its focus on building artificial intelligence and metaverse technologies, the Facebook parent said on Tuesday.
Workplace will be shuttered starting June 2026
OpenAI's GPT-4o performs worse than GPT-4 Turbo in reading comprehension and is barely better elsewhere. Was it worth the hype?
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The chief of Amazon.com’s wildly profitable Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit will step down next month after a three-year term.
Adam Selipsky, 57, who is also a member of Amazon’s team advising CEO Andy Jassy, will leave the company on June 3, according to an Amazon statement Tuesday. He w
Google rolls out AI-generated overviews to US search results, powered by a new Gemini model customized for search.
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Alexey Pertsev, the developer behind crypto mixer Tornado Cash, has been found guilty of money laundering by a Dutch court in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Pertsev, was first imprisoned in the Netherlands, where he had been residing, in August 2022 on charges of money launderi
Starting today, users in Europe can access Claude, Amazon-backed AI startup Anthropic’s proper ChatGPT contender. There are a few company names that have become synonymous with the advent of generative AI. OpenAI may have had the early-mover a
Do bigger sites rank higher? An analysis of 1,000 top sites explores this question and if other factors play a role. Read on for insights.
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I love my job, but it comes with an unsettling occupational hazard: editing stories about technologies that threaten my own professional existence.
Such was the experience of working on senior editor Mark Sullivan’s story on Perplexity, one of the buzziest startups in Silicon Valley. Perplexity makes an AI search tool that yields impressively detailed and well-organized answers. It’s popular with tech-world insiders and is catching on with normies, too. The company is a David to Go
Hinge’s latest product rollout represents a big bet on quality over quantity.
The Match Group-owned dating giant is testing a new feature that requires singles with eight or more unanswered messages to either reply to a match or end a conversation before they can make any new connections. This means users with a backlog of conversations won’t be able to send new likes or accept matches from new suitors.
U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they have opened an investigation into the performance of Alphabet’s Waymo self-driving vehicles after reports of its robotaxis exhibiting driving behavior that potentially violated traffic safety laws.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its preliminary evaluation into an estimated 444
We're excited to announce the general availability of OverflowAI to Stack Overflow for Teams! OverflowAI represents a big step forward in our vision of integrating GenAI offerings within knowledge communities. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/14/introducing-overflowai-a-new-era-of-community-driven-ai-at-stack-overflow/
Booking.com has joined the ranks of tech giants, such as Google and Meta, that fall under the EU’s sweeping online competition rules. Dubbed the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the law aims to establish a level digital playing field by setting clear rights and obligation
It was Election Day in the crucial voter battleground of Maricopa County, Arizona, and by 11:15 a.m., inside a windowless convention center ballroom bustling with Arizona election officials, federal agents, and a smattering of reporters, I was already beginning to panic.
Moments before, election offices across the state had received an AI-generated phone call from the secretary of state’s office. In an uncanny monotone, a voice clone imitating the assistant secretary said the state
Explore the benefits of including FAQs on product category pages for your brand. Enhance user experience and optimize your website with these tips.
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Einride has partnered with Jebel Ali Port in Dubai as part of its ambitious plan to build the world’s largest autonomous trucking network. The Swedish freight mobility startup has signed a deal with DP World, which handles logistics at the
Learn how to improve conversion rates for all of your marketing campaigns by tying attribution to each part of the customer journey.
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On this episode: Al Sweigart is a software developer, developer advocate, and author of ten Python books. He tells Ben and Ryan why he’s such a fan of the language, why it’s a great programming language for beginners, and how it became the default for so many data science and backend AI projects. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/14/spreading-the-gospel-of-python/
Nevěřili byste, co všechno se vejde do kousíčku mozku o velikosti zrnka máku. 57 tisíc mozkových buněk, 230 milimetrů krevních cév a 150 milionů synapsí. Detailní mapa něčeho takového by jen tak nevznikla bez zapojení výkonné umělé inteligence. Výsledkem je doposud nejrozsáhlejší 3D rekonstrukce struktury lidského mozku. http://www.osel.cz/13474-prulom-v-konektomu-ai-pomohla-zmapovat-milimetr-krychlovy-lidskeho-mozku.html
The U.S. and China will meet in Geneva to discuss artificial intelligence on Tuesday and U.S. officials stressed that Washington’s policies would not be up for negotiation as talks explore how to mitigate risks from the emerging technology.
President Joe Biden’s administration has sought to engage China on a
SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, as billionaire Elon Musk‘s space venture rapidly expands its rocket and satellite business across the Lone Star state.
But a Reuters review of Texas property records shows that SpaceX and its contractors can be far slower to pay builders and suppliers than they are
Cruise is bringing supervised autonomous driving back to Phoenix this week, more than six months after the company pulled all of its self-driving cars off the road following regulatory scrutiny.
“Safety is the defining principle for everything we do and continues to guide our progress towards resuming driverless operations,” the company wrote in a blog po
OpenAI announces ChatGPT 4o that can input and output in voice, images and text
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Google states proximity to the searcher is no longer a primary factor in ranking local service ads.
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Google's Search Off The Record podcast discussed Content Decay, an SEO problem that nobody's heard of but is actually a real thing
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Google explains the challenges in providing transparency about algorithmic ranking changes and manual reviews.
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Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence systems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve the expenditures and the schools must meet some very specific criteria.
The AI software must be patented, “designated as qualified anti-terrorism technology,̶
The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant.
She loved to belt out Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan ballads in the car. She laughed all the time — even while corralling misbehaving preschoolers or debating politics with friends over a backyard fire pit. In high school, she was a soprano in the chorus.
Then that voice was gone.
Doctors in August removed a life-threatening tumor lodged near the back of her brain. When the breathing tu
OpenAI held a webcast Monday to roll out a new version of its free ChatGPT app, which sounds and acts a lot like the AI in the 2013 Spike Jonze film, Her.
The experience is powered by a new version of its GPT-4 large language model—available on desktop and mobile—called GPT-4o (“GPT-four-oh”). The new model, OpenAI says,
Google warns against using "sneaky redirects" with rel=canonical tags when updating website content.
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Only about 5% of GenAI projects lead to significant monetization of new product offerings. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/13/why-do-only-a-small-percentage-of-genai-projects-actually-make-it-into-production/
UK-based Arm, one of the world’s key players in the chip market, is reportedly planning to expand into the development of AI chips. Arm designs the building architecture for chips (mainly) in consumer electronics, which it licenses to semiconductor giants such
The EU talks a big game when it comes to the green transition. While there has been significant political backlash in several sectors for decarbonisation, one area seems to be proving undoubtedly successful — the energy efficiency
A British consortium with funding from the UK government has successfully tested what it calls “un-jammable” quantum navigation tech in flight. Geopolitical tensions and warfare have introduced GPS jamming as a means of messing with enemy communication
The first U.S. Apple Store to ever unionize has now voted to authorize a strike action against the iPhone maker.
Union members at the Apple retail store in Towson, MD, have voted to authorize a strike action, according to a press release from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (IAM CORE
Uber Technologies and Lyft are set to face trial on Monday in a U.S. lawsuit by Massachusetts’ attorney general alleging the ride-share companies misclassified their drivers as independent contractors rather than more costly
Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government’s highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted on its website Monday it will evaluate the automated driving system developed by
France has secured €15bn in foreign investment from the likes of Microsoft and Amazon as part of this year’s Choose France summit, an annual event that aims to promote the country’s economic and business attractiveness. The €15bn mark represents a record amoun
The search engine market could be on the verge of a tidal shift. Reuters, last week, reported that OpenAI was planning to launch an artificial intelligence-powered search product as early as this week, putting it in direct competition with Google, but also with its close partner Microsoft. OpenAI has denied the details of that report, but didn’t completely reject the premise.
Expand your professional network beyond LinkedIn. Discover alternative platforms that offer a more engaging and personalized networking experience.
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Don't let your campaign fail. Understand the significance of Quality Assurance (QA) checks in search marketing and avoid costly mistakes.
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