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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei pens a cool-headed essay on the arrival of AGI
In the debate over artificial general in
On Wednesday, work marketplace Upwork introduced a host of new AI capabilities involving Uma, what it calls its “mindful artificial intelligence” tool.
Uma is used to cut down time spent on listing jobs and helps match candidates with opportunities that are well suited for them. “Uma is built on top of industry-leading large language models, customized with Upwork’s historical platform data,” Dave Bottoms, an
Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for a wide-ranging interview Tuesday in Detroit with popular radio host Charlamagne tha God, further deepening her push to reach potential voters in a more relaxed environment.
Tuesday’s hour-long, town hall-style interview with Charlamagne, The Breakfast Club co-host, served as an attempt to counteract weakening support from Black voters. Harris pushed back on claims that she was disconnected from the Black community, warned of
Capital One launched on Wednesday a free, integrated subscription management tool, allowing customers to track, block, and cancel recurring payments from over 10,000 merchants directly through its mobile app.
The new tool should come as welcome relief for the many Americans who find themselves struggling to keep track of recurring payments. Whether it’s streaming services, fitness apps, or meal de
VTubers, the internet creators who use digital avatars while live-streaming, blew up on YouTube in the late 2010s. Since then, the streamers have expanded across other platforms. Twitch’s most popular streamer is VTuber Ironmouse, with 236,505 active subscribers.
But lately, the VTubers have been in a panic. YouTube and Twitch accounts are continually shutting down their channels, citing a variety of rules including “u
At a university campus in Rolla, Missouri (population 22,000), a small team of scientists is developing a glass powder that, when applied to wounds, significantly improves blood clotting and reduces risk of infection. In addition to saving lives, the technology has the industry excited for its commercial potential.
The Midwest university behind the research is not one you typically see on the front pages of news sites: it’s the Missouri University of Science and Technology, a land-
It never dawned on me that I might be insufficiently grateful for the Internet Archive. For many years, I’ve used it on something close to a daily basis, including to research numerous articles I couldn’t have written otherwise. I’ve uploaded some of my own work to it, shipped off my grandfather’s scholarly library for scanning, and donated money (though not enough).
But over theplast week, I’ve grow
Anguilla is raking in extra revenue from registration fees for its .ai web domain thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, but it’s not the only place cashing in on demand for websites with distinct
There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules? When can we really remind someone of our old Venmo request? What happens when someone tries to flirt with you on LinkedIn?
If you dread the thought of calling to change an airline ticket or negotiate your internet bill, a new artificial intelligence tool may provide a solution.
DoNotPay, which offers an assortment of consumer-friendly services like tracking subscriptions, generating burner phone numbers, and searching for unclaimed property, now features a bot that will call customer service numbers for users, navigate through p