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An AI Easily Beat Humans in the Moral Turing Test
In a study, ChatGPT outshined human responses in a modified Moral Turing Test. How will this influence the future of AI and its role in ethical decision-making?
3 min read - TechnologyGizmodo
Sam Altman Says 'Voice Is a Hint' at the Next Big Thing in AI
OpenAI is gearing up for a much-anticipated spring update to GPT-4 and ChatGPT on Monday, and multiple reports are pointing to voice as the next frontier for Sam Altman’s AI company. On Friday’s episode of the All-In podcast, Altman indicated that voice-based AI systems, much like in the 2013 film “Her,” could be a hint at the future of AI-enabled devices.
3 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
Microsoft pledges $4.3 billion investment at Macron’s ‘Choose France’ summit
Microsoft announced its most substantial commitment yet to France, pledging on Monday to invest 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) this year to bolster the country’s burgeoning artificial intelligence sector. The move is part of a broader effort unveiled during President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-business event, Choose France, which aims to attract foreign investment and stimulate economic growth. Microsoft’s vice chair and president, Brad Smith, visited the company’s French headquarters with Macron.
2 min read - BusinessGizmodo
Apple Could Face Its First Retail Strike
Tech giant Apple is poised to see its first-ever strike on its retail operations after staff at a store in Maryland voted to authorize a strike against the company.
1 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Booking.com latest to fall under EU market power rules
Booking.com has been designated a gatekeeper under the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA), meaning the online travel agency will face regulation under the bloc's market fairness and contestability framework — with the risk of major fines (of up to 10% or even 20%) for non-compliance. The travel platform has been given six months to comply with the bulk of the DMA's requirements, including up-front rules for designated platforms like FRAND T&Cs for business users and a ban on self preferencing. T
2 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
'Got that boomer!': How cyber-criminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts
Since mid-2023, an interception operation called Estate has enabled hundreds of members to carry out thousands of automated phone calls to trick victims into entering one-time passcodes, TechCrunch has learned. Stolen one-time passcodes can grant attackers' access to a victim's bank accounts, credit cards, crypto and digital wallets and online services. Estate's database contains details of the site's founder and its members, and line-by-line logs of each attack since the site launched, includ
8 min read - BusinessEngadget
The Morning After: Those geomagnetic storms are messing with farming tech’s GPS systems
The biggest news stories this morning: Waymo’s robotaxis are making 50,000 paid trips every week, Most Apple App Store developers aren’t trying outside payments, Alienware m16 R2 review.
2 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Permira is taking Squarespace private in a $6.9 billion deal
Website builder Squarespace is being taken private by U.K.-based private equity firm Permira in an all-cash deal that gives the company an enterprise valuation of $6.9 billion. Founded in 2004 by CEO Anthony Casalena, Squarespace is best known for its no-code platform designed to help SMEs and freelancers build websites, blogs and online stores. It includes customizable templates and a "what you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG) interface that users can configure by dragging and dropping differen
3 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
US company Booking Holdings added to European Union's list of for strict digital scrutiny
Booking Holdings, the U.S. company that owns Booking.com and a number of other travel websites, has been added to the European Union's list of companies now under heightened digital scrutiny. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, said Monday that it’s classing Booking Holdings as an online gatekeeper and that the company’s Booking.com hotel reservation site meets the threshold to be classed as a “core platform service” under the 27-nation bloc's Digital Markets Act. European Comm
2 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
Amazon's self-driving robotaxi unit Zoox under investigation by US after 2 rear-end crashes
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 Zoox. Both crashes happened during the daytime hours, and the motorcyclists suffered minor injuries.
2 min read - TechnologyYahoo Finance
Big Tech sees neurotechnology as its next AI frontier
As Big Tech races to build off of neurotech advancements in the medical world, experts have cautioned that it could put our most valuable data — the privacy of our thoughts — at risk.
6 min read - BusinessBloomberg
SoftBank to Get More Aggressive in AI After Profit, Asset Sales
(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. laid out plans to get more aggressive in artificial intelligence and other fields, after reporting a second quarter of profit and a surge in the value of assets, including Arm Holdings Plc. Most Read from BloombergTrump Vows ‘Day One’ Executive Order Targeting Offshore WindChina to Start $138 Billion Bond Sale on Friday to Boost EconomyPutin Names Economist as Defense Minister in Surprise ReshuffleGlobal Chips Battle Intensifies With $81 Billion Subsidy SurgeT
3 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
Japan's SoftBank Group trims investment losses but remains in red for fiscal year
SoftBank Group trimmed its losses for the fiscal year through March to about a quarter of the red ink it racked up a year earlier, as its investment losses declined, the Japanese technology company said Monday. Annual sales at Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. rose 2.8% to 6.76 trillion yen ($43 billion). Losses for the fiscal year sank to 227.6 billion yen ($1.5 billion) from a 970 billion yen loss in the previous year.
2 min read - BusinessEngadget
Apple Store workers in Maryland have voted to authorize a strike
Apple's first unionized Store in Towson, Maryland has now authorized the first strike against the retail giant.
2 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Xiaomi Moves Ahead With Tesla-Like SUV As First EV Hits Goals
(Bloomberg) -- Xiaomi Corp. aims to begin making and selling a sport utility vehicle similar to Tesla Inc.’s Model Y as early as 2025, embarking on a major new expansion with production of its debut SU7 electric car set to reach about a 100,000 units this year.Most Read from BloombergTrump Vows ‘Day One’ Executive Order Targeting Offshore WindChina to Start $138 Billion Bond Sale on Friday to Boost EconomyPutin Names Economist as Defense Minister in Surprise ReshuffleGlobal Chips Battle Intensif
3 min read - TechnologyTechCrunch
Buymeacoffee's founder has built an AI-powered voice note app
AI-powered tools like OpenAI's Whisper have enabled many apps to make transcription an integral part of their feature set for personal note-taking, and the space has quickly flourished as a result. Apps like AudioPen, Cleft Notes, and TalkNotes have proliferated across app stores and the Internet, but most offer a pretty limited feature set: They let you record notes and transcribe them, with some offering summarization features, but there's a lot of ground to cover in terms of the features off
4 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Google partners with Airtel to offer cloud and genAI products to Indian businesses
Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, said on Monday it has entered into a long-term partnership with Google Cloud to develop and deliver cloud and generative AI products to Indian businesses. The partnership aims to tap Airtel's extensive customer base, which, according to the company, includes 2,000 large enterprises and a million emerging businesses. The companies plan to offer AI solutions, including generative AI, which Airtel will train using its vast data sets.
2 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Microsoft to Invest €4 Billion in French Cloud and AI Services
(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. plans to spend €4 billion ($4.3 billion) building cloud and AI infrastructure in France, announcing its latest major outlay on artificial intelligence technology.Most Read from BloombergTrump Vows ‘Day One’ Executive Order Targeting Offshore WindChina to Start $138 Billion Bond Sale on Friday to Boost EconomyPutin Names Economist as Defense Minister in Surprise ReshuffleGlobal Chips Battle Intensifies With $81 Billion Subsidy SurgeThe US firm aims to help train a m
1 min read - BusinessBloomberg
AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee Aims to Bring China Its ChatGPT Moment
(Bloomberg) -- The Beijing startup founded by technology pioneer Kai-Fu Lee is introducing its first artificial-intelligence application for consumers, a step aimed at helping China capitalize on the promising technology. Most Read from BloombergTrump Vows ‘Day One’ Executive Order Targeting Offshore WindChina to Start $138 Billion Bond Sale on Friday to Boost EconomyPutin Names Economist as Defense Minister in Surprise ReshuffleGlobal Chips Battle Intensifies With $81 Billion Subsidy SurgeLee’s
4 min read - BusinessEngadget
Most App Store developers aren’t taking Apple up on its new outside payments option
In a hearing on Friday as part of the ongoing legal battle with Epic, Apple said only 38 developers have applied to add links to external payment options — out of roughly 65,000 that could, according to Bloomberg.
1 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
Apple Store employees in Maryland vote to authorize a first strike over working conditions
Workers at the first Apple Store to unionize have now also authorized a first strike against the tech giant’s retail operations. Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, voted late Saturday to authorize a strike, according to a statement from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, which represents the workers. The vote followed what the union called “over a year of negotiations with Apple management that yielded unsatisfactor
1 min read - TechnologyTechCrunch
Women in AI: Rep. Dar'shun Kendrick wants to pass more AI legislation
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing a series of interviews focused on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. Dar'shun Kendrick is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, a position she was elected to at the age of 27 in 2010.
5 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
A reckoning is coming for emerging venture funds, and that, VCs say, is a good thing
Thousands of new venture capital funds have launched over the past few years, each hoping to carve out a long-term, lucrative place for themselves. PitchBook is tracking over 10,000 funds currently trying to raise money, and 45% of them are emerging fund managers, defined as a firm with less than three funds. For the most part, things seem to be shaking out quite nicely for emerging managers despite the economic headwinds.
11 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Workers at a Maryland Apple store authorize strike
It's been a busy weekend for union organizing efforts at U.S. Apple stores, with the union at one store voting to authorize a strike, while workers at another store voted against forming a union. Back in 2022, workers in Towson, Maryland became the first formally recognized union at an Apple retail store. “This vote today is the first step in demonstrating our solidarity and sends a clear message to Apple,” said the IAM CORE Negotiating Committee in a statement.
2 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Alora Baby aims to push baby gear away from the 'landfill economy'
Enter Alora Baby, which is trying to shift the narrative toward a greener and more sustainable option for manufacturing — and recycling — baby products. Alora Baby, backed by government grants, aims to introduce revolutionary changes to baby equipment, moving away from the norm that sees products designed for a single lifespan. “We are stuck in this system, which I call the landfill economy, which is basically where stuff just gets crappier: Materials are more expensive, labor is less and less
4 min read - TechnologyAssociated Press
US aims to stay ahead of China in using AI to fly fighter jets, navigate without GPS and more
Two Air Force fighter jets recently squared off in a dogfight in California. It was the ultimate display of how far the Air Force has come in developing a technology with its roots in the 1950s. “Whether you want to call it a race or not, it certainly is,” said Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
6 min read - USAssociated Press
Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds
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. The AI software must be patented, “designated as qualified anti-terrorism technology,” in compliance with certain security industry standards, already in use in at least 30 states and capable of detecting “three broad firearm classifications with a minimum of 300 subclassifications” and “at least 2,000 permutations,” among other t
5 min read - TechnologyTechCrunch
U.K. agency releases tools to test AI model safety
The U.K. Safety Institute, the U.K.'s recently established AI safety body, has released a toolset designed to "strengthen AI safety" by making it easier for industry, research organizations and academia to develop AI evaluations. Called Inspect, the toolset -- which is available under an open source license, specifically an MIT License -- aims to assess certain capabilities of AI models, including models' core knowledge and ability to reason, and generate a score based on the results. In a pre
3 min read - BusinessWashington Post
How to save money abroad by avoiding sneaky fees and pointless charges
As a lifelong traveler, I’ve made my share of money mistakes abroad - like tipping when it wasn’t expected (offending the tippee) or overpaying for sluggish WiFi for a patchy call back home. And I’ll never forget the one time I spent a fortune on gratuities while stuck at the Dar es Salaam International Airport in Tanzania because I had only large bills, not small coins, as I waited out a days-long delay. But with experience comes wisdom - and here’s some advice I gathered over the years that ca
6 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
SAP’s chief sustainability officer isn’t interested in getting your company to do the right thing
SAP chief sustainability officer Sophia Mendelsohn has been on the job since September, but her career really goes back to her undergraduate years at Harvard when she studied sustainability. Ever since her first job working in China, she observed the connection between prosperity and sustainability. “I've been in sustainability a minute, before it was cool,” Mendelsohn told TechCrunch.
6 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Tesla’s profitable Supercharger network is in limbo after Musk axed the entire team
At the start of the year, Tesla’s Supercharger team was tasked with the impossible. “We were on an exponential path,” a former team member told TechCrunch, adding that the new targets were “super-duper crazy.” Then, one day in April, CEO Elon Musk axed the entire division, even though it was profitable last year.
6 min read - TechnologyThe Conversation
Digital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world
Assistive technology like screen readers for the blind help people with disabilities use computers and smartphones, but they can be tripped up if webpages or documents are improperly formatted.
5 min read - SportsYahoo Sports
2024 NBA Mock Draft 7.0: Who will the Hawks take at No. 1? Our projections for every pick with lottery order now set
With the lottery order set, here's a look at Yahoo Sports' projections for both rounds of the 2024 NBA Draft.
16 min read - SportsYahoo Sports
NFL schedule release: Chiefs to host Ravens in 2024 season opener
Chiefs vs. Ravens on Sept. 5 will be a rematch of last season's AFC Championship Game.
2 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Utility stocks are on fire — here are Wall Street analysts' top picks
Utility stocks are outperforming the broader markets. Here's a look at three top picks from analysts.
5 min read - PoliticsYahoo Finance
Biden's coming new tariffs on China reflect 'lessons learned'
A sweeping White House move on China tariffs that is expected to be unveiled early next week "reflects lessons learned," according to a former official who was involved in the process.
5 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Australian ambassador: 'American model is proving its resilience' despite threat from Chinese industrial policy
China may be outspending the US when it comes to industrial policy in sectors like electric vehicles and semiconductors, but America is winning on innovation where it can’t on price, according to one China expert.
4 min read - SportsYahoo Sports
Caitlin Clark's first WNBA game: How to watch the Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun season opener
Are you ready to watch Caitlin Clark's first WNBA game?
2 min read - PoliticsYahoo News
Trump trial live updates: Michael Cohen is called to testify in hush money case
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Monday in Manhattan, where his former lawyer and fixer is expected to take the stand.
1 min read - LifestyleAutoblog
2025 Aston Martin Vantage First Drive Review: Big changes, big big power
The new 2025 Vantage has so many upgrades and changes that it is fundamentally different from its predecessor.
9 min read - EntertainmentYahoo TV UK
Hatton Garden is the Timothy Spall drama flying up the Netflix charts
Netflix viewers love true crime, and it doesn't come much better than when Bafta winner Timothy Spall is involved.
3 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Fed’s Jefferson calls for holding rates steady until inflation cools further
Federal Reserve vice chair Philip Jefferson on Monday became the latest central bank official to call for holding interest rates at current levels until inflation shows more signs of cooling.
2 min read - SportsYahoo Sports
2024 NBA Draft Combine: 7 players to watch, including Bronny James
Here's a look at seven players who could help their draft stock the most this week at the 2024 NBA Draft Combine.
6 min read - TechnologyEngadget
Google Pixel 8a review: The best midrange Android phone gets flagship AI features
The Pixel 8a delivers handy AI features alongside a beautiful 120Hz OLED screen, excellent cameras and way above-average battery life for just $499.
6 min read - NewsYahoo News UK
Conservatives investigated over possible mass email data breach
An email which sent from Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) was reportedly sent to hundreds of addresses.
3 min read - CelebrityYahoo TV UK
Jeremy Clarkson reacts to 'hand grenade' cider emergency on Clarkson's Farm
The TV-presenter-turned-farmer was preparing for his pigs to give birth when he was called in to deal with 'cider-gate' after a customer was injured.
4 min read - EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK
How Caesar's legacy hangs over Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes gives us a new Apes movie without Andy Serkis in the lead role. Caesar is gone, but not forgotten.
4 min read - BusinessEngadget
Apple's 10th-gen iPad hits a new low of $334
Amazon has marked down Apple's 10th-generation iPad to an all-time low price.
1 min read - EntertainmentYahoo TV UK
Steven Moffat's scariest Doctor Who episodes
Ahead of his new Doctor Who episode Boom, Yahoo takes a look back at Steven Moffat's legacy with the BBC franchise and the terrifying tales he told.
6 min read - NewsYahoo News UK
Minister accused of 'misleading public' with false claim about 15-minute cities
Maria Caulfield faces calls to apologise for 'dishonest' claims that residents will have to pay road charges to drive more than 15-minutes from their home.
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