Technology
RLWRLD raises $14.8M to build a foundational model for robotics
As robotics has advanced, industry has steadily adopted more robots to automate away many kinds of grunt work. More than 540,000 new industrial...
‘It’s Smarter to Be 6 Months Behind’ — Here’s Why
At a time when tech giants are racing to build the most powerful AI models on the planet, Microsoft is choosing a different...
A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’
The wife of data privacy professor Xiaofeng Wang, who was fired from his tenured job at Indiana University, Bloomington (IU) the same day...
Debates over AI benchmarking have reached Pokémon
Not even Pokémon is safe from AI benchmarking controversy.
Last week, a post on X went viral, claiming that Google’s latest Gemini model...
Some AI Talent ‘In Despair’ Reportedly About Google DeepMind’s Noncompete Rules
In the high-stakes race for AI dominance, Google’s DeepMind division is tightening its grip on talent, forcing some employees to sit out of...
OpenAI’s New GPT 4.1 Models Excel at Coding
OpenAI announced today that it is releasing a new family of artificial intelligence models optimized to excel at coding, as it ramps up...
Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach
Car rental giant Hertz has begun notifying its customers of a data breach that included their personal information and driver’s licenses.
The rental company,...
Amazon’s New Nova Sonic AI Model Features a ‘More Human-like Voice’
Amazon is the latest tech giant to unveil a voice AI model. According to Amazon, its Nova Sonic is “a new foundation model...
