Category: Tech News

US Purchases of Chipmaking Machines Soars to Record High

American purchases of computer chip-making machines from Taiwan rose to a record high in March as the United States continues to rebuild its domestic semiconductor industry. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and several other major producers in Taiwan are vital players in the global supply chain of computer chips. Taiwan, the world’s largest producer of…


New Tech Transforms Sea Water Into Hydrogen Fuel for Cars

Researchers have come up with a new system that turns seawater into hydrogen fuel—a development that could aid in the proliferation of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The new method extracts hydrogen from the ocean by funneling seawater through a double membrane system, using electricity. The design was successful in generating hydrogen gas without the accompaniment…


Ford Launches Europe’s First Hands-Off Driving System on UK Motorways

Some British Ford drivers will become the first in Europe to have their cars driving themselves as long as they watch the road ahead. The U.S. automaker on Thursday said the UK’s Department for Transport has approved the use of its “hands-off, eyes-on” driving technology, named BlueCruise, on 2,300 miles (3,700 kms) of pre-mapped motorways in…


Arizona Mother Warns About AI Voice Cloning After Kidnapping Scam

An Arizona mother received an unexpected phone call from her daughter, only it wasn’t actually her daughter calling. Jennifer DeStefano’s 15-year-old daughter called her while out of town on a ski trip, so DeStefano didn’t assume anything was out of the ordinary. “I pick up the phone, and I hear my daughter’s voice, ‘Mom!’ and…


Intel to Work With Arm on Chip Manufacturing Compatibility

Intel Corp. on Wednesday said its chip contract manufacturing division will work with UK-based chip designer Arm Ltd. to ensure that mobile phone chips and other products that use Arm’s technology can be made in Intel’s factories. Once the biggest name in chips known as central processing units (CPUs), Intel has seen long seen its…


Twitter to Relabel BBC as ‘Publicly-Funded’

The BBC’s “government-funded media” Twitter tag will be relabeled after the broadcaster objected to it, according to platform owner Elon Musk. On Monday, the BBC protested Twitter’s decision to label its main account as “government-funded media.” The BBC contacted Twitter last week after the designation was attached to the main @BBC account. In an interview…


Joe Rogan Issues Warning After AI-Generated Version of His Podcast Surfaces

Joe Rogan has warned of the growing threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) after a version of his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” was created entirely through the use of AI technology, sparking concern among listeners. “This is going to get very slippery, kids,” Rogan wrote on Twitter on April 11 in response to a…


US Exploring Rules to Regulate AI Tools Like ChatGPT

The Biden administration is soliciting public input on measures to regulate artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT as questions mount about the fast-moving technology’s impact on national security and education. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a Commerce Department agency that advises the White House on telecommunications and information policy, said it will spend…


New AI Bot ‘ChaosGPT’ Aims to Destroy Humanity and Establish Global Dominance

A new artificial intelligence bot aims to destroy humanity and establish global dominance, according to a recent report. An experimental AI bot was tasked by its programmer with destroying humanity and gaining global dominance, but its eventual response unsettled observers, according to Fox News. ChaosGPT, which has surfaced on Twitter, is based on a modified version of…


ChatGPT Is a Precursor to ‘AI Singularity,’ Experts Fear

News Analysis The emergence of ChatGPT has transformed how people think about artificial intelligence (AI), offering a chat room experience unlike anything the world has ever seen. Within just two months of its unveiling, it has gained over 100 million users and 1 billion visits per month. The interactive AI chatbot has fueled AI’s widespread…