The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was never quite clear on why it allowed a Texas subsidiary of a Chinese-owned battery manufacturer to qualify as a grant applicant, even after the company’s links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were revealed during the department’s own vetting process. The DOE was equally opaque in curtly announcing…
DOE Pulls Plug on Chinese-Owned Company’s Grant Application Months After Alarm Raised
May 24, 2023
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Microsoft Integrating AI ‘Personal Assistant’ Into Windows 11
Microsoft is adding its centralized AI-assisted feature Copilot to Windows 11, the company announced on May 22. In a blog post, Panos Panay, Microsoft’s chief product officer, said the new chatbot—which like Chat GPT-4 is powered by artificial intelligence that uses large language models (LLMs)—will help assist users to complete complex tasks. Such tasks will…
Elon Musk Signals Twitter’s Headquarters May Not Stay in San Francisco
May 24, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—Twitter might not keep its headquarters in San Francisco forever, its owner Elon Musk signaled Tuesday. Speaking virtually at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit in London, Musk gave a noncommittal answer to an interviewer’s question about whether the company will stay in the California city. San Francisco officials announced last week they…
8 Tips for Parents and Teens on Social Media Use—From the US Surgeon General
The U.S. surgeon general is calling for tech companies and lawmakers to take “immediate action” to protect children’s and adolescents’ mental health on social media. But after years of insufficient action by both social media platforms and policymakers, parents and young people still bear most of the burden in navigating the fast-changing, often harmful world…
FTC Warning: Americans’ Fingerprints and Eye Scans May Be Subject to Data Manipulation
Biometric information like facial recognition, fingerprints, and voice and eye scans being collected by businesses can be hacked and manipulated, with the threat amplified following the proliferation of artificial intelligence, said a recent warning by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In a May 18 policy statement (pdf), the FTC said that consumers are facing…
ChatGPT Makers Say AI Technology Could Surpass ‘Expert’ Human Skill Levels Within 10 Years, Flag ‘Existential Risk’
The makers of ChatGPT have warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could “exceed expert skill level” across most domains within the next 10 years as “superintelligence” becomes more powerful than any “other technologies humanity has had to contend with.” Open AI executives including CEO Sam Altman; President, Chairman, & Co-Founder, Greg Brockman; and Co-Founder and chief scientist Ilya…
Bill Gates Says Personal AI Agents Could Change Consumer Behavior, Impact Retail Giants Including Amazon
Artificial intelligence agents could revolutionize the way customers shop and search online, potentially rendering retail giants such as Amazon useless, according to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Gates made the comments at the AI Forward 2023 event in San Francisco on May 22. The billionaire said he believes the current race to win in the artificial intelligence…
WhatsApp Allows Users to Edit Messages
May 23, 2023
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WhatsApp has granted users one of its most awaited features—the ability to edit messages. “For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp,” the Meta Platforms Inc-owned messaging app said in a blog post on Monday. With the feature rolling out globally…
Judge Throws out Shareholder Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over Twitter Buyout
May 23, 2023
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A judge dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk that claimed he cheated Twitter shareholders several times last year in the course of buying the social media company for $44 billion. In a decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said plaintiff William Heresniak lacked standing to sue because he…
Newly Appointed Twitter CEO Responds to Meta’s Plan to Launch Clone Rival
Newly appointed Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino shared her first response to the planned Twitter clone app reportedly in development at Meta that will be integrated with Instagram. “Game on!” Yaccarino said in a May 22 tweet while responding to an article about Instagram developing a Twitter clone. The news was first reported by Moneycontrol. “We’re…
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