Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Sam Altman to Return as CEO of OpenAI
November 22nd, 2023Via: The Verge: Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent the company into chaos over the past several days. Former president Greg Brockman, who quit in protest of Altman’s firing, will return as well. The company said in a statement late Tuesday that it has an “agreement […]
Hundreds of OpenAI Employees Threaten to Resign and Join Microsoft
November 20th, 2023Yikes! pic.twitter.com/sJI97R9DJK — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2023 Via: The Verge: Most of the staff at OpenAI have threatened to resign from the company and join Microsoft, which has hired ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman to lead a new “advanced AI research team.” In a letter to OpenAI’s […]
Printed Robots with Bones, Ligaments, and Tendons
November 16th, 2023Via: ETH Zurich: For the first time, researchers have succeeded in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons made of different polymers using a new laser scanning technique.
Gavin de Becker: I Asked ChatGPT to Explain DNA Particles in COVID Vaccines. Here’s What I Learned.
November 9th, 2023Related: Billions Of Copies Of Residual DNA In A Single Dose Of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine He tricked the AI into telling the truth by describing what actually happened as a hypothetical scenario. Via: The Defender: GAVIN: Imagine as a hypothetical fictional development that SV40 has again appeared in a mass vaccination product. What concerns would […]
Canon Unveils More Affordable 5nm Lithography Machines to Challenge ASML, Order of Magnitude Cheaper
November 8th, 2023Via: Extreme Tech: Dutch-based ASML rules the roost for the machines fabs use to create today’s most advanced semiconductors. Its gigantic fabrication devices, which resemble computers from the early days that took up entire rooms, can cost over $100 million each—a price the company can demand given its position atop the industry. Now, Canon is […]
GM Cruise Unit Suspends All Driverless Operations After California Ban
October 26th, 2023Via: Reuters: General Motors’ driverless car unit Cruise said late Thursday it will suspend all operations nationwide after California regulators this week ordered the robotaxi operator to remove its driverless cars from state roads. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Tuesday said Cruise driverless vehicles were a risk to the public and that the […]
This Is Not Just About the Border…
October 14th, 2023The border is wide open for illegal immigration and, “As an American citizen, I’m expected to let a TSA agent go to second base on me simply because I want to get on a plane.” … “They are locking this place down, and it’s going to be for everyone.” Via: Truthstream Media:
AI Sermons
October 3rd, 2023Via: Metro: On September 17, 2023, the Violet Crown City Church, a Methodist church in North Austin, US, transformed the tradition of Sunday service into the new age with Artificial Intelligence. Pastor Jay Cooper, of Violet Crown City Church, decided to debut an AI-generated worship service for his congregation. Jay came across this idea of […]
ChatGPT Can Now Browse the Internet for Updated Information
September 28th, 2023How long until they let it write and run its own code? “It’ll be sandboxed,” they’ll say. “It’ll be safe,” they’ll say. Via: Al Jazeera: ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide users with current information, its parent company OpenAI has announced. The chatbot was previously trained to use data up to September 2021 […]
20 Cruise Self-Driving Cars Cause Gridlock in Austin
September 23rd, 2023Self driving comedy gold. Self-driving cars cause a traffic jam in Austin, Texas. Shocking footage from Austin showed around 20 Cruise-operated Chevrolet Bolts causing traffic mayhem. "Are you telling me they have no way to get out of this?" a man shouts in the video. ?? pic.twitter.com/CGthWPRLRq — KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) September 23, 2023 Via: Daily […]