The presumptive Democratic nominee has won concessions from Big Tech leaders on A.I., but she hasn’t successfully pushed Congress to regulate.
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Alphabet Reports 29% Jump in Profit as A.I. Efforts Begin to Pay Off
Google’s parent company narrowly topped revenue and profit expectations, driven by its search engine and cloud unit, and it said A.I. investments were “driving new growth.”
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We made a cat drink a beer with Runway’s AI video generator, and it sprouted hands
Enlarge In June, Runway debuted a new text-to-video synthesis model called Gen-3 Alpha. It converts written descriptions called “prompts” into HD video clips without sound. We’ve since had a chance to use it and wanted to share our results. Our tests show that careful prompting isn’t as important as matching concepts likely found in the...
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CrowdStrike blames testing bugs for security update that took down 8.5M Windows PCs
Enlarge / CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software brought down as many as 8.5 million Windows PCs over the weekend. (credit: CrowdStrike) Security firm CrowdStrike has posted a preliminary post-incident report about the botched update to its Falcon security software that caused as many as 8.5 million Windows PCs to crash over the weekend, delaying flights, disrupting...
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Elon Musk claims he is training “the world’s most powerful AI by every metric”
Enlarge / Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a fireside discussion on artificial intelligence risks with Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (credit: Getty Images) On Monday, Elon Musk announced the start of training for what he calls “the world’s most powerful AI training cluster”...
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How Russia-linked malware cut heat to 600 Ukrainian buildings in deep winter
Enlarge / The cityscape from the tower of the Lviv Town Hall in winter. (credit: Anastasiia Smolienko / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images) As Russia has tested every form of attack on Ukraine’s civilians over the past decade, both digital and physical, it’s often used winter as one of its weapons—launching cyberattacks on electric utilities...
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(BPRW) NASA Transmits Hip-Hop Song to Deep Space for First Time
(Black PR Wire) The stars above and on Earth aligned as an inspirational message and lyrics from the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by hip-hop artist Missy Elliott were beamed to Venus via NASA’s DSN (Deep Space Network). The agenc…
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Artificial Intelligence Has a Math Problem
A.I.’s math problem reflects how much the new technology is a break with computing’s past.
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Mark Zuckerberg Stumps for ‘Open Source’ A.I.
The chief executive of Meta said in an open letter that it was important that the technology was not controlled by a handful of giant companies — including his own.
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Google’s Plan to Buy Wiz for $23 Billion Falls Apart
Wiz’s chief executive said the company walked away from a “humbling offer” and would pursue an initial public offering instead.