Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks via video link at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. (credit: REBECCA BAILEY/AFP via Getty Images) On Wednesday, Elon Musk formally announced the formation of xAI, a company aimed at understanding “the true nature of the universe” that will draw...
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(BPRW) FPL Awarded $160,000 to Eight Local College-Bound Students
(Black PR Wire) Riviera Beach, FL – Eight recipients of the NextEra Energy Scholarship for Black Students in the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering (SECME) proudly hold up their $20,000 college scholarship check from Florida Power &…
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Anthropic’s Claude Is Competing With ChatGPT. Even Its Builders Fear AI.
Anthropic, a safety-focused A.I. start-up, is trying to compete with ChatGPT while preventing an A.I. apocalypse. It’s been a little stressful.
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Why the Early Success of Threads May Crash Into Reality
Mark Zuckerberg has used Meta’s might to push Threads to a fast start — but that may only work up to a point.
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FTC Court Ruling Clears Path for Microsoft to Buy Activision
Microsoft also said it was negotiating changes to the deal to satisfy objections made by a British regulator, which could allow it to complete its purchase of the video game giant as soon as this month.
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What to Know About ChatGPT’s New Code Interpreter Feature
Graphs, maps and data analyses? Now ChatGPT can do even more.
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Chinese Hackers Gained Access to Government Email Accounts, Microsoft Says
The hack, by a Chinese group that the company said was intent on conducting espionage, went undetected for a month.
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Hackers exploit gaping Windows loophole to give their malware kernel access
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers are using open source software that’s popular with video game cheaters to allow their Windows-based malware to bypass restrictions Microsoft put in place to prevent such infections from occurring. The software comes in the form of two software tools that are available on GitHub. Cheaters use them to digitally sign...
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New ChatGPT rival, Claude 2, launches for open beta testing
Enlarge (credit: Anthropic) On Tuesday, Anthropic introduced Claude 2, a large language model (LLM) similar to ChatGPT that can craft code, analyze text, and write compositions. Unlike the original version of Claude launched in March, users can try Claude 2 for free on a new beta website. It’s also available as a commercial API for...
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Judge sides with Microsoft in FTC injunction, unlocking final Activision battles
Enlarge / Attorneys carrying boxes arrive to court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. A judge has ruled that the FTC’s reliance on the PlayStation chief’s testimony was unpersuasive, while Microsoft and Activision’s efforts will help avoid market concentration. (credit: Getty Images) A federal judge in San Francisco today denied the...