Cormac McCarthy

This Artificially Intelligent Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone

On a recent afternoon, I held a bagel in front of me and said: “Look and tell me if this is healthy.”A monotone...

Computer Theorist Wins $1 Million Turing Award

Computers seem methodical, deliberate and utterly predictable. But they can also behave in ways that are completely random. As researchers build increasingly powerful...

Now Hiring: Sophisticated (but Part-Time) Chatbot Tutors

After her second child was born, Chelsea Becker took an unpaid, yearlong leave from her full-time job as a flight attendant. After watching...

What Happened When a German Car Factory Went All Electric

Zwickau, a city in Germany’s east, may not be as famous as Detroit, but its economy has revolved around internal combustion engines since...

Intel Vision 2024 Offers New Look at Gaudi 3 AI Chip

After first announcing the existence of the Gaudi 3 AI accelerator last year,...

Beeper Messaging App Is Acquired as a Bet on a Regulatory Shift

Beeper, the app that brought iPhone messaging features to Android smartphones, has been acquired by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, to support the...

Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over a Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot

Tesla on Monday settled a lawsuit that blamed the automaker’s driver-assistance software for the death of a California man in 2018, averting a...

TSMC Will Receive $6.6 Billion to Bolster U.S. Chip Manufacturing

The Biden administration will award up to $6.6 billion in grants to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the leading maker of the most advanced...

Google to Tone Down Message Board After Employees Feud Over War in Gaza

For nearly 14 years, an online message board called Memegen has served as a virtual water cooler for Google employees.Memegen has been a...

Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools

Westfield Public Schools held a regular board meeting in late March at the local high school, a red brick complex in Westfield, N.J.,...

The 10 Best AI Courses That Are Worth Taking in 2024

Since ChatGPT proved a consumer hit, a gold rush has set off for...

Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback

The Maryland Legislature this weekend passed two sweeping privacy bills that aim to restrict how powerful tech platforms can harvest and use the...

In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides

Insurance companies have long blamed private-equity-owned hospitals and physician groups for exorbitant billing that drives up health care costs. But a tool backed...

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

The race to lead A.I. has become a desperate hunt for the digital data needed to advance the technology. To obtain that data,...

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