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Toyota Pulls Off a Fast and Furious Demo With Dual Drifting AI-Powered Race Cars

Algorithms designed to handle a car after it loses traction could potentially intervene on behalf of human drivers.

23/07/2024

For the Director of Wicked, There’s No Place Like Silicon Valley

Six years after Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M. Chu prepares to release his adaptation of one of Broadway’s biggest musicals. From a table at his family’s famous Chinese restaurant, he opens up about his childhood among the titans of tech—and why…

23/07/2024

TikTok Lite Leaves up to 1 Billion Users With Fewer Protections

TikTok labels AI-generated material and warns about potentially deceptive content. A Lite version popular in the Global South, though, lacks these and other safeguards.

23/07/2024

An Open AI Backed Non-Profit Gave $1,000 a Month to Poor People. Here’s What They Did With It

OpenResearch released the first results of the most comprehensive study on giving unrestricted cash grants to impoverished Americans. Researchers say it will flame both sides of the debate over welfare.

22/07/2024

The Puzzle of How Large-Scale Order Emerges in Complex Systems

With a new framework, researchers believe they could be close to explaining how regularities emerge on macro scales out of systems made up of uncountable constituent parts.

21/07/2024

We Asked AI to Take Us On a Tour of Our Cities. It Was Chaos

We had a specialty chatbot to curate perfect days out in London and New York for under $100 each. We're still recovering from our journeys.

19/07/2024

The AI-Powered Future of Coding Is Near

Tech companies—including OpenAI—are developing a new generation of AI assistants that can not only write code but debug, organize, and critique it, too.

18/07/2024

OpenAI Slashes the Cost of Using Its AI With a “Mini” Model

With competing models—including many free ones—flooding the market, OpenAI is announcing a cheaper way to use its AI.

18/07/2024

To Find Alien Life, We Might Have to Kill It

Missions to explore other worlds, like Mars or Saturn’s moon Titan, could disrupt or destroy extraterrestrial life in the process of seeking it.

18/07/2024

Newly Discovered Moon Caves Could One Day House Astronauts

Analysis of lunar imagery has ended a longstanding debate over whether there are accessible underground areas on the Moon; an emptied lava tube in the Sea of Tranquility is of particular interest.

18/07/2024

OpenAI Touts New AI Safety Research. Critics Say It’s a Good Step, but Not Enough

The company announced a new technique to make the workings of its systems more transparent, but people familiar with OpenAI say more oversight is needed.

17/07/2024

The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform

Legislation in coming years will set up a publicly owned clean power company and leverage the Crown Estate for investment in green infrastructure.

17/07/2024

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