Expert players of the popular vehicular soccer game have been caught out by lesser players using…
Author: Will Knight
ChatGPT Has Investors Drooling—but Can It Bring Home the Bacon?
The loquacious bot has Microsoft ready to sink a reported $10 billion into OpenAI. It’s unclear…
Where the AI Art Boom Came From—and Where It’s Going
In the past year algorithms got a lot better at generating illustrations, art, and photo-real scenes.…
The Spawn of ChatGPT Will Try to Sell You Things
Companies are exploring how to adapt powerful new chatbot technology to negotiate with customer service—and to…
ChatGPT’s Most Charming Trick Is Also Its Biggest Flaw
The articulate new chatbot has won over the internet and shown how engaging conversational AI can…
Hate Speech is More Viral on Elon Musk’s Twitter
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This Copyright Lawsuit Could Shape the Future of Generative AI
Algorithms that create art, text, and code are spreading fast—but legal challenges could throw a wrench…
The Man Behind Mastodon Eugen Rochko Built It for This Moment
People fleeing Twitter have turned to Eugen Rochko’s alternative. He says social networks can support healthy…
Amazon’s New Robot Sparrow Can Handle Most Items in the Everything Store
Sparrow could shift the balance between humans and machines in the company’s warehouses, using machine learning…
Elon Musk Is Overloaded
Twitter’s new CEO also leads Tesla, SpaceX, and startups working on tunnel digging and brain implants.…