Month: May 2025
Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year
Valve co-founder and CEO Gabe Newell, the company behind Half-Life and DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike and preeminent PC game distribution platform Steam, has long toyed with the idea that your brain should be more connected to your PC. It began over a decade ago with in-house psychologists studying people’s biological…
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People are tricking AI chatbots into helping commit crimes
Researchers have discovered a “universal jailbreak” for AI chatbots The jailbreak can trick major chatbots into helping commit crimes or other unethical activity Some AI models are now being deliberately designed without ethical constraints, even as calls grow for stronger oversight I’ve enjoyed testing the boundaries of ChatGPT and other…
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Presidential seals, ‘light vetting,’ $100,000 gem-encrusted watches, and a Marriott afterparty
The winners of the $TRUMP meme coin contest did get to see President Donald Trump speak at a private dinner closed to the press — but his speech was probably the least exciting part of their night. They did get a better, more valuable, and potentially more lucrative experience: the…
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You’ll be as annoyed as me when you learn how much energy a few seconds of AI video costs
AI chatbots and videos use up a huge amount of energy and water A five-second AI video uses as much energy as a microwave running for an hour or more Data center energy use has doubled since 2017, and AI will account for half ot it by 2028 It only…
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Amazon has canceled its Wheel of Time series
After three seasons, Amazon’s live-action take on Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s Wheel of Time series is coming to an end. Though The Wheel of Time’s third season was hailed by fans as the show’s strongest chapter yet, Deadline reports that Amazon has decided not to bring it back due…
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I/O versus io: Google and OpenAI can’t stop messing with each other
The leaders of OpenAI and Google have been living rent-free in each other’s heads since ChatGPT caught the world by storm. Heading into this week’s I/O, Googlers were on edge about whether Sam Altman would try to upstage their show like last year, when OpenAI held an event the day…
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