Collaborate Disseminate
Southern California’s air quality board rejected proposed rules to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 opposition comments generated through CiviClick, “the first and best AI-powered grassroots advocacy platform.” Phys.org… Continue reading Southern California Air Board Rejects Pollution Rules After AI-Generated Flood of Comments
[Joshua Clay] recently unveiled his newest RC Nerf Dart Robot and talks through his design choices, pointing out that in his aim to have it launch darts fast and hard …read more Continue reading Evolved Nerf RC Tank Now Leaves Welts
Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a “supply chain risk.”
“This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two… Continue reading Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: OpenAI has fired an employee following an investigation into their activity on prediction market platforms including Polymarket, WIRED has learned. OpenAI CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, disclosed the te… Continue reading OpenAI Fires an Employee For Prediction Market Insider Trading
Philco was a common household brand for many years. The company started in 1892, making street lights. Then they pivoted to batteries. This was big business when early radios were …read more Continue reading Philco Bet the Farm on The Predicta… and Lost
Researchers at Cortical Labs used living human neurons grown on a chip to learn how to play Doom in about a week. “While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world applica… Continue reading Human Brain Cells On a Chip Learned To Play Doom In a Week
Author Dan Simmons, best known for the epic sci-fi novel Hyperion and its sequels, has died at 77 following a stroke. Ars Technica’s Eric Berger remembers Simmons, writing: Simmons, who worked in elementary education before becoming an author in the 19… Continue reading Hyperion Author Dan Simmons Dies From Stroke At 77
New submitter DeanonymizedCoward shares a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is reportedly in crisis following major budget cuts, layoffs, and furloughs under the Trump administration, says TechCrun… Continue reading CISA Replaces Bumbling Acting Director After a Year
Lee Gyu-lee reports: Korea’s two major telecom companies, KT and LG Uplus, continue to grapple with the fallout over hacking incidents and data breaches that triggered customer departures and mounting pressure for tougher sanctions. KT has extended the… Continue reading KT, LG Uplus face lingering fallout over hacking incidents
joshuark shares a report from Ars Technica: Perplexity has introduced “Computer,” a new tool that allows users to assign tasks and see them carried out by a system that coordinates multiple agents running various models. The company claims that Compute… Continue reading Perplexity Announces ‘Computer,’ an AI Agent That Assigns Work To Other AI Agents