California’s governor has the chance to make AI history
<img alt="" data-caption="California Gov.Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference with the California Highway Patrol announcing new efforts to boost public safety in the East Bay, in Oakland, California, July 11, 2024. | Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images”…
The AI safety bill Big Tech hates has passed the California legislature
Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI Scientist, has warned that liability for mass casualties caused by AI will destroy the industry. | Chesnot/Getty Images If I build a car that is far more dangerous than other cars, don’t do any safety…
SpaceX’s risky mission will go farther into space than we’ve been in 50 years
Workers prepare SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 for another launch attempt at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on August 27, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images Editor’s note: The Polaris Dawn did not launch on August 28 as…
How would we even know if AI went rogue?
Congress needs to understand artificial intelligence capabilities better in order to mitigate future risks. As the frontier of artificial intelligence advances at a breakneck pace, the US government is struggling to keep up. Working on AI policy in Washington, DC,…
People are falling in love with — and getting addicted to — AI voices
“This is our last day together.” It’s something you might say to a lover as a whirlwind romance comes to an end. But could you ever imagine saying it to… software? Well, somebody did. When OpenAI tested out GPT-4o, its…
How AI’s booms and busts are a distraction
A photo illustration of GPT-4o is seen on May 14, 2024. | CG/VCG via Getty Images What does it mean for AI safety if this whole AI thing is a bit of a bust? “Is this all hype and no…
Is there an AI bubble — and is it about to pop?
Wall Street stocks deepened their losses Monday and Tokyo had its worst day in 13 years as panic spread across trading floors over fears of recession in the United States and overvaluation of AI and tech companies. | Charly Triballeau/…
Intel was once a Silicon Valley leader. How did it fall so far?
<img alt="" data-caption="Visitors visit the booth of Intel at the 2023 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, November 1, 2023. | CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images” data-portal-copyright=”CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images” data-has-syndication-rights=”1″ src=”https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2164265333_3ae2ae.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100″ />Visitors visit the booth of…