Why Nvidia triggered a stock market freakout
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during the Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at SAP Center on March 18, 2024 in San Jose, California. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nvidia, the world’s leading AI chip manufacturer, sparked a global stock market downturn Wednesday,…
Electric school buses are the future we deserve
In August, the Oakland Unified School District became the first major school district in the country to electrify its entire bus system. | David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Riding an electric school bus seems like it would be an…
Two astronauts are stranded in space. This one is jealous.
Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman speaks during a keynote address at CES 2023 on January 4, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. | David Becker/Getty Images Most people are now probably familiar with the story: Two American astronauts were sent to…
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/…