Scientists are trying to unravel the mystery behind modern AI
On May 23, AI researcher Jide Alaga asked Claude, an AI assistant created by tech startup Anthropic, how to kindly break up with his girlfriend. “Start by acknowledging the beauty and history of your relationship,” Claude replied. “Remind her how…
Artificial intelligence isn’t a good argument for basic income
We’re flooded by guaranteed income pilot experiments that offer some promising results, but don’t seem to be moving us any closer to actual federal policy. Yet findings published today from the largest randomized basic income experiment in the US to…
With Biden out of the election, can US foreign policy be Trump-proofed?
NPR host Mary Louise Kelly, left, interviews Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Aspen Security Forum on July 19. | Courtesy of the Aspen Institute In his 1924 novel The Magic Mountain, the German writer Thomas Mann used an…
Inside the fight over California’s new AI bill
California state Senator Scott Weiner, left, speaks during a press conference at Alamo Square Park about a new bill to close a loophole in prosecuting automobile break-ins, on November 26, 2018, in San Francisco. ( | Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle…
How computers made poker a game for nerds
Thousands of poker players have gathered in Las Vegas this month for their biggest tournament series of the year: the World Series of Poker (WSOP). For many professional players, the WSOP is an annual pilgrimage. For amateurs, it may be…
Stop setting your thermostat at 72
By setting your thermostat one degree warmer, you can save 6 percent on energy costs, according to the EPA. Micah Pollak had no idea the trouble he was getting himself into when he shared his preferred thermostat settings on social…
What should an electric car sound like?
For over a century, the internal combustion engine has powered vehicles with an intricate combination of moving parts and tiny explosions. That combustion process inevitably made noise, and that noise came to define the background soundscape of our roads, cities,…
What, if anything, is AI search good for?
Goofy 1980s Computer Worker looking intently at a vintage computer screen. Retro colored and styled image with wood panelling in the background. It has been a month since Google’s spectacular goof. Its new AI Overviews feature was supposed to “take…
Two ways to go wrong in predicting AI
The ChatGPT app is seen on a mobile device in this illustraiton photo in Warsaw, Poland on 14 May, 2024. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) When writing about technology that is rapidly improving, there are two obvious failure…
Is Nvidia stock overvalued? It depends on the future of AI.
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 18: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address during the Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at SAP Center on March 18, 2024 in San Jose, California. The developer conference is expected to highlight new…