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…
How AI could help us talk to animals
Joyce Poole and Michael Pardo recently published a groundbreaking study on elephant communication: Using a machine learning model, they were able to show strong evidence that African savannah elephants have unique names for one another. The statistical model they used…
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,…