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As the threat of antibiotic resistance increases, new antibiotics are imperative—and AI could widen the pipeline

Clemson University to ban TikTok on all campus networks effective Monday, July 10.

Anxiety about generative AI is growing almost as fast as the use of the technology itself. Some of these concerns are reasonable, and some are fueled primarily by dramatic rhetoric from prominent figures in tech, entertainment, and national security. Something, they suggest, must be done to stave off any number of catastrophes,...

US Air Force colonel Matthew Strohmeyer says they have fed the models with classified operational information to inform sensitive questions. The long-term aim of such exercises is to update the US warhorse so it can use AI-enabled data in decision-making, sensors and ultimately firepower.

We are pleased to announce Claude 2, our newest model, which can be accessed via API as well as a new public-facing beta website at claude.ai.

It handily beat ChatGPT to the milestone while Twitter traffic is ‘tanking,’ according to Cloudflare CEO....

The firm has said the current app is an initial version and changes such as a new feed are planned.

I was able to log in to Beehaw last night before the server was taken down. When I go in to day it will not let me log in correctly despite multiple attempts....

Just a couple of months ago, a leaked memo said to be from a Google researcher cast doubt on the company’s future in AI, stating that it has “no moat” in the industry — and now, we seemingly have confirmation that it was real. In an interview with Decoder, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google’s DeepMind, told The Verge...

“It’s very easy to sell on Facebook, and very easy to earn money. Not to brag.”

Designers say the high-tech Sphere in Las Vegas will redefine the concert-going experience. Others say it’s an expensive boondoggle

Screenplay competitions are one of the most popular ways for fledgling writers to break into Hollywood but one contest found itself on the wrong side of the AI argument. Scriptapalooza, a screenpla…

Most critical of the bugs allowed attackers to root federated instances.

Air travel over the Fourth of July holiday in the US wasn't affected much by 5G. But some airlines, including JetBlue and Delta, are still putting the finishing touches on their altimeter upgrades...

The company has added a small notice to its website that it has ended all business and exploration operations.

A fake advert circulating online features a computer-generated likeness of the money-saving expert.

The bot-blog rollout was done without the participation of the editorial staffers at these publications. James Whitbrook, the deputy editor of io9, said no one at his site or at Gizmodo was involved in Gizmodo Bot's work. The GMG union said it was the decision of CEO Jim Spanfeller and the editorial directors in charge, one of...

Stop Trying to Make Social Networks Succeed écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.

Consumers are winning from the streaming revolution but across most of Hollywood, the businesses churning out TV and movies are losing. From a report: Services such as Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+ and Max have become the default entertainment options for homes across America rather than cable, savin...

Verisign appears to be getting out of the new gTLD back-end registry services business, with Identity Digital taking over most of its dot-brand contracts....

For example, if a user specifically asks for a URL's full text, it might inadvertently fulfill this request," said OpenAI. As such, the company disabled the Browse with Bing beta feature on July 3, 2023.

The order came in a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, who claim the administration is trying to silence its critics....

The UK risks a growing divide between organizations who have invested in new, artificial intelligence-enabled digital technologies and those who haven't, new research suggests.

Authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of using pirated books to train its ChatGPT models.

Folks fed up with the ongoing antics at Twitter...