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Month: November 2023
Discord file links will expire after a day to fight malware
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Anyone using Discord to host files will want to change that, as links to those files will begin to refresh every 24 hours by the end of this year. The company told Bleeping Computer that doing so will […]
Discord file links will expire after a day to fight malware
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Anyone using Discord to host files will want to change that, as links to those files will begin to refresh every 24 hours by the end of this year. The company told Bleeping Computer that doing so will […]
xAI’s ‘Grok’ chatbot will be available to X Premium+ subscribers only
Elon Musk’s new AI company, xAI, will release its chatbot to subscribers of X’s $16 per month Premium+ plan once it exits beta. The system, called Grok, is positioned to be a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and started rolling out to a select group of […]
A new breed of companies expand in San Francisco’s prime areas
Ten years ago, Pear VC, then a tiny new venture firm, operated out of a nondescript office in Palo Alto that was enlivened by bright, computer-themed art. Last week, the outfit — which closed its largest fund to date in May — quietly inked a […]
Google DeepMind’s robotics head on general purpose robots, generative AI and office WiFi
[A version of this piece first appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.] Earlier this month, Google’s DeepMind team debuted Open X-Embodiment, a database of robotics functionality created in collaboration with 33 research institutes. The researchers involved compared the system to ImageNet, the landmark database […]
Cyberpunk Reborn: Night City’s Neon Revolution | Phantom Liberty Deep Dive
Welcome back to the neon-drenched streets of Night City, where the future is a playground for the imagination, and the imagination is limitless. This is Alvin from Greenground, your beacon…
Lucid cuts prices on Air luxury EVs by up to $10,000
Lucid is selling several of its electric vehicle models at a discount until November 30, and as Reuters notes, it’s another sign that the EV market is going through period of slow demand in the midst of tougher competition. The automaker is now selling the […]
ELIZA Effect: The Human Psyche in the Age of Conversational AI
In the ever-expanding universe of artificial intelligence, there lies a phenomenon as beguiling as it is misunderstood – the ELIZA effect. Named after an early chatbot that simulated conversation by…
A new breed of companies expand in San Francisco’s prime areas
Ten years ago, Pear VC, then a tiny new venture firm, operated out of a nondescript office in Palo Alto that was enlivened by bright, computer-themed art. Last week, the outfit — which closed its largest fund to date in May — quietly inked a […]