Bitcoin’s price just keeps falling. And nobody seems to know where the bottom might be this time. Bitcoin dipped to a low of $80,760 on Friday before recovering above $85,000, only to dip again. The price is currently $82,800 at the time of this writing, according to CoinMarketCap. Zooming out, Bitcoin has had a brutal […]
11 Things Grok Says Elon Musk Does Better Than Anyone
Who’s the best at everything in the world? That would be Elon Musk, of course. At least that’s the answer you’ll get when you ask his AI chatbot Grok. The downside to programming your robot to say that you’re the best at everything means that it will tell users you’re the best at drinking piss, […]
Wireless Earbuds Are Going Off the Rails Thanks to AI
There are a lot of wireless earbuds in the world. I’m not a genie or a demigod, so I can’t tell you exactly how many, but I’m just going to go with a lot. And given that volume, you’re probably assuming that there’s also a lot of redundancy, which is absolutely true… to an extent. Despite […]
Verizon Begins Laying Off Thousands of Workers
Telecom giant Verizon has begun laying off some 13,000 employees as part of a new reorganization initiative. Approximately a week ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that Verizon was considering job cuts. Now, the layoffs have begun, according to an email viewed by Gizmodo. “Our current cost structure limits our ability to invest significantly in […]
Grok Says Elon Musk Is Smarter Than Einstein and More Fit Than LeBron James
Elon Musk has been pretty open about the fact that he’s been working to “fix” Grok anytime the AI chatbot gives an answer he doesn’t like. But we all know that his fixes are just transparently an effort to make Grok agree with him. With every new tweak, Grok gets creepier and more flattering to […]
Republicans and Europe Agree: It’s Time to Make Life Easier for AI Companies
The White House and European leaders rarely see eye-to-eye on much, but they are gradually finding common ground on the issue of deregulating AI companies to spur even more unfettered development. The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, announced on Wednesday that it wants to “simplify” its AI and privacy laws. The move is impacting […]
US Approves $1B Loan to Restart Three Mile Island, as Microsoft Data Centers Drive Demand
The Trump administration is issuing a $1 billion loan to reestablish a nuclear power plant at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island that’s been offline for five years. The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Tuesday that it would help finance the Crane Clean Energy Project, supporting Constellation Energy in its effort to revive Three Mile Island […]
Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, millions of people have started using large language models to access knowledge. And it’s easy to understand their appeal: Ask a question, get a polished synthesis and move on – it feels like effortless learning. However, a new paper I […]
You May Have to Move to Minnesota to Escape the Data Center Epidemic
Data centers are taking over the world, and the chances are high that someone is, at this very minute, planning to build one in (or near) your backyard. That’s because the AI boom is ongoing, and to produce AI, you need cloud, and to make cloud, you need rows upon rows of servers. There is […]
Meta Loses Its Chief Revenue Officer as Zuckerberg Tries to Win the AI Race
Meta, which has been struggling to keep up with its competitors in the AI race and just lost its Chief AI Scientist, is shedding another key official. The company’s chief revenue officer is leaving, apparently for greener pastures. Bloomberg reports that John Hegeman, who has been with the company for over 17 years, will be […]