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Does this sound familiar? It’s Wednesday night, you’re scrolling through rows and rows of movies and shows, nothing catches your eye, and suddenly it’s 25 minutes later, and you still haven’t picked something to watch. Netflix may have come up with an interesting new solution...

A brief exchange between Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey and billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has stirred the tech world into debate over IP law. “Delete all IP law,” Dorsey wrote on X on April 11. “I agree,” replied Musk, who has owned X since 2022. Dorsey later...

OpenAI announced on Monday the release of GPT-4.1, the newest successor to its GPT-4o series of AI language models. According to OpenAI, GPT-4.1 excels at instruction following, coding, and long-context processing. The GPT-4.1 large language model brings improved features...

Excessive social media use has long been associated with negative psychological effects. Now, the rise of agentic AI–AI-powered companions in particular—introduces a new set of risks for tech-savvy users. “As AI capabilities advance,” according to a recently...

Artificial intelligence may be the missing piece needed to make the longstanding human dream of communicating with animals possible. Earth Species Project researchers have created NatureLM-audio, an AI audio language foundation model that can use animal vocalizations to...

Apple has announced a new privacy-focused AI training system for iOS 18.5. It is designed to improve Apple Intelligence features by analyzing usage trends without compromising user privacy. Apple is betting it can build smarter AI without sacrificing privacy; however, that...

Diablo Canyon, California’s last operating nuclear power plant, is making history as the first in the US to deploy generative AI on-site — even as it moves toward decommissioning by the decade’s end. The plant’s owner, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), announced a deal w...

Las Vegas is about to get a lot more magical thanks to AI. This summer, “The Wizard of Oz” will return to the screen, but not just any screen. The iconic 1939 film is being transformed into a fully immersive experience at the Sphere, the massive, high-tech entertainment...

An AI coding tool called Cursor has done what most startups only dream of — attracting more than one million users without any marketing budget, driven purely by word of mouth. Cursor, developed by a small 60-person startup called Anysphere, is rapidly becoming one of the...

Companies of all sizes are finding it increasingly difficult to differentiate between real and fake job applications — and much of the challenge is due to AI. Generative AI tools can easily be used to create headshots, mimic voices, and even fabricate credentials; in...

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former executive who served as Meta’s Director of Global Public Policy, testified before Congress on April 9 regarding the company’s alleged involvement in aiding China’s advancement in the AI race — posing a threat to U.S. national interests....