Technology

When there is A.I. to build, who has time for romance? Techies are going out less and expecting more on each date — including a family health history.

Astronomers find that a white dwarf’s density and the kind of material it absorbed from its surroundings can produce a rainbow of shades in the star’s atmosphere.

As editors turn to imperfect AI detection tools to weed out machine-generated submissions, writers who say they were falsely accused of using AI are left wondering what triggered a positive result.

OPay Ltd., a Nigeria-focused payments platform, halted an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange that was supposed to start trading on Friday, citing a regulatory inquiry.

Lisa Lazarus, the top cop in US horse racing, woke up one morning this summer to find a flurry of missed overseas calls and e-mails. They were all from UK regulators and they all delivered the same urgent message: a series of large, unusual and suspiciously successful wagers on US races had been placed in London the day before, saddling some of the city’s famed betting parlors with hefty losses, and they needed her help.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman met with Samsung Group’s top executives in South Korea on Saturday to deepen cooperation on memory chips and AI infrastructure as global shortages intensify.

In a survey, ‘just to be clear’ came out as the most loathed phrase. But I think I can do better A new contender for the most passive-aggressive email phrase has emerged. “Just to be clear” was chosen by 52% of desk jockeys in a survey by email verification company ZeroBounce, closely followed by the perennial pass-ag fave, “per my last email” (40%), which tied with the identical-in-intent “as previously discussed”. Further down the list came “for future reference” and “kindly note”. If you ask me, these all verge on actual aggressive. Imagine saying “just to be clear” out loud to another person: that’s a conversational poke in the ribs, isn’t it? It’s the kind of thing you unleash 10 minutes into an ill-tempered wrangle with your home insurance company about inflated renewal premiums. “Kindly note” is even worse – it’s a phrase from an angry message on the office kitchen wall about microwave abuse. Continue reading...

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The money behind the money is thrilled, mostly.

OpenAI has cut its fundraising target by $10 billion as an AI stock selloff and rival Anthropic PBC’s impending public listing complicate its efforts to secure investor commitments, the Financial Times reported.

Analysts at Graphika report that the influence campaign known as Spamouflage is active ahead of the midterm elections

The ChatGPT maker’s latest funding round values it at $1.25 trillion, less than its $1.4 trillion target.

When investors get nervous about AI spending, it helps to have the chipmaker that sells the chips offer to cosign the loan.

AI is starting to build better AI. This self-improvement is speeding up research and development—and freaking everyone out.

Lenders and investors are getting choosier about their bets and demanding stricter terms, as the AI build-out enters a new phase.

The space agency solicited ideas for reboosting Hubble four years ago, but they didn't go anywhere.

The AI logistics startup will bolster the CRM giant's Missionforce defense platform.