England’s 1,000-year-old legal system—still steeped in traditions that include wearing wigs and robes—has taken a cautious step into the future by giving judges permission to use artificial intelligence to help produce rulings.
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary last month said AI could help write opinions but stressed it shouldn’t be used for research or legal analyses because the technology can fabricate information and provide misleading, inaccurate an
The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for NASA and other customers.
Astrobotic Technology’s lander caught a ride on a brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan. The Vulcan streaked through the Florida predawn sky, putting the spacecraft on a roundabout route to the moon that should culminate with an attempted landing on February 23.
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Instacart is rolling out ads on its AI-powered shopping carts, the company said Monday. It pushes the grocery delivery company even further into the ever-important, revenue-generating advertising segment that’s bolstered the company’s bottom line.
Instacart will start piloting ads on its Caper Carts at Good Fold Holdings’ Bristol Farms stores in Southern California. Launch partners include Del Monte Foods, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, and General Mills, the
Large language models say the darnedest things. As much as large language models (LLMs for short) like ChatGPT, Claude or Bard have amazed the world with their ability to answer a whole host of questions, they’ve also shown a disturbing propensity to spit out information created out of whole cloth. They’ve falsely accused someone of seditious conspiracy, leading to a lawsuit. They’ve made up facts or fake scientific studies. These are hallucinations, a term that has gener
If you haven’t heard of Geem seaweed snacks or Ting’s Jackfruit Chips just yet, chances are you will very soon.
The two snack brands are among the winners of Foxtrot Market’s 2023 Up and Comers Awards announced last week, a competition to find the tastiest, most interesting, and compelling new food brands in America.
Ever since the first Foxtrot store opened in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood in 2015, the convenience store has stocked its shelv
The world’s largest quantum computer system is quietly humming away, doing god knows what, in the middle of a low-slung conference room, just off the lobby of a building in Westchester County, New York.
This is the Thomas J. Watson Research Lab, which gave birth to the modern laser, DRAM, Mandelbrot set, Deep Blue chess-famous computer, Jeopardy-winning Watson computer, and a host of things that helped the astronauts land on the moon. Perched atop a hill in Yorktown Heights,
Where Amazon Prime dared to go starting almost two decades ago, other big retailers with online presences have followed. Now consumers have more options than ever when it comes to premium shopping experiences.
Here’s a look at the programs on offer from four big retailers: Amazon Prime, My BestBuy, Target Circle, and Walmart+. There’s a little something for everyone, from members-only savings to expedited shipping and a whole lot more—all at various yearly price
The term Luddite emerged in England in the early 1800s. At the time there was a thriving textile industry that depended on manual knitting frames and a skilled workforce to create cloth and garments out of cotton and wool. As the Industrial Revolution gathered momentum, however, steam-powered mills threatened the livelihood of thousands of artisanal textile workers.
Faced with an industrialized future that threatened their jobs and their professional identity, a growi
Humans are racing to harness the ocean’s vast potential to power global economic growth. Worldwide, ocean-based industries such as fishing, shipping, and energy production generate at least U.S.$1.5 trillion in economic activity each year and support 31 million jobs. This value has been increasing exponentially over the past 50 years and is expected to double by 2030.
Transparency in monitoring this “blue acceleration” is crucial to prev
It’s been a rough two years for the bitcoiners. Most of the news from Crypto Land had the odor of fraud, scams, meltdowns, price crashes, and villains, such as Sam Bankman-Fried. NFTs fizzled. The “metaverse” became a punchline. AI stole the spotlight.
But quietly, without much hype, Bitcoin has once again emerged from the dead. “In terms of price, [2023 was] an absolutely fucking remarkable year for Bitcoin,” says investor Meltem Demirors, as the