When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments—that they’d click a button on a chatbot instead of doing the thinking involved in responding to an essay prompt themselves.
But two English professors at Carnegie Mellon University had a different first reaction: They saw in this new technology a way to show s
Nvidia gave yet another triumphant quarterly report on Wednesday evening, and also gave the clearest sign yet that it intends to take on Intel directly for control of the personal computer. Basically, Nvidia has tremendous access to the resources an “AI PC” needs—namely, lots and lots of memory circuitry.
Intel, of course, sells upward of ninety percent of the central processing units contr
Social media platforms and content apps change all the time. But in the past few years, TikTok has changed more than many.
As the company has faced criticism from regulators around the world because of its alleged links to China, it has sought to appease its critics by reshaping the app, its company, and how it works.
It’s all for nothing, it seems, as politicians i
With democracy on the line yet again in November, millions of progressive voters will do what they’ve been conditioned to do: They’ll open their digital wallets to try to save it.
A practice that initially took off among anti–Iraq War protesters in the U.S. in the early 2000s, offering small-dollar donations online has become the default mode by which Democratic-leaning voters engage with causes and candidates up and down the ballot. During the 2020 election, small donors contribut
For the better part of the past year, Nvidia has led the stock market. And if that proves true on Thursday, it could be an exciting day.
The chipmaker and critical AI component company, on Wednesday, reported first quarter earnings that, as expected, surpassed analyst expectations. Nvidia reported earnings per share of $6.12, compared to an expectation of $5.59 (and str
Financial inequality remains an unsolved issue. The lack of affordable housing has led to a crisis where long-term wealth generation through homeownership is impossible for many. Closing the wealth inequality gap, which is closely linked to race, has become increasingly difficult due to systemic biases within financial institutions.
The bias exists because banks and mortgage companies reward simple and straightforward application processing. These rewards include discounted f
Alexa was one of the forerunners of digital assistants, but with the rise of generative AI, Amazon’s one-time cultural phenomenon has become less relevant.
Now, however, Amazon could be preparing to unveil an updated version of Alexa, featuring generative artificial intelligence, to better compete with the chatbots that are flourishing online
“A new AI era begins”
Signs displaying that confident declaration were plastered all over Microsoft’s campus when I visited on Monday. I wasn’t sure if it referred just to the Windows-centric AI media briefing the company was holding or also to its Build developer conference, which was starting the following day. But coming the week after OpenAI’s unveiling of its ChatGPT Voice Mode and Google’s
Mastercard said Wednesday that it expects to be able to discover that your credit or debit card number has been compromised well before it ends up in the hands of a cybercriminal.
In its latest software update rolling out this week, Mastercard is integrating artificial intelligence into its fraud-prediction technology that it expects will be able to see patterns in stolen cards faster and allow banks to replace them before t
The Internet is not exactly a green technology. Whether it’s the electricity gobbled up by servers, PCs and other tools that access and deliver the online world, or the e-Waste that’s piling up in landfills, being connected has its environmental downsides.
Comcast, though, says i