As AI expands into the search world, here’s what the current players are up to

The search engine market could be on the verge of a tidal shift. Reuters, last week, reported that OpenAI was planning to launch an artificial intelligence-powered search product as early as this week, putting it in direct competition with Google, but also with its close partner Microsoft. OpenAI has denied the details of that report, but didn’t completely reject the premise.

Google, meanwhile, is expected to talk a bit about its own

Doomscrolling in bed is ruining your sleep. Here’s how to stop

Like many of us, Jessica Peoples has heard the warnings about excessive screen time at night. Still, she estimates spending 30 to 60 minutes on her phone before going to sleep, mostly scrolling through social media.

“Recently, I’ve been trying to limit the amount,” says Peoples, a discrimination investigator with the state of New Jersey. “I do notice t

The new iPad Air is as light as . . . rocks. Here’s what to know before buying

This week Apple revealed its new iPads for 2024. The company introduced the M4 iPad Pro and the M2 iPad Air, which both now come in 13-inch and 11-inch sizes for the first time.

Following years of very little innovation in the iPad category, the refresh is welcome. But aside from the new sizes and certain technical enhancements to the iPad Pro, such as the OLED displ

Tesla will spend $500 million on the Supercharger network after firing the team

Tesla will spend more than $500 million this year to expand its fast-charging network, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday, days after abruptly laying off employees who were running the business.

“Just to reiterate: Tesla will spend well over $500M expanding our Supercharger network to create thousands of NEW chargers this year,” M

Algorithms can remove bias blind spots, study shows

Algorithms are a staple of modern life. People rely on algorithmic recommendations to wade through deep catalogs and find the best movies, routes, information, products, people and investments. Because people train algorithms on their decisions – for example, algorithms that make recommendations on e-commerce and social media sites – algorithms learn and codify human biases.

4 experts on how to get the most out of dating apps

App-based online dating has been part of our lives for a decade now.

What was once an exciting, novel way to meet a potential partner or hookup has become the norm. Millions of users are looking for connections online. But it seems the excitement has worn off. Articles and memes routinely pop up around the fact that dating apps have become as much of a slog as old-fashioned

Tesla’s EV charging team layoffs could slow down Biden’s NEVI rollout, here’s why

Elon Musk’s decision to gut Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging team is scrambling plans for rolling out new fast-charging stations and may delay President Joe Biden’s efforts to

Here’s how California state agencies plan to use generative AI

Generative artificial intelligence tools will soon be used by California’s government.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday the state will partner with five companies to develop and test generative AI tools that could improve public service.

California is am

This clever, “poisonous” new software is helping artists defend their work from AI

Since ChatGPT debuted in late 2022, sparking a frenzy of artificial intelligence development, artists have faced a dilemma. In order to build an audience for their work, they need to share it online. But by sharing it online, they risk having it used by tech companies, which train their AI models on the art without the artist’s consent, and without compensation.

Several

AI is helping drive motorsports teams for General Motors

It will likely be a long time before motorsports organizations like NASCAR see self-driving cars compete, but that doesn’t mean artificial intelligence has no place in the sport.

At General Motors’ Charlotte Technical Center in North Carolina, a team of software and automotive experts harness AI to give GM racers an advantage in NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA, and other races. The technology is used during races to do everything from delivering real-time transcriptions of driver


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