Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the browser’s refusal to embed generative AI. In a blog post and in an…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta is rolling out temporary restrictions to its AI chatbots aimed at teenage users after reports…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon says it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new age verification law because its decentralised software lacks…
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build Summary China has activated the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a highly sensitive neutrino detector that took more…
Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void
Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void Summary Alibaba has developed a domestically manufactured, general-purpose inference AI chip that is now in testing. The chip is intended…
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube Summary An 84-minute documentary tracing Python’s history from Guido van Rossum’s 1991 side project in Amsterdam to its role powering modern AI and major…
Is a Backlash Building Against Smart Glasses That Record?
Is a Backlash Building Against Smart Glasses That Record? Summary Recent coverage highlights growing public anger over always-on AI smart glasses that listen and record. Reports (via Futurism and the…
‘Scientists Just Created Spacetime Crystals Made of Knotted Light’
Scientists Just Created Spacetime Crystals Made of Knotted Light Summary An international team (Singapore and Japan) has published a blueprint for creating repeatable, knot-like patterns of light — so-called “hopfions”…
Fusion Power Company CFS Raises $863M More From Google, Nvidia, and Many Others
Summary Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has closed a Series B2 round raising $863 million from a long list of investors including Nvidia, Google, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures (founded by Bill…
Wave Energy Projects Have Come a Long Way After 10 Years
Wave Energy Projects Have Come a Long Way After 10 Years Summary A new 41-page review traces a decade of advances in wave and blue-energy harvesting, especially developments around triboelectric…