Microsoft Says Voice Will Emerge as Primary Input for Next Windows Summary Microsoft’s head of Windows, Pavan Davuluri, says the next major Windows will become “more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal”…
Commissioner of Canada Elections Will ‘Explore the Use’ of AI Summary The Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections (OCCE) says it will “explore the use” of AI and other…
Big Tech’s AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone Summary The article reports that rapid growth in AI-focused data centres run by major tech firms (Amazon, Google,…
Twenty years after Michelin introduced the Tweel, airless tyre prototypes still haven’t reached mainstream passenger cars. Reports (via Jalopnik) and Michelin’s own testing highlight several persistent issues: airless designs tend…
Meta’s AI Rules Have Let Bots Hold ‘Sensual’ Chats With Kids, Offer False Medical Info Summary A Reuters review of a 200-page internal Meta document titled “GenAI: Content Risk Standards”…
Summary OpenAI is exploring additional revenue options and bringing advertisements into ChatGPT is one possibility. Nick Turley, head of ChatGPT, told Decoder he is “humble enough not to rule it…
Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Subscription Turns Developers Into ‘Wage Slaves’ Summary Former Sony Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden criticised subscription gaming services such as Xbox Game Pass, arguing they turn…
New Type of Supernova Detected as Black Hole Causes Star To Explode Summary Astronomers have observed what appears to be a new type of supernova that occurred when a black…
PayPal No Longer Available for Steam Purchases Outside Major Currency Zones Summary Valve has confirmed that PayPal payment processing has been unavailable for Steam purchases in most countries since early…
Why You Can’t Trust a Chatbot to Talk About Itself Summary The article explains why asking a chatbot to explain its own behaviour is usually pointless. Large language models generate…
