Engineer Restores Pay Phones For Free Public Use
Engineer Restores Pay Phones For Free Public Use Patrick Schlott, an electrical engineer from Vermont, has restored old pay phones and set them up in three towns to provide free…
ChatGPT Nears 700 Million Weekly Users, Up 4x From Last Year
Summary OpenAI’s ChatGPT is rapidly approaching 700 million weekly active users, a significant increase from 500 million in March. This fourfold year-over-year growth spans all of ChatGPT’s products, including free,…
The Uproar Over Vogue’s AI-generated Ad Isn’t Just About Fashion
Summary Vogue’s recent ad featuring an AI-generated model has sparked a significant backlash, primarily focusing on notions of diversity and the implications for the modeling profession. The advertisement for Guess…
CrowdStrike Investigated 320 North Korean IT Worker Cases In the Past Year
Summary CrowdStrike has reported investigating a staggering 320 cases involving North Korean operatives who have been gaining remote employment as IT workers over the past year. This activity has been…
Hyundai To Help Build Nuclear-Powered Datacenter In Texas
Summary Fermi America is embarking on an ambitious project to create a massive AI datacentre complex in Amarillo, Texas, powered by up to six gigawatts of nuclear energy. Hyundai has…
Rivian Sues To Sell Its EVs Directly In Ohio
Rivian Sues To Sell Its EVs Directly In Ohio Rivian has filed a federal lawsuit in Ohio to challenge state regulations barring it from selling electric vehicles directly to consumers.…
Disney Scrapped Deepfakes For Moana and Tron To Avoid ‘Bad Publicity’
Disney has cancelled its plans to use deepfake technology for the characters in the upcoming projects, Moana and Tron: Ares. The decision was made due to concerns about potential negative…
Google Agrees To Pause AI Workloads To Protect the Grid When Power Demand Spikes
Summary Google has announced that it will pause non-essential AI workloads during times of high power demand to help protect the electrical grid. This decision is part of a new…
US To Expedite Plan For Nuclear Reactor On the Moon
Summary The US government is pushing forward with a plan to construct a nuclear reactor on the Moon, marking a significant step in lunar exploration. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is…
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Mission Ends In Disappointment
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Mission Ends In Disappointment The NASA Lunar Trailblazer mission faced an unfortunate end when it lost contact with the satellite just one day after its launch. The…