Free Slurpees are back at 7-Eleven as the 24-hour convenience store chain celebrates its 98th birthday this Friday. On July 11, 7-Eleven offers its patrons a free small Slurpee drink at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes locations nationwide while the Mountain Dew Infinite Swirl flavor makes its return for a limited time. Fans of the…
Generative A.I. is reshaping creativity, but it’s also testing the boundaries of long-standing legal protections, raising new questions about how intellectual property is defined, used and enforced. Among the many lawsuits now facing A.I. companies, the case brought by The Walt Disney Company and NBCUniversal against Midjourney stands apart, both for the commercial stakes involved…
Many people now turn to ChatGPT and other generative A.I. chatbots for everything from weather updates and cooking tips to math help and relationship advice. But that kind of blanket usage may be doing more harm than good, warns Sasha Luccioni, A.I. and climate lead at Hugging Face, an open-source A.I. platform. “I think we…
Around two years ago, Yoshua Bengio, a deep learning researcher who laid the groundwork for today’s A.I. revolution, had a disturbing revelation. The systems he’d played a part in creating were advancing at a rapid clip, one that saw the technology master languages, PhD-level scientific knowledge, and, most worryingly, act in a manner largely unrestrained…
By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO (AP) — Tsukudani, a sweet, Japanese side dish often served with hot rice, originated in the samurai era in a tiny neighborhood called Tsukuda in the old part of Tokyo. Adding “ni” at the end of a word in Japanese means that’s where it’s cooked. Related Articles 7-Eleven celebrates 98th birthday…
Geoffrey Hinton, an acclaimed computer scientist often dubbed the “Godfather of A.I.” for his pioneering work on artificial neural networks, helped lay the foundation for today’s artificial intelligence revolution. But now, the technology he once championed has become a source of deep concern. “My opinion is we’re in the situation of someone who has a…
With ChatGPT now widely available to students around the globe, concerns about cheating and the erosion of critical thinking skills are growing. OpenAI is well aware of these issues and is working to address them. Speaking today (July 9) at the AI for Good Summit in Geneva, Kevin Mills, OpenAI’s head of education and government,…
The annual Allen & Company conference, often dubbed the “summer camp for billionaires,” is underway in the resort town of Sun Valley, Idaho. Over the next few days, some of the most influential figures in tech and finance will gather for a series of discreet meetings and panels. The mogul-packed event which officially kicked off…
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As head of the non-profit foundation overseeing Signal, the messaging service known for its end-to-end encryption, Meredith Whittaker is always on the lookout for emerging security risks. Right now, she’s particularly concerned about agentic A.I., which she warned could reach “a very dangerous juncture” during her speech at the AI for Good Summit in Geneva…
