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A study that really holds water

June 27, 2023
The Namaqua sandgrouse, a bird native to the deserts of southern Africa, has a unique way of helping chicks survive before they can fly: the males frolic in the nearest watering hole and carry water back in their belly feathers for them to drink.  In 1967, researchers found that the feathers can absorb 25 milliliters…

OpenAI’s ChatGPT app can now search the web — but only via Bing

June 27, 2023

ChatGPT on mobile can now surf the web. But only via Bing. Today, OpenAI announced that subscribers to ChatGPT Plus, the premium version of the company’s AI-powered chatbot, can use a new feature on the ChatGPT app called Browsing to have ChatGPT search Bing for answers to questions. Browsing can be enabled by heading to […]

OpenAI’s ChatGPT app can now search the web — but only via Bing by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Despite EV delivery delays, Faraday Future raises $90M to stay afloat

June 27, 2023

Faraday Future has managed to raise $90 million from existing investors to help it get its much-delayed FF 91 luxury electric SUV to production and delivery. Faraday’s investors will also accelerate an existing commitment of $15 million, the EV company said Tuesday. Faraday is one of a litany of EV SPACs — EV startups that […]

Despite EV delivery delays, Faraday Future raises $90M to stay afloat by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

GitHub CEO: AI and software development are now inextricably linked

June 27, 2023

“AI and software development are now inextricably linked for the rest of our lives,” GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke said today during a presentation at the Collision conference in Toronto, Canada. “In a world eaten by software, every developer deserves a co-pilot.” In an interview after his talk, Dohmke expanded on this a bit when I […]

GitHub CEO: AI and software development are now inextricably linked by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch