Taylor Swift Donates $1 Million to Tennessee Tornado Recovery Efforts
At least six people have died following the devastating tornadoes that hit Tennessee on December 9.
The Download: saving the US climate programs, and America’s AI protections are under threat
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How nonprofits and academia are stepping up to salvage US climate programs Nonprofits are trying to preserve a US effort to modernize greenhouse-gas measurements, amid growing fears that the Trump administration’s dismantling of…
Now we know what OpenAI’s superalignment team has been up to
OpenAI has announced the first results from its superalignment team, the firm’s in-house initiative dedicated to preventing a superintelligence—a hypothetical future computer that can outsmart humans—from going rogue. Unlike many of the company’s announcements, this heralds no big breakthrough. In a low-key research paper, the team describes a technique that lets a less powerful large…
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BP’s Former CEO Forfeiting $40 Million in Severance Due to ‘Serious Misconduct’
Looney resigned from the company in September.
Climactic launches first fund as its partners eye looming M&A boom in climate tech
The venture capital firm’s $65 million inaugural fund will back founders who are starting climate tech software companies.
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Temu’s latest lawsuit against Shein is wild
Besides making allegations of abusing legal systems and agressive contracts, Temu’s lawsuit makes Shein’s business practices look like they’re from a mobster movie.
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Spotify confirms test of prompt-based AI playlists feature
Earlier this fall, Spotify was found to be developing a new feature that would allow its streaming app users to create playlists using AI technology and prompts. Now, that “AI playlists” feature has been spotted in the wild, as part of a test that to see how users will respond to AI-driven playlist creation. The […]
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Google DeepMind used a large language model to solve an unsolvable math problem
Google DeepMind has used a large language model to crack a famous unsolved problem in pure mathematics. In a paper published in Nature today, the researchers say it is the first time a large language model has been used to discover a solution to a long-standing scientific puzzle—producing verifiable and valuable new information that did…
How Can Tech Leaders Help Shape a Better World? By Doing These 3 Things
Tech leaders play a pivotal role in shaping society by making value-driven choices — like these three.
Coca-Cola Just Pulled Its Diet Coke, Fanta Orange and Sprite Off Shelves in 3 States Due to Contamination — Find Out If You’re at Risk
Coca-Cola recalled over 2,000 cases of the popular soda beverages.