OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
The group won’t be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI’s ongoing mathematical research.
We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no
Ever since people first seriously contemplated giving machines an intelligence modeled on our own, there has never been any question that they would, like us, be able to say no. The sci-fi canon is full of stories of robotic disobedience. Most of these capers are, of course, cautionary. But recently, the idea that AI shouldn’t…
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Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfigures.
The Most Valuable Brand Experience Might Be the One Nobody Posts About. Here’s What That Looks Like.
As consumers crave more connection and less screen time, the smartest brands may stop fighting for more attention and start giving people something worth putting their phones down for.
Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google
Future Google supplier Kairos Power inked a deal with Samsung C&T to help build its first 50 megawatt nuclear power plant.
This Luxury Retail CEO Is Staging a Comeback by Asking Customers to Complain More
Financial reports show that her strategy is working.
A Wave of New Regulations Is Reshaping Retail. The Businesses That Prepare Now Will Have an Advantage.
Customs, AI, packaging, deforestation and privacy rules are landing across four continents this year, and they all demand the same thing. Here’s what you need to know.
‘I Did It Because I Can’ Is the Only Reason You Need in Business — Life Lessons From Legendary Music Mogul Frank Babar
At his lowest point, the influential producer and entrepreneur almost quit music forever — but one question from his wife changed everything.
Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com
Muse isn’t welcome as a shopper anymore.
X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts
X is expanding its “Under the Hood” transparency tool to show when posts have been downranked or withheld in response to local laws and government demands, including which country made the request.