Avoiding mandates is a practical matter for the House committee. “Republicans don’t go in for mandates for the most part. They generally aren’t going to go for that. So we would have... Read more »

The new 5th generation Spectacles can display visual information and applications directly on their see through lenses, making objects appear as if they are in the real world, with an interface powered... Read more »

Last week OpenAI released a new model called o1 (previously referred to under the code name “Strawberry” and, before that, Q*) that blows GPT-4o out of the water. Unlike previous models that... Read more »

Last weekend, I got married at a summer camp, and during the day our guests competed in a series of games inspired by the show Survivor that my now-wife and I orchestrated.... Read more »

Agencies around the world should be able to receive hourly wildfire updates once about half of the constellation is operational, says Brian Collins, executive director of the Earth Fire Alliance. It hopes... Read more »

—Kevin Frazier is an assistant professor at St. Thomas University College of Law and senior research fellow in the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin. In the past... Read more »

How to sound the alarm In theory, external whistleblower protections could play a valuable role in the detection of AI risks. These could protect employees fired for disclosing corporate actions, and they... Read more »

1 OpenAI has released an AI model with ‘reasoning’ capabilitiesIt claims it’s a step toward its broader goal of human-like artificial intelligence. (The Verge)+ It could prove particularly useful for coders and... Read more »

Suddenly everyone seemed to be rushing around, slipping past each other and trying to move quickly while avoiding collisions. “It’s all got a bit frantic, hasn’t it?” I heard one volunteer comment... Read more »