When the generative AI boom started with ChatGPT in late 2022, we were sold a vision of superintelligent AI tools that know everything, can replace the boring bits of work, and supercharge... Read more »

Two years on, those productivity gains mostly haven’t materialized. And we’ve seen something peculiar and slightly unexpected happen: People have started forming relationships with AI systems. We talk to them, say please... Read more »

What’s new: Google DeepMind has trained a robot to play table tennis at the equivalent of amateur-level competitive performance, the company has announced. It claims it’s the first time a robot has... Read more »

The system is far from perfect. Although the table tennis bot was able to beat all beginner-level human opponents it faced and 55% of those playing at amateur level, it lost all... Read more »

There’s another way to make something compact for launch: inflate it in orbit. NASA has already done this—its experimental BEAM habitat, which is connected to the ISS, launched in 2016 and has... Read more »

This is what the activity looked like: “This is basically the brain thinking,” says Rapoport. “You’re seeing the physical manifestation of thought.” In this video, which I’ve converted to a GIF, you... Read more »

A complex multi-cloud deployment can make it difficult for IT teams to perform mission-critical tasks, such as applying security patches, meeting regulatory requirements, managing costs, and accessing data for data analytics. Configuring... Read more »

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The Starliner astronauts may not return to Earth until 2025 They were supposed to stay eight days, but could... Read more »

People across the city, county, and even the state are probably doing the same thing. And like me, they might also be firing up the TV and an air fryer to start... Read more »