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AI isn’t dumb, but it might be dumber than you think
It feels delightful when technology helps you do something useful or cool. It’s fantastic to point your phone camera at an unfamiliar tree and see that it’s an eastern redbud. Maybe you remember the first time you pulled up Google Maps directions or summoned an Uber, and it seemed like wizardry. The hottest technology now,…
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Astronauts’ delayed return reflects high stakes for Boeing and NASA
Before Boeing’s first flight with humans on its Starliner spacecraft earlier this month, the company and NASA said repeatedly that a rigorous testing program following years of delays and costly setbacks meant it was finally ready to fly astronauts. They also warned that since this was a test flight to and from the International Space…
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Embattled self-driving car company Cruise appoints new CEO
SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors-owned Cruise announced a new CEO on Tuesday, as the embattled autonomous car company works to restart its driverless taxi service after grounding its entire fleet in the wake of a grisly accident last year. Marc Whitten, previously an executive at video game development platform Unity and a founder of Microsoft’s…
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OpenAI delays launch of voice assistant, citing safety testing
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI said Tuesday that it would delay the launch of voice and emotion-reading features for its ChatGPT chatbot because more time was needed for safety testing. The company first showed off the tools in a demo last month that triggered excitement from ChatGPT users — but also the threat of a lawsuit…
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Microsoft broke antitrust rules by bundling Teams with Office, EU says
The European Union said Tuesday that Microsoft abused its market power when it folded the Teams communications platform into its Office 365 suite. It’s second major E.U. action in two days against a Big Tech firm. European regulators on Monday levied antitrust accusations against Apple. Microsoft may be giving Teams an undue advantage by tying…
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U.S. ‘on schedule’ in race with China to land people on moon, NASA chief says
After another Chinese spacecraft touched down on the lunar surface earlier this month, this time to retrieve samples from the moon’s far side, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson congratulated a country that is challenging the United States’ long-held dominance in space. He said he was impressed with its fourth successful moon landing. “I’ve been fairly pointed…
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Record companies sue AI music generators Suno, Udio
SAN FRANCISCO — The biggest players in the music recording industry sued two fast-growing artificial intelligence music start-ups Monday, alleging that they used copyrighted songs to train their tools, adding to the pile of lawsuits the AI industry is already facing. A group of record companies, including Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner…
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Law enforcement is spying on thousands of Americans’ mail, records show
The U.S. Postal Service has shared information from thousands of Americans’ letters and packages with law enforcement every year for the past decade, conveying the names, addresses and other details from the outside of boxes and envelopes without requiring a court order. Postal inspectors say they fulfill such requests only when mail monitoring can help…
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Is work taking over your life? Here’s how to reclaim your time
Work-life balance is in danger. Fueled by the boom in remote and hybrid work and communication apps on our smartphones, working around-the-clock has become a disturbing norm. How do you reclaim your private time and shove your job back into its 9-to-5 cage? Turn to the same technology that’s making it worse. Here are the…
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Family whose home was hit by space debris seeks damages from NASA
A family is seeking compensation from NASA after a piece of metal trash from the International Space Station tore through the roof of their home in Naples, Fla. in March. No one was hurt, but a legal representative for the Otero family described it as a “near miss” that “could have been catastrophic,” in a…