Here’s a question straight out of sci-fi: What if AI could predict what you were going to do before you decided to, even in a completely new situation? Israeli startup 42AI says it is developing a “behavioral world model” that can do just that, and it has just come out of stealth with $62.5 million
The popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance was hit by hackers this week. The company confirmed on Thursday that attackers gained access to its servers and stole $6.3 billion, with analysts calling it one of the biggest thefts in cryptocurrency history. Binance said hackers likely used an employee’s laptop to gain access to their servers. The company
Grocery stores across Europe have been hit by another wave of suspected cyberattacks, reporting sudden changes in the temperatures of their fridges and freezers. Major supermarket chains across Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Estonia were affected according to local reports shared by Bloomberg and Reuters. One Ica Kvantum store in Sweden said on its Facebook page
For queries where there’s lots of information online, like San Francisco restaurants, AI web search can feel incredibly useful. For less popular destinations and more specific requests (“dining tables shaped like stars”), you need to be more careful with the results, as the way that AI joins the dots then becomes less reliable. So, with
Dazzle AI CEO Marissa Mayer recently became the latest tech CEO to face criticism over seemingly out-of-touch comments extolling the usefulness of AI. In Mayer’s case, that involved asking an AI tool for help with a school-assigned description of her daughter. For OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, that’s included suggesting that parents create personalized podcasts for
After I got my hands on an early review sample of Bose’s new $99 Noise Canceling Wired Earbuds a few weeks ago, I posted a review and described them as possibly the best USB-C wired earbuds out there at the moment, tagging them with a CNET Editors’ Choice award. That review proved popular with CNET
