Seven years after it first hit theaters, “Avengers: Endgame” is once again the highest-grossing movie of all time. Disney and Marvel Studios brought the 2019 blockbuster back to theaters on Sept. 25 as “Avengers: Endgame Encore.” The new version adds a few minutes of footage teasing December’s “Avengers: Doomsday,” plus an introduction from Robert Downey
OpenAI’s Sam Altman said Saturday that he’s “very uncomfortable” with people treating AI like a god. In a vaguepost on X, Altman said that people who try to “ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models” are a safety issue. I am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force
Pope Leo XIV has a new warning about AI. The Pope cautioned against an overreliance on artificial intelligence and other technology during a speech to French diplomats, including President Emmanuel Macron, on Friday. Earlier that day, he traveled from Rome to Paris as part of an apostolic journey. “If we are to avoid losing our
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The hype around humanoid robots isn’t particularly new. Thank Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Optimus robot, as well as the myriad videos of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot, for that. Behind that hype, though, there is real progress. The physical capabilities of robots continue to improve, and researchers now believe that the AI techniques behind large
Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the new fund is to “open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI.” The fund will focus on hardware, bucking the firm’s typical focus on the scaling power of software. In a post on the venture
