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Florida investigating ChatGPT role in mass shooting

The decision to launch an investigation came after prosecutors reviewed exchanges between OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT and the suspected gunman, who opened fire at Florida State University last year, according to state Attorney General James Uthmeier.

20 hours ago
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Humans far behind as robot breaks record at Beijing half marathon

Spectators lined the roads in Yizhuang in the capital's south to watch the machines and their human rivals race, each group in a separate lane to avoid accidents or collisions. ...

3 days ago
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China humanoid robot half-marathon to showcase technical leaps

Almost 40 percent of the robot participants will navigate the course autonomously in a high-profile demonstration of the industry's growing capabilities, according to the race organizers. ...

4 days ago

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App allows Mexicans to reach out after death

Providing a welcome voice from beyond the grave, a Mexican app stores messages and last wishes for users to share with loved ones after their death.

3 years ago
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ChatGPT frenzy sweeps China as firms scramble for home-grown options

While residents in the country are unable to create OpenAI accounts to access the artificial intelligence-powered (AI) chatbot, virtual private networks and foreign phone numbers are helping some bypass those restrictions.

3 years ago
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Sexting chatbot ban points to looming battle over AI rules

The General Data Protection Regulation is the bane of big tech firms, whose repeated rule breaches have landed them with billions of dollars in fines, and the Italian decision suggests it could still be a potent foe for the latest generation of chatbots.

3 years ago
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Mars rover finds rippled rocks caused by waves: NASA

"This is the best evidence of water and waves that we've seen in the entire mission," said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

3 years ago
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Twitter service stumbles as paying users get more room

Thousands of Twitter users on Wednesday reported problems using the platform as the Elon Musk-owned social network began letting paying users post tweets as long as 4,000 characters.

3 years ago
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Japan rolls out 'humble and lovable' delivery robots

Proponents hope the machines could eventually help elderly people in depopulated rural areas get access to goods, while also addressing a shortage of delivery workers in a country with chronic labour shortages.

3 years ago
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Small asteroid 'serendipitously' detected using James Webb telescope

The asteroid measuring between 300 and 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length is the smallest object observed to date using the telescope, the US space agency NASA said Monday.

3 years ago
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Google to release ChatGPT rival named Bard

Google said it will release a conversational chatbot named Bard, setting up an A.I. showdown with Microsoft which has invested billions in the creators of ChatGPT.

3 years ago
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'Upending the world': Swiss teachers take on ChatGPT

The release in November of ChatGPT, which uses artificial intelligence to convincingly mimic human writing, has sparked concerns in schools worldwide of a looming cheating epidemic.

3 years ago
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TikTok took down ‘ngemis online’ content

TikTok took down all things related to "ngemis online," in which people perform tricks for money, from their platform at the request of the Communications and Information Ministry.

3 years ago
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Vidio reveals 15 original series for first half of 2023

Local streaming platform Vidio reveals 15 original series that will be released in the first leg of 2023.

3 years ago
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ChatGPT: the promises, pitfalls and panic

The potential impact of ChatGPT on society remains complicated and unclear even as its creator Wednesday announced a paid subscription version in the United States.

3 years ago
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Clickbait or creativity? The art world wrestles with AI

Tech companies tout their inventions as a liberating force of art for all, but purists argue that the artist is still the central cog in the machine.

3 years ago
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ChatGPT owner launches 'imperfect' tool to detect AI-generated text

In its public beta mode, OpenAI acknowledges the detection tool is very unreliable on texts under 1,000 characters, and AI-written text can be edited to trick the classifier.

3 years ago
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Boeing celebrates 747 at final commercial delivery of 'jumbo jet'

Boeing marked its final commercial delivery of the 747, "the Queen of the Skies" on Tuesday at a ceremony commemorating an aircraft that democratized flying and serves US presidents.

3 years ago
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Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy

The beaming face of a cute-looking teddy bear appears to have been carved into the surface of our nearest planetary neighbor, waiting for a passing satellite to discover it.

3 years ago
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Asteroid to come 'extraordinarily close' to Earth: NASA

Asteroid 2023 BU, which was recently discovered by an amateur astronomer, will zoom by the southern tip of South America at around 4:27 pm PST on Thursday (0027 GMT Friday), according to NASA.

3 years ago
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IBM to cut 3,900 jobs as it reorganizes business

IBM will slash some 3,900 jobs, slightly more than one percent of its workforce, related to businesses it has divested.

3 years ago
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NASA, Pentagon developing nuclear-powered rocket for Mars voyage

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday that the US space agency will team up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to "develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear thermal propulsion technology as soon as 2027."

3 years ago
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Earth's inner core may have started spinning other way: study

Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning in the same direction as the rest of the planet and might even be rotating the other way, research suggested on Monday.

3 years ago
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Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT firm OpenAI

In a company blog post tweeted by CEO Satya Nadella, the tech giant announced a "multiyear, multibillion dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs" that would be "broadly shared with the world."

3 years ago
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Elon Musk takes stand in Tesla tweet fraud trial

The multi-billionaire's tweets sent the Tesla share price on a rollercoaster ride and Musk was sued by shareholders who say the tycoon acted recklessly in an effort to squeeze investors who had bet against the company.

3 years ago
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Spotify to cut 6% of workforce, some 600 employees: CEO

Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it was cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000 employees.

3 years ago
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Bird statue fetches $100,000 as Musk auctions Twitter HQ items

Elon Musk auctioned off furniture, decorations, kitchen equipment and more from the tech firm's downtown San Francisco headquarters.

3 years ago
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Scientists use laser to guide lightning bolt for first time

Scientists said they have used a laser beam to guide lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts -- and one day maybe even trigger them.

3 years ago
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Jakarta aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

Both Jakarta’s government and its people join hands to reduce carbon emissions in the city.

3 years ago
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TikTok in talks with Jordan to lift month-long ban

Jordanian authorities on December 16 suspended use of the app in the kingdom, after a senior police officer was killed and others were injured during protests over fuel prices in the country's south.

3 years ago
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AI, do my homework! How ChatGPT pitted teachers against tech

Alarm among educators has reached fever pitch in recent weeks over ChatGPT, an easy-to-use artificial intelligence tool trained on billions of words and a ton of data from the web.

3 years ago
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'The Last of Us' a new test for video game adaptations

The series has already won a slew of positive reviews, with a score of 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and is on track to be the streaming world's first success of 2023, 10 years after the "The Last of Us" game first debuted on PlayStation. 

3 years ago
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OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, casts spell on Microsoft

Microsoft has integrated Dall-E 2 into several of its applications and now wants to graft ChatGPT to its Bing search engine to take on Google.

3 years ago
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