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FedEx’s New Robot Loads Delivery Vans Like It’s Playing 3D Tetris
“In the last year or two, people have taken advances in AI and machine learning and said ‘we can make…
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The Meta AI Chatbot Is Mark Zuckerberg’s Answer to ChatGPT
The AI mimics are available today in beta on Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. They include a chatbot based on…
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SoundThinking, Maker of ShotSpotter, Is Buying Parts of PredPol Creator Geolitica
SoundThinking, the company behind the gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter, is quietly acquiring staff, patents, and customers of the firm that created…
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AI Hurricane Predictions Are Storming the World of Weather Forecasting
This did not look guaranteed to work, says Matthew Chantry, machine-learning coordinator at the ECWMF, who is spending this storm…
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Idris Elba Is Ready to Talk About Crypto
Idris Elba learned about crypto at the same time as almost everyone else: when prices went through the roof. The…
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Amazon’s All-Powerful ‘Buy Box’ Is at the Heart of Its New Antitrust Troubles
Anyone who has shopped on Amazon will have seen the Buy Box with its peppy yellow and orange Add to…
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Risk of a US Government Shutdown Is Fueled by Very Online Republicans
“Congress is in charge of money and everything for the government, and Congress should be in charge of funding special…
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This New Autonomous Drone for Cops Can Track You In the Dark
Nearly 1,500 US police departments operate drones but only about a dozen routinely dispatch them in response to 911 calls,…
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Getty Images Plunges Into the Generative AI Pool
Earlier this year, the stock-photo service provider Getty Images sued Stability AI over what Getty said was the misuse of…
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FBI Agents Are Using Face Recognition Without Proper Training
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has done tens of thousands of face recognition searches using software from outside…
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