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Uber’s CEO Says He’ll Always Find a Reason to Say His Company Sucks
Are you using generative AI at Uber? AI is part of the Uber DNA. We use large models to predict…
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The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here
A fleet of robot ships bobs gently in the warm waters of the Persian Gulf, somewhere between Bahrain and Qatar,…
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The Dark Secrets Buried at Red Cloud Boarding School
When Small entered the cemetery for the first time in the summer of 2012, she burned sweetgrass—a plant with spiritual…
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Meet the Humans Trying to Keep Us Safe From AI
A year ago, the idea of holding a meaningful conversation with a computer was the stuff of science fiction. But…
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Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Is Betting Everything on AI
SATYA NADELLA: When we went from GPT 2.5 to 3, we all started seeing these emergent capabilities. It began showing…
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Spoutible’s Low-Budget, Audacious Quest to Be the Next Twitter
Looking back, I believe I can pinpoint the exact day I loved Twitter most: May 24, 2011. I was in…
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It’s the Age of Ozempic. Do We Need Weight Watchers Anymore?
And then at the scientific advisory board meeting, my first month here, they did a readout on all the clinical…
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Pete Buttigieg Loves God, Beer, and His Electric Mustang
The curious mind of Pete Buttigieg holds much of its functionality in reserve. Even as he discusses railroads and airlines,…
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The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing
My personal term for the inexact nature of the messy, fuzzy world was muzzy. But then, in 1980, I acquired…
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The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing
At the one-year anniversary of its launch, the Buy Nothing app had been downloaded 600,000 times, but only 91,000 people…
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