Enlarge / UK Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan (front row center) is joined by international counterparts for a group photo at the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on November 1, 2023. reader comments 101 with On Wednesday, the UK hosted an AI Safety Summit attended by 28 countries, including the US… Read More: “Catastrophic” AI harms among warnings in declaration signed by 28… »
Enlarge / SpaceX Starlink satellite dish at Pelican Beach on Willard Bay Reservoir in Willard, Utah, in October 2022. reader comments 84 with SpaceX’s Starlink division hasn’t come close to meeting customer and revenue projections that the company shared with investors before building the satellite network, according to a Wall Street Journal report published today.… Read More: SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up… »
Getty Images | Chris Delmas reader comments 373 with Elon Musk’s decision to rebrand Twitter as “X” wouldn’t be complete without a change to the company’s official Twitter account. The @X handle was already taken by a user who registered it over 16 years ago, but that wasn’t much of an obstacle—Twitter simply took over… Read More: Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since… »
Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks via video link at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. REBECCA BAILEY/AFP via Getty Images reader comments 152 with On Wednesday, Elon Musk formally announced the formation of xAI, a company aimed at understanding “the true nature of the universe”… Read More: Musk announces new AI company that seeks to “understand the… »
Social media has been ablaze since Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agreed to a fight. According to UFC President Dana White, he’s already spoken to the pair about a potential match. Both Zuckerberg and Musk are serious about fighting Speaking to TMZ Live on Thursday, White said that he’s been in communication with both Zuckerberg… Read More: Dana White Talking to Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg About… »
Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 412 with Twitter’s value has reportedly dropped to about $15 billion, slightly more than one-third of the $44 billion that Elon Musk paid for it in late October 2022. The $15 billion valuation is based on Fidelity’s latest analysis of its stake in the company. “Fidelity Blue Chip Growth… Read More: Twitter value keeps falling under Musk, now worth a third… »
Enlarge / A fake AI-generated image of an “explosion” near the Pentagon that went viral on Twitter. reader comments 49 with On Monday, a tweeted AI-generated image suggesting a large explosion at the Pentagon led to brief confusion, which included a reported small drop in the stock market. It originated from a verified Twitter account… Read More: Fake Pentagon “explosion” photo sows confusion on Twitter »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “a cyborg Twitter bird logo composed of thousands of computer chips.” Midjourney reader comments 91 with Share this story Despite recently calling for a six-month pause in the development of powerful AI models, Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently purchased roughly 10,000 GPUs for a generative AI project within Twitter,… Read More: Elon Musk reportedly purchases thousands of GPUs for generative AI… »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a globe that has stopped spinning. Stable Diffusion reader comments 179 with Share this story On Wednesday, the Future of Life Institute published an open letter on its website calling on AI labs to “immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than… Read More: Fearing “loss of control,” AI critics call for 6-month pause… »
Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 76 with Share this story Twitter’s revenue and adjusted earnings reportedly fell about 40 percent year over year in December 2022 amid an advertiser exodus following Elon Musk’s takeover. Twitter no longer reports earnings publicly since Musk bought the company and took it private in late October. But Twitter… Read More: Twitter revenue, earnings reportedly fell 40% shortly after Musk buyout »