Posts by Grazia British
A Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI
[ad_1] If you ask Yann LeCun, Silicon Valley has a groupthink problem. Since leaving Meta in November, the researcher and AI luminary has taken aim at the orthodox view that large language models (LLMs) will get us to artificial general intelligence (AGI), the threshold where computers match or exceed human smarts. Everyone, he declared in…
Read MoreDHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos
[ad_1] In a section about “editing images, videos or other public affairs materials using AI,” it reveals for the first time that DHS is using Google’s Veo 3 video generator and Adobe Firefly, estimating that the agency has between 100 and 1,000 licenses for the tools. It also discloses that DHS uses Microsoft Copilot Chat…
Read MoreThis AI startup wants to be your virtual ‘computer for business’
[ad_1] A startup called Adapt is betting that it can be an AI hub connecting other software tools to help answer questions and get things done. When users pose questions or ask for help with a business task, Adapt can answer based on information from the web and business data to which it’s been given access, similar to other AI tools. But…
Read MoreADHD at work: A challenge, a superpower—or both?
[ad_1] In 2010, clinical psychiatrist Dale Archer published the New York Times best seller Better Than Normal, a book that highlighted the often-underappreciated benefits of various psychiatric diagnoses. The book looked at strengths associated with conditions like bipolar disorder, OCD and schizophrenia. But there was one chapter that hit a little too close to home. …
Read MoreNvidia’s Campaign to Sell AI Chips to China Finally Pays Off
[ad_1] Jensen Huang sure seems to be having a lot of fun in China this week. The Nvidia CEO has been spotted going for a leisurely bike ride and browsing a fresh fruit stand in Shanghai, as well as enjoying beef hot pot at a humble restaurant in Shenzhen. The carefree tour is not just…
Read MoreThis Super Bowl, fans who are blind will have unprecedented access to the game. Here’s how
[ad_1] Some blind and low-vision fans will have unprecedented access to the Super Bowl thanks to a tactile device that tracks the ball, vibrates on key plays and provides real-time audio. The NFL teamed up with OneCourt and Ticketmaster to pilot the game-enhancing experience 15 times during the regular-season during games hosted by the Seattle…
Read MoreTrump’s deployments of the National Guard are costing American taxpayers nearly $500 million so far
[ad_1] The Trump administration’s high-profile deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers roughly $496 million through the end of December, and continued deployment could cost over $1 billion for the rest of the year, according to new data from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. President Donald Trump has justified sending National…
Read MoreWhy gold and the Swiss franc suddenly look more attractive than the dollar
[ad_1] It’s been a dramatic week in foreign exchange markets as a six-word comment on Tuesday by President Donald Trump intensified a selloff for the U.S. dollar, sending it to its lowest level in four years. On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sought to do some damage control. It doesn’t appear to be working yet.…
Read MoreThe Download: inside the Vitalism movement, and why AI’s “memory” is a privacy problem
[ad_1] Last April, an excited crowd gathered at a compound in Berkeley, California, for a three-day event called the Vitalist Bay Summit. It was part of a longer, two-month residency that hosted various events to explore tools—from drug regulation to cryonics—that might be deployed in the fight against death. One of the main goals, though,…
Read More‘Overqualified’ isn’t a compliment. It’s a hiring risk label
[ad_1] The more qualified you are today, the harder it is to get hired. This is not a guess. It’s a documented, scientific reality. A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that when job candidates were perceived as “high-capability,” highly experienced, highly credentialed, or simply more advanced than what…
Read MoreInside DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s long history of bizarre PSAs
[ad_1] As governor of South Dakota, one of the least populated states in the U.S., Kristi Noem still made an outsize name for herself nationally using public service announcement campaigns designed to capture attention. The topics of her PSAs have changed dramatically since then. Before assuming her current Cabinet post as secretary of Homeland Security,…
Read MoreHow the grid can ride out winter storms
[ad_1] Texas fared much better this time around. After 2021, the state shored up its grid, adding winter weatherization for power plants and transmission systems. Texas has also seen a huge flood of batteries come online, which has greatly helped the grid during winter demand peaks, especially in the early mornings. Texas was also simply…
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