We’re still in the earliest days of artificial intelligence. It was just November 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT, and the world changed. However, enough time has passed for us to have a sufficient perspective to categorize AI and autonomous agents into three distinct eras. Introduction—2024: In the initial shockwave, there was more novelty and hype…
Former cryptocurrency poster boy Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to get another chance in court. He has filed a request that for a new trial on claims that new witness testimony could alter the case made against him by prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. His odds for getting the re-trial, where he’d be representing himself, seem pretty…
Mars has a surprisingly large influence on Earth’s climate NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Compared with Earth, Mars is tiny, yet it seems to have an outsized effect on our planet’s climate cycles. Similar small planets could affect the climates of worlds beyond our solar system, which we must begin to take into account when evaluating…
The Super Bowl LX ad blitz was a big budget highwire act—from Anthropic’s shot at OpenAI to Lady Gaga’s homage to Mr. Rogers and Dunkin’s nostalgia-fueled celeb fest. Autodesk CMO Dara Treseder breaks down what worked, what didn’t, and what the ads reveal about where marketing is headed next. Treseder also unpacks the business impact…
The National Labor Review Board (NLRB) has dropped a case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing eight employees who criticized the company’s CEO Elon Musk, The New York Times. The employees were originally fired in 2022 after circulating a letter that referenced reports of Musk’s sexual misconduct and called the executive “a frequent source of distraction…
Minuscule marsupial newborns that weigh less than a grain of rice have been filmed crawling towards their mother’s pouch for the first time. Unlike placental mammals, which give birth to much more developed babies, marsupials are born after extremely short gestation periods and must move to a pouch where they attach to a teat and…
Oil and gas exports have sustained Russia’s finances throughout its war against Ukraine. But as the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion approaches, those cash flows have suddenly dwindled to lows not seen in years. It’s the result of new punitive measures from the U.S. and the European Union, U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff pressure against India, and…
Discord is the latest company looking to bolster its child safety (again). Starting in March, all users will have a “teen-appropriate experience” by default. Unlocking adult content and age-gated spaces will require a (usually one-time) verification process. However, following blowback, the company appears to have pivoted. It now says its age prediction AI will verify…
Regular sauna sessions can have physical benefits, but what does heat therapy to your brain? gpointstudio/Getty Images I’m already a devoted cold-water swimmer, and last year I wrote about its benefits for the brain. But I’ve started seeing more and more written about heat therapy and its neurological perks. And while the evidence is only…
Don’t feel bad splurging on that $7 latte the next time you’re in a midafternoon attention slump. A new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this week provides some strong evidence that drinking coffee and tea is linked to a lower risk of developing dementia. The longitudinal research followed a…
