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Does Canada Need Nationalized, Public AI? – Slashdot
While AI CEOs worry governments might nationalize AI, others are advocating for something similar. Canadian security professional Bruce Schneier and Harvard data scientist Nathan Sanders published this call to action in Canada's most widely-read newspaper (with a...
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Will AI Bring ‘the End of Computer Programming As We Know It’? – Slashdot
Long-time tech journalist Clive Thompson interviewed over 70 software developers at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and start-ups for a new article on AI-assisted programming. It's title?"Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It."Published in...
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AI’s Productivity Boost? Just 16 Minutes Per Week, Claims Study – Slashdot
"A new study suggests the productivity boost from AI may be far smaller than executives claim," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli:According to research cited in Foxit's State of Document Intelligence report, while 89% of executives and 79% of end...
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‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again | TechCrunch
And then there were two: Of the original 11 co-founders who kickstarted xAI with Elon Musk three years ago, only two remain as the deep learning lab continues a personnel overhaul to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI. That rebuilding,...
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A smartphone app can help men last longer in bed
Men who experience premature ejaculation may be able to improve control and extend intercourse using a smartphone app, according...
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The biggest AI stories of the year (so far) | TechCrunch
You can chart a year through product launches, or you can measure it in the greater moments that change the way we look at AI. The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes,...
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Watch These Modular Robots Jump! Jump Around!
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for...
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Research warns AI agents can be a self-churning propaganda machine
A new study from the University of Southern California warns that AI programs can now run propaganda campaigns without human involvement.The study asks us to imagine a scenario where two weeks before a major election, thousands of posts flood...
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Why are we so suspicious of do-gooders?
If you are a person of a certain age, you might remember an episode of Friends in which aspiring...
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Before quantum computing arrives, this startup wants enterprises already running on it | TechCrunch
Eighteen months after selling his startup to chipmaker AMD for $665 million, Finnish entrepreneur Peter Sarlin has left his role as CEO of the unit now known as AMD Silo AI. He is now chairman at two new ventures:...
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Transcript: Rep. Dan Crenshaw on
The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas,...