Google layoffs: Hundreds of employees face job cuts
News January 11, 2024
Google laid off hundreds of employees in its latest round of layoffs yesterday to cut costs. Looking forward, Google intends to focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and has cut tech jobs, in line with a rising number of layoffs across the industry. The key areas experiencing layoffs at the... Read more
Look at This Adorable Little Power Station I Saw at CES
News January 11, 2024
There are so many power stations at CES 2024. Some are so big that they push the limits of the term portable power station. Some are bigger than I am. And then there’s Jackery’s Explorer 100, which I wanted to put in my pocket and take home with me.... Read more
CES 2024: The 25 Best Gadgets You Can Buy Right Now
News January 11, 2024
It’s barely two weeks into the new year, but the flood of new gadgets for 2024 has already started. Thanks to CES, we’ve seen a ton of innovative tech launch into the marketplace. While many products announced at CES won’t be available till later this year, a fair number... Read more
1X, robotic startup backed by OpenAI, receives $100M in funding
News January 11, 2024
Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. 1X Technologies, a Norwegian startup robotics startup backed by OpenAI, among others, today announced it has raised $100 million in its series B round of funding from a... Read more
At Senate AI hearing, news executives fight against “fair use” claims for AI training data
News January 11, 2024
Enlarge / Danielle Coffey, president and CEO of News Media Alliance; Professor Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism; Curtis LeGeyt, president and CEO of National Association of Broadcasters; and Roger Lynch, CEO of Condé Nast, are sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law... Read more
Elon Musk’s X reinstated 6,000 banned accounts finds Australia safety regulator
News January 11, 2024
Australia’s eSafety commissioner has blasted the social media platform X after it found that over 6000 banned accounts have been reinstated following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media giant. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner launched a scathing attack on the social media giant, formerly known as Twitter, stating it had... Read more
CES 2024 Is All About AI. You Can Blame ChatGPT for That
News January 11, 2024
CES 2024 in Las Vegas, as in years past, is a flurry of dazzling gadgetry: giant televisions, robots, EVs and foldable phones. But underpinning just about every piece of tech at this year’s show is AI, the technology that’s captivated millions ever since ChatGPT stormed onto the internet in... Read more
All the CES Trends That Mattered
News January 11, 2024
Now you can have a slightly more complicated query like, “I’m hungry for butter chicken,” and then it knows what you’re talking about. Then it can take you to curry restaurants nearby and things like that. Michael Calore: Right. Jeremy White: That’s the difference. I mean, it’s not much... Read more
GPT-4 Turbo now powers Microsoft Copilot. Here’s how to check if you have access
News January 11, 2024
Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. If you’re a developer, a writer, or simply an AI enthusiast, by now you’ve probably heard of GPT-4, the latest and most powerful language model from OpenAI, the... Read more
OpenAI’s GPT Store lets ChatGPT users discover popular user-made chatbot roles
News January 11, 2024
On Wednesday, OpenAI announced the launch of its GPT Store—a way for ChatGPT users to share and discover custom chatbot roles called “GPTs”—and ChatGPT Team, a collaborative ChatGPT workspace and subscription plan. OpenAI bills the new store as a way to “help you find useful and popular custom versions... Read more