Microsoft’s AI boss just raided Google. He poached two scientists who built a tool that can transform text into a podcast
Microsoft AI boss and Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman recruited new tech talent to work for Microsoft in Zurich.
LinkedIn Is Testing an AI Tool That Could Transform How People Search for Jobs
The company says artificial intelligence could help surface jobs that remain hidden from typical search queries.
DeepSeek’s rise spooks investors, threatens to upend AI
The rise in popularity of a high-performing and cheaply built Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model has shaken the ...
The New Yorker10d
The College Kids Tracking Your Decongested Commute
Benjamin Moshes, a senior, and his brother, Joshua, a freshman, built the Web site that congestion-pricing watchers rely on ...
New York Post14d
Microsoft’s LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models
Customers said LinkedIn then discreetly updated its privacy policy on Sept. 18, 2024, to say data could be used to train AI models, and in a “Frequently Asked Questions” hyperlink said opting ...
The Hill20d
Washington Post rolls out new mission statement, keeping ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ slogan
The Washington Post is rolling out a new mission statement ahead of President-elect Trump’s second term in the White House. The Post unveiled “Riveting Storytelling for All of America,” as ...
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Enterprises can now run real-time data through Google Cloud’s most advanced VMs
With this move, Google is bolstering its C4A portfolio and offering VMs that can further boost cloud performance for workloads requiring real-time data processing. The VMs, as the company puts it ...
Foreign Policy21d
Science Could Be a Bright Spot in U.S.-China Relations
Your guide to the most important world stories of the day Essential analysis of the stories shaping geopolitics on the continent The latest news, analysis, and data from the country each week ...
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Noted Scientist, Former White House Official Takes Helm at Union of Concerned Scientists
WASHINGTON—Dr. Gretchen Goldman, an environmental engineer who previously served in the Department of Transportation, White House and Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), will be joining UCS on ...
The Hindu21d
In an attempt to address ‘lack of diversity’, Indian National Science Academy selects non-scientists too as its Fellows
The annual list of Fellows announced by the 90-year-old Indian National Science Academy, among the country’s most prestigious assembly of scientists, sticks out this year for its deviation from ...
TechCrunch21d
LinkedIn adds free AI tools for job hunters and recruiters
If you’ve ever applied or thought of applying for a job via LinkedIn, you’ll know that the experience can be immediately disheartening: Openings that look interesting typically can see ...
Ars Technica22d
Is humanity alone in the Universe? What scientists really think.
Bearing this in mind, we could present our data another way. Suppose we discount the 60 neutral votes we received. Perhaps these scientists felt that they would be speculating and didn’t want to ...