A recent incident in Los Angeles has raised concerns about the liability of autonomous vehicles in the event of a collision. A Waymo robotaxi and a Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robot collided at an intersection, highlighting the need for clear guidelines on who is responsible in the case of damage. The companies involved have confirmed…
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Apple has announced that its streaming service, Apple TV+, will be available for free from January 3 to 5, allowing anyone to access its popular TV shows, including “Severance” and “Slow Horses.” This move is seen as a promotional strategy to attract new subscribers and increase its market share in the competitive streaming industry. Forecast…
US telecom giants AT&T and Verizon have secured their networks after being targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group. The group, which has been linked to China, compromised the networks of several US phone and internet companies to gather intelligence on US citizens. While the scale of the breach is not yet known, AT&T…
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, has released an “open” AI model, DeepSeek V3, which has been found to misidentify itself as ChatGPT, a rival AI-powered chatbot platform. The model’s training data distribution has been questioned, with some speculating that it may have been trained on outputs from rival AI systems, potentially leading to hallucinations and…
Samsung is set to unveil its latest consumer electronics at CES 2025, focusing on AI-powered appliances, including a high-tech refrigerator. The event, scheduled for January 6, promises to showcase the company’s vision for a future where AI is integrated into everyday life. With its emphasis on smart home technology, Samsung is likely to make a…
Onyx Motorbikes, a brand that was left in shambles after its owner’s sudden death, has been revived by its original founder, Tim Seward. The company is selling a limited number of electric dirt bikes, and investors have backed the revival. However, creditors, including Oxygen Funding, still have outstanding debts that need to be resolved. Forecast…
Google’s Gemini AI is being compared to Anthropic’s Claude in secret testing, with contractors evaluating the accuracy of both models’ outputs. The contractors are tasked with rating the truthfulness and verbosity of each response, with some noticing that Claude’s safety settings are stricter than Gemini’s. The use of Claude in testing against Gemini raises questions…
A recent breakthrough in Wi-Fi technology has solved a long-standing problem for many homeowners. Eero’s Outdoor 7, a long-distance mesh unit, has successfully bridged the gap between two buildings, providing a reliable and seamless internet connection. This innovative solution has been tested and proven to be effective, making it a game-changer for those struggling with…
OpenAI has announced o3, its latest reasoning model, which is a significant improvement over its predecessor o1. o3 is a model family that includes o3 and o3-mini, a smaller, distilled model fine-tuned for particular tasks. OpenAI claims that o3 approaches Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in certain conditions, but this achievement is still a subject of…
Google has released an experimental reasoning AI model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, which is designed to tackle complex problems in fields such as programming, math, and physics. The model is still in its early stages and requires significant computing power to run, but it has shown promising results in handling challenging puzzles involving visual…