Jesse Lyu doesn’t think the Rabbit R1 was a flop. Lyu’s gadget was among the first in the gold rush to create dedicated AI hardware…
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AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality
A biological computing startup that uses neural patterns from rat brain cells to build artificial intelligence just got a major boost from Amazon. Starting Tuesday,…
Viture’s Vonder Glasses Are Meant to Map Your Mind
David Jiang, cofounder and CEO of smart glasses company Viture, tells me about how he used to yell at his kid. His 10-year-old son played…
I Built AI Clones of My Coworkers. Things Got Weird
When I decided to create artificial intelligence clones of my editors, my intentions were pure: I just wanted them to think I was good at…
A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight
For years, cybersecurity practitioners have tracked different types of malware and detected potential infections using digital fingerprints to identify different hacking tools and follow their…
Patti Harrison Had Dreams of a Tech Utopia. Silicon Valley Smashed Them
Patti Harrison, like every great comic, knows how to use her face. If you’ve seen her stealing scenes in TV shows like Tim Robinson’s I…
A New Chatbot Wants to Unlock the Secrets in Tattered Ancient Greek Records
Academic libraries across the globe are stuffed with hundreds of thousands of Ancient Greek papyrus fragments. Though many are so damaged that their meaning is…
How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
If the tech industry sought to create a method of seducing users into sending their deepest, most sensitive secrets to a server in a faraway…
AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping
Of all the events in the United Nations General Assembly taking place this week, the most anticipated by far is the upcoming meeting between Donald…
Got an Android Phone? Google Thinks You’ll Probably Want a Googlebook Laptop
iPhones and Macs are like two peas in a pod. Apple’s hardware synergy means you can launch iPhone apps right from the macOS desktop, respond…