Economy

March 20, 2024
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Nvidia announces “moonshot” to create embodied human-level AI in robot form

Enlarge / An illustration of a humanoid robot created by Nvidia. (credit: Nvidia) In sci-fi films, the rise of humanlike…
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March 20, 2024
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Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts

Enlarge / A pit stop during the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix in early March evokes how the team’s manager…
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March 20, 2024
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“Disabling cyberattacks” are hitting critical US water systems, White House warns

Enlarge / Aerial view of a sewage treatment plant. (credit: Getty Images) The Biden administration on Tuesday warned the nation’s…
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March 19, 2024
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Nvidia unveils Blackwell B200, the “world’s most powerful chip” designed for AI

Enlarge / The GB200 “superchip” covered with a fanciful blue explosion. (credit: Nvidia / Benj Edwards) On Monday, Nvidia unveiled…
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March 18, 2024
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Apple may hire Google to power new iPhone AI features using Gemini—report

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards) On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Apple is in talks to license Google’s Gemini model to power…
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March 18, 2024
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Fujitsu says it found malware on its corporate network, warns of possible data breach

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Japan-based IT behemoth Fujitsu said it has discovered malware on its corporate network that may have…
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March 18, 2024
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Dell tells remote workers that they won’t be eligible for promotion

Enlarge (credit: Getty) Starting in May, Dell employees who are fully remote will not be eligible for promotion, Business Insider…
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March 18, 2024
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Elon Musk’s xAI releases Grok source and weights, taunting OpenAI

Enlarge / An AI-generated image released by xAI during the open-weights launch of Grok-1. (credit: xAI) On Sunday, Elon Musk’s…
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March 16, 2024
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ASCII art elicits harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots

Enlarge / Some ASCII art of our favorite visual cliche for a hacker. (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have discovered a…
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March 15, 2024
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Internet outages hit 13 countries in Africa due to undersea cable damage

Enlarge / View of Le Plateau and Ebrie Lagoon from the top of the Cathedrale St-Paul in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory…
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