We just got a glimpse of Grok’s new nearly photorealistic image generator
Some users of Elon Musk’s X on Saturday briefly had access to a new and improved image generator called Aurora powered by xAI’s Grok For a few hours on Saturday, some users of Elon Musk’s X reported having access to Aurora, a new, more photorealistic image generator powered by Musk’s artificial intelligence model, Grok. While…
The universities already offering AI degrees, from Penn to Carnegie Mellon
More universities are starting to offer degrees in artificial intelligence. Universities are evolving their offerings in the age of artificial intelligence. Now, students have the option to pursue a full degree dedicated to AI. As more colleges introduce an AI major, it means the computer science degree, long viewed as a pipeline into Big Tech,…
6 of the best scents to wear this winter, according to professional perfumers
Winter is a great time for sweet and natural-smelling fragrances. Although fall and winter have some overlapping qualities, the seasonal shift can impact what scents people are reaching for as falling leaves turn to snow. B-17 spoke with two professional perfumers about the best fragrances to wear this winter. Here’s what they said. Gourmand scents…
Gen Xers are stumbling in saving for retirement as they face caring for both kids and parents
A man plays board games with his son and his father. Steve Mullen, 54, is being pulled three ways. On the one hand, he and his wife are caregivers for each of their mothers, which has required them to pitch in up to 40 hours of caregiving a week and tens of thousands of dollars…
How hustle icon Gary Vee found his inner Ted Lasso
The hustle mindset made Gary Vaynerchuk famous. But another quality has been increasingly important to the 49-year-old serial entrepreneur’s staying power: empathy. “So many of you are so much more capable than you think,” Vaynerchuk said during his closing keynote at this year’s VeeCon, an annual event designed to showcase his various interests, from blockchain…
Search for suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting shows the surveillance state reaches only so far
Police inspect the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in Manhattan. The Manhattan shooting Wednesday of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was captured by a surveillance camera and shared on social media, where the footage racked up hundreds of thousands of views. Authorities later released full-color surveillance images of the gunman, including one that…
My husband likes to keep everything, and I prefer minimalism. A home remodel helped us learn to declutter together.
The author (not pictured) and her husband deal with clutter differently. I consider myself a pseudo-minimalist. I don’t buy knickknacks when traveling, fill my home with extra furniture, or stock up on pantry, beauty, or toiletry supplies. I like having dresser drawers that close easily and bookshelves I can pull a novel from without four…
GM patented a system that gives robotaxis a way to respond to pedestrian ‘bullying’
General Motors, which operates the Cruise robotaxi service, patented a system that allows autonomous vehicles to respond to “adversarial” pedestrians. General Motors has a patent that outlines a detection system for robotaxis that can respond to “adversarial behavior” or “bullying” from pedestrians. The patent, which was published in November by the US Patent and Trademark…
NYC legalized tiny backyard homes and other extra dwellings. Here’s how they’ve helped homeowners and renters across the country.
New York City just became the latest local government to join a nationwide push for more backyard tiny homes and converted basements. As the US grapples with a housing shortage that’s sent home prices and rents soaring, a growing number of cities and states are turning to accessory dwelling units to help solve the problem.…
