‘This is our space race’: Meta CTO says AI is a modern-day moonshot that the US should pour ‘as much fuel on as we can’
The CTO of Meta said the push towards advanced AI is the current space race. One of Meta’s top execs believes that the international push to reach advanced AI systems is the current equivalent of the moonshot. “The people we’re discussing, especially China, are highly capable,” Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said on a recent episode…
I visited Social Security offices to see if there was any DOGE-fueled confusion
I visited Social Security offices in New York to see if there was any DOGE confusion for myself. I was ninth in line at the Long Island City Social Security office. At 8:28 a.m., with the temperature hovering just above freezing, a small group of people were already gathered outside. Some held proof of address…
Chinese brands are racking up record safety warnings in the US
Two-thirds of the products that received consumer safety warnings in 2024 came to the US from Chinese companies, according to the Public Interest Research Group. The explosion of international e-commerce brands is leading to a sharp rise in product safety warnings. Warnings issued by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission reached a record high of…
Jenner & Block signals it will stand its ground after being targeted in Trump’s war on Big Law
Donald Trump on Tuesday signed his latest executive order targeting a Big Law firm, this time taking aim at Jenner & Block. Jenner & Block on Tuesday became the latest target in President Donald Trump’s war on Big Law after he issued an executive order revoking its attorneys’ security clearances and ordering a review of…
CoreWeave is on the cusp of a huge IPO — but it could face an expensive hardware proble
Michael Intrator, the CEO of CoreWeave, is on the cusp of a big initial public offering. I recently wrote about Nvidia’s latest AI chip-and-server package and how this new advancement may dent the value of the previous product. Nvidia’s new offering likely caused Amazon to reduce the useful life of its AI servers, which took…
ChatGPT’s new image generation feature had a bug that allowed it to create sexy men — but not sexy women
ChatGPT has a new image generator feature that can create images from users’ text prompts. ChatGPT’s new image generator appeared to have a bug that only allowed the AI tool to create images of “sexy men.” An X user who identified themself as a software engineer pointed out the issue on Tuesday, shortly after the…
Elon Musk says he’s hitting the campaign trail in Wisconsin, will personally hand out $1 million checks
Elon Musk, seen here on the campaign trail ahead of the 2024 presidential election, is returning to the stump. Elon Musk is pulling out all the stops ahead of a closely watched Wisconsin state Supreme Court election, though he apparently changed his strategy after possibly violating state law. On Friday afternoon, Musk wrote on X…
Ukraine’s spy agency says Russia believes it must end the war by 2026 or risk falling far behind the US and China
A forecast by the Kremlin estimated that Russia would stand to fall behind in global competition if it were to continue fighting until 2026. Ukraine’s intelligence agency said on Tuesday that Russia likely believes it must resolve its war with Kyiv by 2026, or eventually lose its chances of competing with the US and China…
Trump’s strengthened airstrikes on Houthi rebels — but it’s likely to take months to tell if it makes a difference
US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets were part of the Trump administration’s intensified strikes on the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who have been attacking commercial ships and Israel. The Trump administration’s airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen — discussed by top officials in the unclassified Signal chat group — are a dramatic escalation of the…
