Elon Musk has launched his long-awaited artificial intelligence start-up xAI in a bid to build an alternative to ChatGPT. The Twitter owner has brought in a team of engineers from other tech firms he is hoping to challenge in the artificial intelligence sphere. Musk has warned for months about AI’s potential for “civilisational destruction”, arguing
Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 12, 2023, 07:00 AM ET MANHATTAN, Kan. — It’s a time of relentless change in college football. Schools flip leagues, players sprint to the portal and coaches change jobs at dizzying rates. The only constant in college football is the cycle of incessant change, and that has only amplified in the past
The Sun has said it has a dossier “containing serious and wide-ranigng allegations” it has received about Huw Edwards – “including some from BBC personnel”. However the newspaper said it has “no plans” to publish further allegations about the BBC star. It first reported claims against an unnamed presenter, saying he had paid a teenager
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Broadband Event at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 26, 2023. Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The U.S. doesn’t need to make a “false choice” between artificial intelligence innovation and safety, Vice President Kamala Harris said ahead of a meeting Wednesday at the
A couple of Tesla Cybertruck bodies-in-white have been spotted at Gigafactory Texas ahead of the start of production. We have been closely tracking the Cybertruck program since it is arguably the most anticipated electric vehicle program to launch this year, with an estimated 1.5 million reservations. Tesla’s latest official comment on the timeline is a
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook takes a photo in a viewing area for new products during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, June 5, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images In June, Apple announced iOS 17, the latest
In this article GOOGL TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, June 16, 2023. Chesnot | Getty Images Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and owner of
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJul 11, 2023, 09:50 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Former UFC interim title challenger Kevin Lee announced his retirement from mixed martial arts via social media on Tuesday. Lee, 30, leaves the sport with an overall professional record of
Thilina Kaluthotage | Nurphoto | Getty Images Advertisers are eagerly watching how Meta’s new Threads messaging app develops over the next few months as they look for a new social channel to reach consumers while Twitter continues to struggle. Instagram Threads debuted last week and has amassed over 100 million sign-ups, which has caught the
Artificial intelligence produces misinformation when asked to answer medical questions, but there is scope for it to be fine tuned to assist doctors, a new study has found. Researchers at Google tested the performance of a large language model, similar to that which powers ChatGPT, on its responses to multiple choice polls and commonly asked
US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Over two dozen government agencies in Western Europe and the United States were hacked
Tesla released a vague warning about the potential for the $7,500 tax credit to be reduced on some of its electric vehicles starting next year. Earlier this year, Tesla buyers regained access to the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles after losing it for years due to the 200,000-delivery limit per manufacturer. It was
Blue singer Lee Ryan faces sentencing after boarding a flight drunk – but a claim he assaulted a police officer has been dropped. The boyband member, 40, successfully withdrew his guilty plea to the charge after last month claiming he received “poor advice from his solicitor”. Appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday dressed in
Police investigating Stagecoach founder Dame Ann Gloag and others in connection with a probe into human trafficking allegations have submitted a report to prosecutors. Four people were charged in January by Police Scotland. At the time, a spokesperson for Dame Ann said she “strongly disputes the malicious allegations” made against her, her foundation and members
In this article HRB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to review “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress.” Michael A. Mccoy | Getty Images A group
Teachers at the NASUWT union have voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay. Almost 90% of union members who voted backed strike action. Nearly 95% supported action short of strike, with a turnout of 51.9% – passing the 50% ballot turnout required by law. NASUWT said it will consider dates for
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJul 10, 2023, 09:53 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Detroit Pistons forward/center Isaiah Stewart has agreed on a four-year, $64 million rookie contract extension, his agent Drew Gross of Roc Nation Sports told ESPN on Monday. Pistons general manager Troy Weaver and Gross completed
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 10, 2023, 09:39 PM ET LAS VEGAS — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Monday that there is no pathway “in the foreseeable future” for sovereign wealth funds to become the controlling owners of an NBA franchise. “I don’t want to say what could ever happen, but there’s no contemplation right now,” Silver
A huge solar power station in China is generating clean energy, producing salt from sunlight, and serving as a shrimp-breeding site. State-owned China Huadian Corporation said the 1 gigawatt (GW) Huadian Tianjin Haijing power station will generate 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year – enough to power around 1.5 million households in China. The
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 11, 2023, 07:08 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald for cause, his attorney told ESPN on Tuesday, setting up a potential legal showdown between the College Football Hall of Famer and his alma mater.