A senior OpenAI employee opened a veritable can of worms this week when she claimed that the latest version of ChatGPT, which now has voice recognition capabilities, is akin to talking with a human therapist. "Just had a quite emotional, personal conversation [with] ChatGPT in voice mode, talking about stress [and] work-life balance," Lilian...
Autonomous carmaker Cruise just started beta testing its robotaxis in Houston and it's not an inspiring start. The newly rolled-out self-driving vehicles caused a traffic jam when three of the cars slowed to a stop at an intersection, blocking all other vehicles from passing through while struggling to make sense of a four-way red light. That...
A new artificial intelligence algorithm has detected, for the first time ever, a killer asteroid slated to fly by Earth — and it won't be the last. Known as HelioLinc3D, the algorithm — created specifically for the still-under-construction Vera Rubin Observatory in Northern Chile — has already identified one "potentially hazardous asteroid" or...
IKEA is training call centre workers to become interior design advisers as the Swedish furniture giant aims to offer more home improvement services and hand run-of-the-mill customer queries to an artificial intelligence bot called Billie. In April, IKEA expanded its interior design services to the UK and United States, after previous launches...
Prague-base Healthy Longevity Cafe is the latest in a line of longevity clinics around the world aiming to help people live longer, healthier lives. The process typically starts with a battery of diagnostics, including those looking into stress levels, lung capacity, heart health, and detailed body composition analysis including muscle, fat,...
Belgian startup UZE has developed a novel solution to the EV driver's pain point of finding a spot to juice up their vehicle. Instead of requiring drivers to locate an available charging station, UZE brings the power straight to wherever they're parked. As simple as ordering a pizza, customers just request a charge via the company's app. A UZE...
Chipotle Mexican Grill announced a new all electric design for its 7000 US-based restaurants that ditches gas and works to maximize energy efficiency in its equipment and systems utilizing 100% renewable energy from wind power and solar. The company recently opened restaurants with the new features in Gloucester, Virginia and Jacksonville,...
Swedish startup Modvion is set to supply power giant RWE Renewables with wooden wind turbine towers for onshore wind farms. RWE wants to use Modvion’s wooden turbine towers because it asserts in a statement that laminated wood is stronger than steel proportionate to its weight, which means lighter towers and less need for expensive...
With all the runaway success it's having with ChatGPT, OpenAI seemingly wants to give its versatile large language models a physical body — and is now throwing its money behind building a humanoid robot worker. OpenAI has invested in Norwegian robotics company 1X, leading a recent round of funding through its OpenAI Startup Fund at the end of...
OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman is saying that AI will soon be giving medical advice to people too poor for actual healthcare. "The adaptation to a world deeply integrated with AI tools is probably going to happen pretty quickly," he wrote. We are seeing in areas across the industrial spectrum that AI will be the default for most people, while actual...