As Elon Musk Calls For A ‘Pause’ On AI Development, Will The AI Wars Reach A Temporary Truce?
Key takeaways Future of Life Institute backed by Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and DeepMind engineers has called for...
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The Download: sleeping in VR, and promising clean energy projects
People are gathering in virtual spaces to relax, and even sleep, with their headsets on. VR sleep rooms are becoming...
Inside the conference where researchers are solving the clean-energy puzzle
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) funds high-risk, high-reward energy research projects, and each year the agency hosts...
Could The US Dollar Collapse?
Key Takeaways A currency collapse is when a country's currency loses all its value and becomes practically worthless in day...
Inside the cozy but creepy world of VR sleep rooms
Feeling safe is crucial for relaxation and sleep, even if you are alone in your own bed at home. I entered...
Evolutionary organizations reimagine the future
The global technology consultancy Thoughtworks describes organizations that can respond to marketplace changes with continuous adaptation as “evolutionary organizations.” It...
The Happiest Place On Earth? Not For 7,000 Disney Employees As They Begin First Round Of Layoffs
Key takeaways An internal memo revealed Disney’s three-stage plan for implementing 7,000-strong job cuts announced in February The layoffs are...
The Download: China’s retro AI photos, and experts’ AI fears
Across social media, a number of creators are generating nostalgic photographs of China with the help of AI. Even though...
Chinese creators use Midjourney’s AI to generate retro urban “photography”
In fact, none of them are real. Zhang Haijun, a street photographer in Chongqing, generated these images with Midjourney, an...
The emergent industrial metaverse
Annika Hauptvogel, head of technology and innovation management at Siemens, describes the industrial metaverse as “immersive, making users feel as...
Recession-Proof Investments To Buff Your Portfolio
Key takeaways As recession fears mount and interest rates rise, investors are increasingly worried about how a downturn could hit...
Delivering insights at scale by modernizing data
This data is often siloed in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. However, with ERP data modernization, businesses can integrate data...
Technology and industry convergence: A historic opportunity
And it's that combination of technology and human ingenuity, as we say, and as Danielle just alluded to in her...
The Download: the threat of microplastics, and mitigating AI bias
The news: While we know that tiny pieces of plastic are everywhere, we don’t fully understand what they’re doing to...
First Citizens Bank Buys Silicon Valley Bank’s Assets – Did Shareholders Get A Good Deal?
Key takeaways First Citizens Bank is acquiring the bulk of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits and loans, roughly doubling the size...
What if we could just ask AI to be less biased?
Last week, I published a story about new tools developed by researchers at AI startup Hugging Face and the University of Leipzig...
How Investors Can Navigate Banking Uncertainty As Deutsche Bank, First Citizens Bank And First Republic Bank Stock Seesaws
Key takeaways Bank stocks sold off heavily last week, as nervous investors ran for the exits over - well, basically...
Microplastics are messing with the microbiomes of seabirds
To find out if the microbes being introduced might be “good” or “bad,” Fackelmann and her colleagues analyzed the microbiomes...
Tech Companies Big And Small Look To Include AI Technology And Crypto Picks Up Big Gains – Forbes AI Newsletter March 25th
TL;DR The Fed elected to raise base interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, sticking to the script despite financial uncertainty...
Could TikTok Get Banned Before It Goes Public? Congress Hearing Throws Doubt On Company’s Future, Keeping Tech Investors On Their Toes
Key takeaways TikTok faced a hostile Congressional hearing over its ties with the Chinese government, which has prompted fears over...