VCs go crazy over AI that can make dad jokes.

Generative AI is booming, attracting investments from venture capitalists despite the recent tech crash. With 539 startups collectively raising over $11bn in the capital, generative AI is being driven by factors such as the ease of building new services and applications on top...

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Forget AI. Organoid intelligence is the new thing.

Scientists have proposed a plan to develop a biological computer powered by human brain cells that could outperform silicon-based machines while using far less energy. The system, called "organoid intelligence," would consist of arrays of brain organoids - tiny three-dimension...

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Twitter is featuring Russian propaganda on your timeline.

Oh, look, the Kremlin is using Twitter's new paid verification system to spread propaganda more effectively. Musk has said he'll feature tweets from paid subscribers even more prominently in Twitter's news feed and search. But no worries, Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter is doi...

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OpenAI has released the ChatGPT API.

OpenAI's cutting-edge ChatGPT and Whisper models are now available via API, providing developers with amazing language and speech-to-text capabilities. The ChatGPT model has seen a 90% cost reduction since December, and OpenAI is passing on these savings to users and is priced...

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A black hole as a massive quantum computer.

What if we haven't found extra-terrestrial life because we're looking for the wrong technosignatures? A recent study suggests that advanced civilisations might use microscopic black holes as the ultimate source of computation.

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One small qubit for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Google has achieved a milestone in quantum computing by demonstrating the possibility of reducing errors by increasing the number of qubits. They hope to reduce error rates to enable useful quantum algorithms by treating a group of qubits as one logical qubit.

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AI is changing the field of mathematics.

As chatbots become more ubiquitous, mathematicians are exploring how AI can assist with their work beyond mere calculation. One of the questions being explored by mathematicians and computer scientists is whether machines will change math.

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Only half of employees trust AI at work.

According to a survey of over 17,000 people from 17 countries. Nearly 50% of employees are wary of relying on AI decisions and recommendations, sharing information with AI tools, and AI monitoring. The majority believe humans should retain more control than AI systems in decis...

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