As artificial intelligence enables software engineers to cheat in virtual coding interviews, major tech companies like Google are considering reverting to in-person interviews to combat AI-assisted cheating, underscoring the challenges of maintaining integrity in hiring processes amidst rapidly advancing AI capabilities.
A judge expressed concerns about potential harm from OpenAI's transition to a for-profit company using public funds, denying an injunction but offering an expedited trial in 2025 to resolve disputes over the restructuring targeted by Elon Musk's lawsuit.
Meta's AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses sell over 2 million units as the tech giant eyes smart glasses as a potential future computing platform, allowing users to interact with the world through augmented reality and AI capabilities.
Palantir delivers its first two AI-powered TITAN ground stations to the U.S. Army under a $178 million contract, marking the first time a software company leads a major military hardware program as these mobile systems revolutionize battlefield intelligence by using artificial intelligence to process space sensor data and enhance strike …
Mozilla champions transparency and user control with its new Terms of Use and Privacy Notice for Firefox, clarifying data practices, privacy commitments, and empowering users to manage their information.
Pioneering researchers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton received the 2024 Turing Prize for their foundational work on reinforcement learning, a technique that enabled breakthroughs like AlphaGo and ChatGPT by training AI agents through reward-based learning.
In a significant antitrust move, the Department of Justice is seeking the divestiture of Google's Chrome browser and imposing search neutrality measures, including prohibiting preferential treatment for Google's search engine and requiring notification of new ventures competing with Google's core search and advertising business.
In a bid for AI autonomy, Microsoft is developing its own in-house AI models to rival OpenAI's offerings, aiming to reduce dependence on the startup, lower costs, gain more control, and potentially compete in the AI reasoning model market.
smallpond, a lightweight and scalable data processing framework built on DuckDB and 3FS, offers high-performance data operations with no long-running services, enabling efficient handling of petabyte-scale datasets through seamless integration of DuckDB's powerful querying capabilities and 3FS's distributed storage.
The Trump administration's cuts to government agencies like the National Science Foundation are undermining US AI research and talent development, while prioritizing partnerships with private AI firms like OpenAI over public initiatives.