Andy Konwinski, with help from Google’s Jeff Dean and other AI luminaries, has launched a new institute to help turn promising academic AI breakthroughs into open-source tools, startups, and real-world products while fostering an “AI for good” research culture. [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing to find out exactly what information the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has accessed from federal agencies. The civil rights organization submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to several goverment departments in February; it is now suing to get responses from the Social Security Administration and the Department of Veterans Affair [...]
If you prefer open-ear AirPods but still have an older model, this deal could be worth noting. Amazon's October Prime Day has the AirPods 4 on sale for $90, or 30 percent off their usual price. That's also the lowest we've seen them. <br /> When Apple updated its standard AirPods in 2024, it released two models: one with active noise cancellation (ANC) and one without. We cons [...]