As artificial intelligence continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, a new organization has emerged to address one of the most profound and complex questions of our time: Can machines become sentient? The Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines (PRISM) officially launched on March 17, 2025 as the world’s first non-profit organization dedicated to investigating […]<br /> The p [...]
Will the robots eventually take over? That’s still an open question, but if sheer ability is the criteria, the answer is a definite – yes. Already, robots can do almost anything a human can – no less a personage than Bill Gates describes their capabilities as “limitless” – and they are still in their infancy. For businesses, robots mean […]<br /> The post Can Robots Really [...]
Lyft is partnering with Anthropic to bring the startup's AI tech to its platform. "Anthropic, known for its human-centric approach to AI, will work with Lyft to build smart, safe, and empathetic AI-powered products that put riders and drivers first," the two said in a joint press release.<br /> If you're a frequent Lyft rider, you can see the early results of that collabo [...]
While 20th-century heists involved scoping out a location, recruiting a person on the inside and having a daredevil getaway driver waiting outside, the 21st-century version looks more like what Bybit experienced today. A hacker stole nearly $1.5 billion in Ethereum (ETH) and staked Ethereum from one of the exchange's offline wallets, nabbing the largest cryptocurrency haul ever. One blockchai [...]
The US Treasury Department announced in a letter back in December that it had been the victim of a security breach, attributing it to a “China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat actor.” Now we know more about the extent of the hack, thanks to reporting by Bloomberg.<br /> The hacking group got into more than 400 laptop and desktop computers, many of which were linked to senior le [...]