Ahead of its IPO, OpenAI hires Trump’s AI-policy architect and Google’s transformer pioneer
OpenAI is hiring for its stock-market debut on two very different fronts. One is the research lab. The other is Washington. This week, the company said Dean Ball will join on 6 July to lead a new team [...]
The bet against bigger models: Aether AI lands $20mn for causal AI
Most of the AI industry is betting that bigger models mean smarter machines. A new startup is betting the opposite. Aether AI, based in San Diego, has raised a $20mn seed round to chase a different id [...]
Norway is banning generative AI in elementary schools starting this autumn
Norway will ban the use of generative AI tools by elementary school children starting from the new school year in late August, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced on Friday. The ban applies to [...]
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 game director says the game will have 'massive amounts of customization' — 'There's almost an infinite amount of ways to coordinate with your buds on how you want to kit up as a group'
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will feature "massive amounts of customization" across all available classes, including the brand-new endgame Specialist class. [...]
NASA’s new rover prototype drove 16 miles in a week, 10 times faster than anything it has on Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has built a rover prototype that covered 16 miles in 37 hours of driving, making it roughly 10 times faster than any rover the agency currently operates on Mars. The [...]
Even after a short time with it, I already know Alien: Isolation 2 will be an incredible horror game — but I really want to see the Xenomorph do one very specific thing this time around
Alien: Isolation 2 is going to up the ante on tension, threat, and stress in whole new ways with its vastly different setting from its predecessor. [...]
