Zoom CEO wants customers to send their AI-powered 'digital twins' to future meetings
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan discussed the possibility of workers using AI clones in meetings, which would allow their "digital twin" to attend in their place. Experts weigh in.
World’s largest wealth fund to vote against Musk’s $56 billion Tesla pay package
Norway's $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund says it will vote against ratifying CEO Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package which is up for a shareholder vote next week.
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang promises new computing age led by Taiwanese tech
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave a keynote address at the 2024 Taipei International Information Technology Show discussing AI capabilities for future technology.
US-based company innovates 'cutting-edge technology' to help improve military
Aeluma CEO Jonathan Klamkin discusses the company's 100% U.S.-made semiconductor chips and its role in improving the military.
Waymo, Zoox self-driving cars under federal investigation following reported traffic violations, collisions
Both Waymo and Zoox autonomous ride-hailing vehicles are under federal investigation for causing crashes and disobeying traffic laws, the NHTSA announced.
Solar storm crippled GPS equipment, causing headaches for farmers
The geomagnetic storm that has been cascading down on Earth caused serious technological headaches for farmers across the U.S. and Canada by disrupting GPS on their vehicles.
Billionaire CEOs join White House state dinner for Japan prime minister
The U.S. and Japan celebrated their alliance this week with an official visit and state dinner, which highlighted private sector investments from the likes of Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Toyota.
Elon Musk suing OpenAI, Sam Altman for breaching not for profit mission
Elon Musk argues in a lawsuit that Sam Altman and OpenAI have betrayed a founding agreement to develop the technology toward the benefit of humanity over profits.
AT&T reveals likely cause of outage that affected customers nationwide
AT&T revealed the cause of a nationwide outage that temporarily stripped tens of thousands of customers of cellular service to be the "execution of an incorrect process."
'AI skills factory' created by Thomson Reuters for non-engineers to build expertise
Thomson Reuters' generative artificial intelligence platform features an "AI skills factory" to let workers with expertise safely experiment with building AI tools without engineers.
AWS rolls out Amazon Q, an AI assistant for businesses
Amazon Web Services announced its generative AI assistant for businesses, Amazon Q, at a recent conference and is rolling out its availability across its platforms.
Tech CEO's ambitious 5-year timeline for 'competitive' AI comes with caveats, experts argue
Experts argue that the development of AI to achieve AGI relies on datasets available and how broadly researchers want to define the achievements of AGI models.
AI will kill some jobs but may offer new opportunities for workers: experts
Artificial intelligence will cause some massive shifts in the job market, completely killing some jobs while leading to new opportunities and jobs in other fields.
Elon Musk bringing headlines back to X, marking major U-turn
Billionaire Elon Musk is reversing course and bringing headlines back to news articles shared on X, which is causing conversation on the social media platform.
OpenAI board scrubbed stabilizing the $90B company after chaos
Firing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman caused an uproar for the company's board in a "black eye for the ages" as its four directors tried to lure him back and employees threatened to mutiny.
TransUnion to cut 1,300 jobs as part of multiyear plan to reduce costs, drive growth
The company expects to deliver $120 to $140 million of annualized operating expense savings and a $70 to $80 million capital expenditure reduction in 2026 relative to 2023 levels.
Man crushed to death by industrial robot that confused him for a box: police
A man in South Korea died Tuesday after a robot was said to have mistaken him for a box and crushed him against a conveyor belt, police have said.
Business leaders expect AI investments to pay off, but it might take time: study
A new study found an overwhelming majority of business leaders expect their companies' investments in new generative artificial intelligence technology to pay off.
Searches for AI skills on gig platform surge as businesses embrace new tech
A new study by gig platform Fiverr shows demand for experts with certain artificial intelligence-related skills surged over the past six months as more businesses embrace the tools.
Americans agree: Work meetings are the worst
A new study reveals one thing nearly all American workers agree on: their employers are not conducting meetings well, with more than 9 out of 10 saying they have complaints.