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Washington state wants to keep employers from microchipping workers, before anyone even gets the idea
52+ min ago (1142+ words) It may not be a problem just yet, but this Washington state lawmaker is making sure your boss can't make you get a microchip'unless, of course, you want to. After reading about how Wisconsin became the first state in the…...
Jensen Huang says the $700 billion AI buildout is just the beginning: ‘Trillions of dollars of infrastructure still need to be built’
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (291+ words) Tech companies are scrambling to keep up with skyrocketing AI demand. And many are investing billions in the buildout of AI data centers, with some estimates placing the combined capital expenditures of the largest firms at up to $700 billion." $700 billion....
Is AI about to take your job? New Anthropic research suggests the answer is more complicated than you think.
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (305+ words) The paper got a lot of attention on social media because the researchers included an eye-catching radar plot-style chart that highlights just how jagged AI's impacts are, especially when it comes to observed exposure. That chart is here: In the…...
What Peter Thiel's dumping of Nvidia stock for Apple and Microsoft says about the AI race
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (572+ words) What Peter Thiel's dumping of Nvidia stock for Apple and Microsoft says about the AI race'Fortune Peter Thiel dumped Nvidia and invested $45 million into Microsoft and Apple'sending a strong signal about who will win the AI race When Peter Thiel…...
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai’s new $692 million compensation package hinges on the success of two Google moonshots that aren’t making any money
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (352+ words) Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai could be getting a $692 million payday in the next three years, but that depends on the success of two moonshot companies that are operating at a loss. Pichai could earn up to $260 million from…...
Google and OpenAI employees back Anthropic in a legal fight with the Pentagon
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (597+ words) Google and OpenAI employees back Anthropic in a legal fight with the Pentagon'Fortune Google and OpenAI employees back Anthropic in a legal fight that could redefine military use of AI Anthropic is getting support from some unusual allies in its…...
AI just gave you six extra hours. Your boss already took them.
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (1140+ words) Tasks that once took six hours now take less than one. A two-week process can sometimes be finished in an afternoon. But workers aren't getting their time back. Instead, executives say companies are using those productivity gains to demand more…...
'AI brain fry' is real — and it's making workers more exhausted, not more productive, new study finds
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (393+ words) If you're one of the early AI adopters, maybe your brain is totally fried." "The paradox: the more capability you have, the more you feel compelled to use it. The more you use it, the more fragmented your attention becomes....
OpenAI sued by parents of girl critically wounded in Canada school shooting
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (236+ words) The parents of a girl critically wounded in a school shooting in Canada alleged in a civil lawsuit Monday that'ChatGPT-maker OpenAI'knew the shooter was planning a mass attack. OpenAI has said it considered but didn't alert police about the activities…...
Financial planning software company Datarails aims to disrupt itself with AI before someone else does
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (549+ words) AI can build models and run analysis and create reports much faster and much better than any human," Didi Gurfinkel, the company's cofounder and CEO, told Fortune in an interview. So all these tools that focused on creating tools for…...