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May 15, 2024 5:16 PM

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever departs ChatGPT maker

OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving the startup at the center of today's artificial intelligence boom. "OpenAI would not be what it is without him," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a message to the company, which OpenAI po...

May 15, 2024 4:04 PM

Musk’s Neuralink has faced issues with its tiny wires for years, sources say

Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue the Elon Musk company has known about for years, according to five people familiar with the matter. The company knew from a...

May 15, 2024 2:00 PM

Alphabet debuts beefed-up AI search and chatbot as competition heats up

Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday showed how it is building on artificial intelligence across its businesses, including a beefed-up Gemini chatbot and improvements to its prized search engine as it races to compete with AI rivals. The flurry of anno...

May 14, 2024 6:02 PM

MHA warns against cyber criminals impersonating government officials

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a cautionary advisory regarding cyber criminals who are adopting deceptive tactics such as 'blackmail' and 'digital arrest', posing as officers from various government agencies. These fraudulent individua...

May 14, 2024 4:15 PM

AI, green development to empower global economic growth: leaders

The fast-evolving sectors of artificial intelligence (AI) and green development can serve as major new growth engines to drive the global economy forward, according to attendees at the 2024 Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit in Beijing on M...

May 14, 2024 11:19 AM

OpenAI unveils new AI model as competition heats up

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday it would release a new AI model called GPT-4o, capable of realistic voice conversation and able to interact across text and image, its latest move to stay ahead in a race to dominate the emerging technology. New a...

May 12, 2024 2:36 PM

Musk sees fourth flight of SpaceX’s Starship in 3-5 weeks

SpaceX's Starship rocket, a futuristic vehicle designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, will probably have its fourth flight in 3-5 weeks, the company's Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a post on social media platform X on Sat...

May 12, 2024 1:20 PM

US space weather agency tracks ‘extreme’ conditions linked to increased aurora borealis sightings

A U.S. government agency that monitors solar activity warned on Saturday (May 11) that the biggest geomagnetic storm to hit the Earth in two decades would continue through Sunday - posing risks to radio, GPS and satellite communications and bringing ...

May 11, 2024 5:35 PM

Musk’s Starlink satellites disrupted by major solar storm

Starlink, the satellite arm of Elon Musk's SpaceX, warned on Saturday of a "degraded service" as the Earth is battered by the biggest geomagnetic storm due to solar activity in two decades. Starlink owns around 60% of the roughly 7,500 satellites or...

May 10, 2024 4:54 PM

Government agencies join forces to combat cybercrime

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in partnership with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and state police, has launched a collaborative effort to combat the misuse of telecom resources in cybercrime and financial frauds. The initiative aims...

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