Now more than a year into the tech “correction,” the denial phase is over. There appears to be a broad consensus that lower valuations are here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future. But for well-capitalized private companies, it can take a while for the dominos to fall. We’ve Read more…
A federal judge in Texas is now requiring lawyers in cases before him to certify that they did not use artificial intelligence to draft their filings without a human checking their accuracy. U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr of the Northern District of Texas issued the requirement on Tuesday, in what Read more…
CTV News is reporting that Meta will begin testing the blocking of news sites in Canada. If the argument is that the social media giants are unfairly benefitting from content from Canadian news organizations, this move should be moot as the ‘stealing’ would now be stopping. Unfortunately the opposite is Read more…
Swiss start-up Sun-Ways has developed a concept to install solar panels between train tracks, using a specially built train to “unroll” the panels during the night when fewer trains are running. As wild as it all sound, Sun-Ways actually has two competitors. Greenrail and Bankset Energy, respectively located in Italy Read more…
“A Boeing official said Thursday that the company was ‘standing down’ from an attempt to launch the Starliner spacecraft on July 21,” reports Ars Technica, “to focus on recently discovered issues with the vehicle.” Starliner’s program manager said they’d spent last weekend investigating the problems, and “after internal discussions that Read more…
An AI-enabled drone killed its human operator in a simulated test conducted by the U.S. Air Force in order to override a possible “no” order stopping it from completing its mission, the USAF’s Chief of AI Test and Operations revealed at a recent conference. At the Future Combat Air and Read more…
Venture capital funds, private equity groups and accountancy firms are using the latest artificial intelligence to pick acquisition targets and start-ups for investment, betting the technology can give them an edge over rivals. Big Four accountant KPMG, hedge fund Coatue and venture capital firm Headline are among those using the Read more…