Seven people have now received Neuralink’s N1 brain implant, which enables individuals with ALS or spinal cord injuries to control a computer with their thoughts. In a February 2025 update, Neuralink confirmed that three people had received its brain-computer interface (BCI). That increased to five by June, when it also Read more…
Accenture is facing mounting challenges as AI threatens to disrupt the consulting industry the company helped build. The Dublin-based firm, which made its fortune advising clients on adapting to new technologies from the internet to cloud computing, now confronts the same predicament as generative AI reshapes business operations. The company’s Read more…
Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff said Thursday his company has automated a significant chunk of work with AI, another example of a firm touting labor-replacing potential of the emerging technology. “AI is doing 30% to 50% of the work at Salesforce now,” Benioff said in an interview, pointing at job Read more…
The job of the future might already be past its prime. For years, young people seeking a lucrative career were urged to go all in on computer science. From 2005 to 2023, the number of comp-sci majors in the United States quadrupled. All of which makes the latest batch of Read more…
Waymo and Uber have launched a robotaxi service in Atlanta, allowing users to book autonomous rides through the Uber app across a 65-square-mile area. They will not yet travel on highways or to the airport. The vehicles feature Waymo’s driverless technology, known as the Waymo Driver, integrated into battery electric Read more…
Goldman Sachs has officially rolled out a generative AI assistant across the company to enhance productivity, with around 10,000 employees already using it for tasks like summarizing documents and data analysis. With the AI tool’s official company-wide launch, Goldman joins a long list of big banks already leveraging the technology Read more…
The carbon cost of asking an artificial intelligence model a single text question can be measured in grams of CO2. And while an individual’s impact may be low, what about the collective impact of all users? A Google search takes about 10 times less energy than a ChatGPT query, according to Read more…