Fans and foes of generative AI believe the biggest, most powerful AI models, including ChatGPT, will operate with the intelligence of a legit Ph.D. student as soon as next year.
Why it matters: AI has gone from high schooler to college grad to mediocre Ph.D. student so fast that it's easy to miss the profound implications of having such scalable intelligence in the hands of everyone.
A new U.S. nuclear energy age may be dawning after years of false starts and dashed hopes.
Why it matters: The data centers powering the AI revolution have an insatiable thirst for energy. Major stakeholders — in Washington, Silicon Valley and beyond — see nuclear energy as one of the answers.
Meta's new Orion glasses may still be a prototype that costs thousands of dollars to produce, but when you put them on they feel like the future.
Driving the news: These are glasses, not goggles, that can display information and even videos overlaid on the real world — like Apple's Vision Pro in many ways, but lighter and with less of a barrier between you and reality.
Donald Trump has calledKamala Harris "the greatest flip-flopper" on policy issues. But if he's re-elected president, Trump plans to backtrack on several positions he took during his presidency.
Why it matters: Trump's flip-flops — like Harris' — appear calculated to appeal to key groups of voters in what's expected to be an election decided by razor-thin margins.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a landmark artificial intelligence bill that was designed to have first-in-the-nation safety regulations against AI misuse.
The big picture: Backers of the bill that would've required AI developers to comply with certain rules before developing models had argued it would provide safety with workable provisions at a time when Congress has stalled on the matter and the EU has taken a lead in regulating the sector.
More than half of U.S. states have taken steps to ban or restrict cellphone use in K-12 schools, a new analysis finds.
Why it matters: Even some students admit that their phones can be hugely disruptive during class, and cyberbullying is a persistent issue — but many parents see phones as critical safety tools in the event of a shooting or other emergency.
