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When Eric Schmidt stepped up to the podium at the University of Arizona’s commencement ceremony, he likely expected the warm reception that typically greets a tech titan of his stature. What he got instead was something far more memorable: a chorus of boos from the graduating class every time he uttered the words “artificial intelligence.” … Read more

For more than a decade, five Bitcoin sat locked inside a forgotten digital wallet, their value quietly climbing from a few hundred dollars per coin into the tens of thousands. The man who owned them had long since resigned himself to the loss. Then, one final attempt with an AI changed everything. The user, known … Read more

The future of spirituality may look nothing like anyone expected. Just weeks after an entirely fabricated AI persona posing as a Chinese healing monk racked up 2.4 million social media followers in roughly three months, a genuine robotic monk has made history in South Korea. According to sources, the robot was formally initiated into Buddhism … Read more

At an event hosted by Alex Kantrowitz of the Big Technology Podcast, Mark Cuban shared his perspective on why artificial intelligence marks a fundamentally new era in how people access and absorb knowledge. Cuban drew a clear distinction between two types of AI users. “I think right now we’re bifurcating into two types of people … Read more

In a conversation with Big Technology Podcast host Alex Kantrowitz, Mark Cuban did not hold back when the topic turned to OpenAI, its spending, its leadership, and its chances of delivering returns for investors. When Kantrowitz raised the subject of OpenAI’s recent $110 billion raise and plans to spend more than a trillion dollars on … Read more

In a recent episode of the Channel 5 podcast, host Andrew Callaghan sat down with Steven Renderos to discuss what they described as the corporate capture of American news media. Among the figures named as key architects of that influence was venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. Renderos listed Andreessen among five individuals he considers the most … Read more

Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon‘s recent push to get more women engaged with artificial intelligence has stirred up a notable backlash online. Recently, a major tech CEO had publicly warned that AI could strip economic and political power from the very demographic the actress is trying to reach. The Oscar-winning actress, producer, and founder of Reese’s … Read more

Most people know Milla Jovovich as the relentless action heroine of the Resident Evil franchise. Far fewer would have guessed that she would one day be behind a technical breakthrough in artificial intelligence memory systems. Jovovich, alongside longtime friend and software developer Ben Sigman, has released MemPalace, a free and fully open-source AI memory tool … Read more

Folk musician Murphy Campbell found herself at the center of a major ordeal when an entity called Timeless Sounds IR uploaded AI-generated imitations of her music to every major music platform, then used her recordings to strip her of her own income. According to sources, the scheme worked like this: someone fed YouTube videos of … Read more

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sat down with Fox Business to mark Apple’s 50th anniversary and did not hold back his feelings about artificial intelligence, making clear that he is far from impressed with where the technology stands today. When the host pointed out that AI now figures out so much for us, Wozniak was immediate … Read more