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ChatGPT expands its foothold in the nation’s classrooms
Teachers are heading back to school, and ChatGPT is coming with them. OpenAI announced 55 new partnerships with American school districts on Wednesday, roughly doubling the reach of its ChatGPT for Teachers product. The districts signed on represent more than 300,000 staffers and 2 million…
I’ve solo-traveled to 90 countries. Here are the 5 most beautiful places I’ve been.
In March 2019, I scored a flight from Seoul to Jeju Island, South Korea. One of my first stops was Oedolgae, a unique rock formation that’s believed to have been formed by a volcanic eruption. As I walked there from my hostel, I passed plenty of waterfalls and witnessed early signs of the island’s…
Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion
Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face, the popular AI platform for sharing and building with open-source models, in what could be one of the chip giant’s biggest deals yet. The two parties have had serious acquisition conversations in recent weeks about a deal that would value Hugging…
Tempe turns off its Flock license plate reader system, citing privacy concerns and risk for ‘misuse’
More cities are walking away from collaborations with Flock. Tempe, Arizona, said on Wednesday that it shut down its network of Flock Safety license plate readers and plans to terminate its contract with the surveillance company, citing privacy risks and cases of alleged misuse reported by other…
Marc Benioff goes on the offensive: ‘This is not the SaaSpocalypse’
Marc Benioff is going on the offensive about the so-called SaaSpocalypse. “This nonsense of this SaaSpocalypse, I think it’s time for it to stop,” the Salesforce CEO said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. Benioff used the call to push back on fears that AI threatens…
The winners and losers of Meta’s $18 billion settlement
On Wednesday, Meta reached an agreement with attorneys general across states, Washington, DC, and US territories that had brought claims the design of the company’s apps had harmed children. The company will pay up to $18 billion in penalties and alter its apps to potentially limit the amount of…
The US Army is betting on nuclear microreactors to keep its bases powered even if the grid goes dark
The US Army announced plans to build nuclear microreactors on five military bases as it tests whether nuclear energy can keep critical operations running if the power grid goes down. The Janus Program’s initial rollout selected five vendors and assigned each to a different installation. The Army…
Amid warehouse staffing shortages, AI-powered drones and Meta glasses help visually impaired workers get the job done
The warehousing business is booming as e-commerce sales climb, but many of these sprawling facilities face a challenge after their walls are erected: staffing shortages. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent data, 392,000 jobs were open in the warehousing and transportation…
Dolly Parton’s letter to Eminem shows how to make a connection that lasts
Beyond her 9-to-5 as a performer and prolific songwriter, Dolly Parton was also a master of connection. That was clear in a letter she sent Eminem, whose given name is Marshall Mathers, following his 2022 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In a post on X on Tuesday following Parton’s…
Stanley Druckenmiller’s AI writing has split Wall Street down the middle
When Stanley Druckenmiller speaks, markets listen. When the legendary trader uses AI to craft his message, investors can’t stop talking. Druckenmiller has said he used AI to help write his viral op-ed in the Wall Street Journal this week. In the piece, he criticized Scott Bessent, the US Treasury…