Posts by Amelia Frost
OpenAI’s Former Chief Technology Officer Starts Her Own Company
Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer of OpenAI who unexpectedly left the company in September, has helped found a new artificial intelligence start-up called Thinking Machines Lab, adding to the wave of young companies that have been formed in the race to lead A.I. Thinking Machines Lab aims to “make A.I. systems more widely…
Read MoreBitcoin Sheds $3,000 As FTX Begins Customer Repayments, Crypto Users Divided Over Market Impact
KEY POINTS $BTC was trading at around $96,500 then plunged below $93,500 following the news The digital coin has since recovered and was trading just above $95,000 late Tuesday Some crypto users wondered whether former FTX customers still want to be in the space after the 2022 crypto winter The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency bled…
Read MoreAfter US Election, Kremlin Propagandist Sets Sights On German Vote
From a fabricated sex scandal to a fake museum heist, disinformation aimed at influencing Germany’s high-stakes election is originating from dozens of AI-generated German sites apparently linked to a US fugitive turned Kremlin propagandist, researchers say. John Dougan runs a network of more than 100 such fake sites, which mimic German media outlets, mirroring a…
Read MoreBolsonaro: Brazil’s Polarising Ex-president Mired In Legal Woes
Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro has been bogged down in legal woes since leaving office, and is now facing a possible high-profile trial while trying to pave a path back to power. Bolsonaro, 69, was on Tuesday formally charged over an alleged coup bid to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking…
Read MoreTop South Korean Judge Faces Disinformation Deluge As Yoon Impeachment Looms
Bogus child pornography claims, fabricated support for communism and fake posts showing Elon Musk calling for his removal — a deluge of disinformation is targeting a top judge in suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial. South Korea’s Constitutional Court has for weeks deliberated on whether to uphold a parliamentary vote to remove…
Read MoreDickson Despommier, Who Championed Farming in Skyscrapers, Dies at 84
Dickson Despommier, a microbiologist who proposed that cities should grow food in high-rises, popularizing the term “vertical farming” — an idea that crossed over from the realm of the purely fanciful to become a reality around the globe — died on Feb. 7 in Manhattan. He was 84. His wife, Marlene Bloom, confirmed the death,…
Read MoreRight-Wing Media Praises U.S.-Russia Talks as ‘Breath of Fresh Air’
News that the Trump administration had agreed with Russia to try to negotiate a peace settlement for Ukraine, without including Ukraine in the talks, was a revelation that many believed reversed years of efforts to isolate Moscow. But prominent voices in the right-wing media world interpreted the development this week as cause for celebration. “Every…
Read MorePGA Tour and LIV Golf Look for Merger Deal Under Trump
The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund are racing to reshape their plans to combine their rival golf circuits, emboldened by President Donald J. Trump’s eagerness to play peacemaker for a fractured sport, according to four people familiar with the matter. Since the start of secret talks in April 2023, PGA Tour executives…
Read MoreUS Tariffs Threat A ‘Shock’ To Canadian Businesses
Donald Trump’s threats of import tariffs have sent shockwaves through Canada, forcing businesses to question their dependence on the United States — a reassessment that is creating headaches for many sectors. “It was an absolute shock,” Matthew Holmes, vice president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, told AFP. “There’s an incredible anxiety that comes from…
Read MoreHP to Buy Humane, Maker of the Ai Pin, for $116 Million
Humane, the ambitious start-up behind the Ai Pin device that aimed to one day replace smartphones, agreed to sell parts of its business to HP for $116 million, the companies said on Tuesday. HP said it planned to buy Humane’s “A.I. capabilities,” including its software platform, intellectual property, patents and some employees. The Ai Pin…
Read MoreUS Lawmakers Confirm Howard Lutnick As Commerce Secretary
The US Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Wall Street billionaire Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, a key step towards the rollout of President Donald Trump’s “America First” trade policy, which uses tariffs as a broad negotiation tool. Trump has threatened sweeping levies on US allies and competitors alike, looking to tariffs not only as a…
Read MoreSenate Confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
The Senate on Tuesday voted 51 to 45 to confirm Howard Lutnick to be President Trump’s commerce secretary, putting in place one of the administration’s top economic officials who will help oversee an agenda around tariffs and protectionism. Mr. Lutnick, who was the chief executive of the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, became a central…
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