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How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying

“People are often curious about how much energy a ChatGPT query uses,” Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, wrote in an aside in a long blog post last...

NASA is shutting down some official social media accounts, including the Curiosity rover’s handle

NASA is shutting down several social media accounts run by the Science Mission Directorate, including the official Mars Curiosity Rover account on X. The organization says it made...

Artificial Intelligence Is Unlocking the Secrets of Black Holes

There may not yet be telescopes capable of unlocking all the secrets of supermassive black holes, but AI is now on the case. Recently, an international team of...

A Political Battle Is Brewing Over Data Centers

“I think it’s the right policy, for us to take a national standard,” they said.While the intent of the AI moratorium may not have been to regulate physical...

How to Make AI Faster and Smarter—With a Little Help from Physics

What exactly is AI Scientist—just a fancy kind of neural net?It’s not a single neural network, but rather an ensemble of computer programs that can help scientists make...

AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse

AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, research published Thursday in the journal Joule shows. That demand from AI, the...

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Switch 2 user warns about accidental ban after playing preowned game cards

You might have to be extra careful who you buy your used Nintendo Switch game cards from if you don't want to get...

Grok team apologizes for the chatbot’s ‘horrific behavior’ and blames ‘MechaHitler’ on a bad update

The team behind Grok has issued a rare apology and explanation of what went wrong after X's chatbot began spewing antisemitic and pro-Nazi...

This HDMI mod lets you play Nintendo Switch Lite on a big screen

If you can't get your hands on the latest Nintendo Switch 2, you might be able to keep the FOMO at bay in...

Meta reportedly closes deal to buy AI voice replicator PlayAI

Meta has finalized the agreement to purchase Play AI, a startup based in California providing users with an AI voice cloning tool, according...

The best Amazon Prime Day TV deals from Sony, LG, Samsung and others still available today

Amazon Prime Day is always a great time to consider a TV upgrade (aside from Black Friday, of course). While the prices for...