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Elon Musk is widely recognized as an electric car pioneer. Yet the Tesla CEO has also single-handedly chilled the automaker’s sales, according to a recent study by researchers at Yale University. Public controversy over Musk’s role as leader of the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), as well as his acquisition of social media platform Twitter…

Amazon on Tuesday said it is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs as the retailing giant relies more on artificial intelligence and moves to lower its wage bill.  Earlier this year, CEO Andy Jassy said Amazon’s investment in AI tools would allow the company to reduce its human workforce as the business becomes more efficient. Beth Galetti,…

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” they say could threaten humanity. The letter, released Wednesday by a politically and geographically diverse group of public figures, is squarely aimed…

OpenAI said Tuesday it is launching an artificial intelligence-powered website browser, heightening the company’s competition with Google, the Alphabet-owned unit that has long dominated online search.  The new browser, called ChatGPT Atlas, is for now only available on Apple laptops that run the company’s Mac operating system. Access will soon expand to Apple’s iOS, Microsoft…

The massive Amazon cloud computing outage on Monday took down websites and disrupted internet service for hours globally. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger breaks down how people can protect themselves for incidents like the outage in the digital age. Source link

An Amazon Web Services outage is causing major disruptions around the world. The service provides remote computing services to many apps, websites, governments, universities and companies. On Downdetector, a website that tracks online outages, users reported issues with Amazon Alexa, Amazon Prime, Snapchat, Ring, Roblox, Fortnite, online broker Robinhood, the McDonald’s app and many others….

Georgia Tech uses drones to enhance campus security – CBS News Watch CBS News Georgia Institute of Technology recently became one of the first colleges in the U.S. to roll out a drone program that enhances campus security. Source link

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to give shoppers a new feature that lets them complete purchases using ChatGPT, as the retailer invests in artificial intelligence to improve operations.   Using ChatGPT’s new “Instant Checkout” feature, shoppers in conversation with the AI-powered bot will be able to browse Walmart’s offerings through ChatGPT, and complete purchases from within the…

The popular online gaming platform Roblox, which hosts millions of user-created games, is being sued by families and state attorneys general who claim online predators can groom, extort and exploit kids they meet on the platform. Steven, a father of two, is among those who have filed lawsuits as his family tries to rebuild their…