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Video of Tesla’s new humanoid robot leaves humans less than impressed

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Last month, on a very odd investor call, Elon Musk declared that Tesla was no longer a car company. It’s a robotics company now, an AI company, and the cars are just means to that end. So how’s the whole robotics thing going? Well, according to a new video from the Optimus team, very slowly.

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That powerful new AI chatbot that mysteriously vanished has now returned

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The mysterious AI chatbot, “gpt2-chatbot,” returned to the major large language model benchmarking site, LMSYS Org, on Monday night roughly a week after it abruptly disappeared. But now, there are two: “im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot” and “im-also-a-good-gpt2-chatbot.” These models exhibited the same GPT-4 level capabilities,…

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Microsoft developed an ‘air-gapped’ AI for spies that’s isolated from the internet

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Microsoft deployed a generative AI model on Thursday for U.S. intelligence agencies to analyze top-secret information, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft announced the AI offering at the 2024 SCSP AI Expo for National Competitiveness in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. The GPT-4-based model was created to be entirely divorced…

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A Tesla Cybertruck owner tried to prove the vehicle is safe — and broke his finger

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What happens when you stick your finger in the closing trunk—or, in this case, the “frunk”—of a Tesla Cybertruck? It’s a question that way too many Cybertruck owners are asking themselves these days. And a new video posted to YouTube appears to show the most grotesque answer to date.

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All the iPads, chips and more that Apple announced at its 'Let Loose' event

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Amid a backdrop of spring birds chirping away the morning, Apple announced a bevy of updates to its iPad lineup in a streamed presentation. The company has launched a new family of iPad Airs with an updated processor and double the storage, plus two new iPad Pros with MacBook-level specifications, including the debut…

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Apple just dropped new iPad Pros with powerful new chips

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The wait is finally over. Apple just announced two brand-new iPad Pros — an 11-inch and a 13-inch model — at its Let Loose event Tuesday, confirming our months-long speculation about them. The event also revealed two new 11 and 13-inch iPad Air models.

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