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Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft
Harvard University announced Thursday it’s releasing a high-quality dataset of nearly one million public-domain books that could be…
Relevant! Relevant! Relevant! At 50, Microsoft Is an AI Giant, Open-Source Lover, and as Bad as Ever
No question about it: Nadella’s Microsoft is a triumph. Finally, in the 2020s, Microsoft has centered on the…
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
“If you’re trying to not be tracked, not having a phone is often the easiest,” Sandvik says. “Leave…
Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google
Ask the search engine Ecosia about “Paris to Prague” and flight booking websites dominate the results. Ecosia’s CEO…
Microsoft Envisions Every Screen as an Xbox. How’s That Going So Far?
The problem isn’t bandwidth though, it’s latency. Video games are built on instant feedback. Some games can fudge…
Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results
Google added that part of the problem it faces in generating AI Overviews is that, for some very…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI Gets a Voice, Vision, and a ‘Hype Man’ Persona
Microsoft deleted the over-eager office assistant Clippy some 17 years ago, but the vision for an friendly and…
Microsoft’s AI Boss Wants Copilot to Bring ‘Emotional Support’ to Windows and Office
We don’t save any of the material with Copilot Vision, so once you close the browser after your…
Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback
For five years, reactor one at Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania has lain dormant. Now,…
Palmer Luckey Is Bringing Anduril Smarts to Microsoft’s Military Headset
When Palmer Luckey was hacking together virtual reality headsets at his startup Oculus VR in the mid-2010s, he…