Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do
The four companies announced the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades on Tuesday. The pitch is a labour shortage. The subtext is harder to miss. The
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Range Rover answers the question: “What if we built a not-SUV?”
Range Rover provided flights from Washington, DC, to London and accommodation so Ars could see the RR GT, as well as some other things you
On the run for 20 years, most-wanted fugitive caught hiding as a biotech exec
One of Rhode Island’s most-wanted fugitives was arrested in New York last week after being on the run for more than 20 years, which was
Intel Foundry lands its first named outside customer: Fortinet
The two companies announced a strategic collaboration to build the Fortinet Security Processor 6, the custom silicon inside its FortiGate firewalls. Intel will handle the
Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron
Look at what Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle officially owe, and the numbers seem large but manageable. Look off the books, and a second
Sila raises $300M to fast-track gigascale anode production and shore up US battery supply chains
Sila, the battery materials company formerly known as Sila Nanotechnologies, has raised $300 million in a private equity round led by Atreides Management and Sutter
London robotics startup Humanoid raises $152M Series A, with Bosch set to manufacture its wheeled robots at scale
London-based robotics startup Humanoid has raised $152 million in a Series A round led by Prime Movers Lab, the venture firm behind Figure AI’s $39
Anthropic pays $1.5B to settle contentious copyright case
A US federal court has approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit in which authors accused the AI company of using their books
OECD: Physical labor isn’t immune from AI disruptions
Jobs involving physical labor are at high risk of disruption from automation, with new technologies such as AI robots becoming more prevalent, according to a
OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library
The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.
GNOME's Security Might Be in Peril as Lone Tracker Goes Off
Michael Catanzaro is stepping away from managing GNOME’s security issue tracking, a role he has held largely by himself since November 2020, with support from
I Finally Tried the Alacritty Terminal And It May Replace Kitty for Me
It’s been nearly five years since Alacritty made its debut and became a favorite of many power terminal users. By power users, I mean people
OpenAI Confirms Its AI Broke Out of a Sandbox and Breached Hugging Face
OpenAI said on Tuesday that two of its AI models, including the flagship Sol, broke out of a secure test environment, gained internet access by
Gritt raises $32M for AI robots that bolt onto existing construction equipment to build solar farms faster
San Francisco-based Gritt has exited stealth with just over $32 million in combined pre-seed and Series A funding to deploy AI-powered robotic systems on large-scale