Month: February 2025

Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies

Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies People working for, or with, Elon Musk are reportedly taking over the inner workings of multiple government agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration. The Washington Post reported

Autonomous vehicle testing in California dropped 50%. Here’s why.

Autonomous vehicle testing in California dropped 50%. Here’s why. Tech companies developing self-driving vehicle technology have tapped the brakes on testing on California’s public roads, according to new data from the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. The agency reported Friday a total of 4.5 million autonomous vehicle test miles were

OpenAI used this subreddit to test AI persuasion

OpenAI used this subreddit to test AI persuasion OpenAI used the subreddit, r/ChangeMyView, to create a test for measuring the persuasive abilities of its AI reasoning models. The company revealed this in a system card — a document outlining how an AI system works — that was released along with

Sam Altman: OpenAI has been on the ‘wrong side of history’ concerning open source

Sam Altman: OpenAI has been on the ‘wrong side of history’ concerning open source To cap off a day of product releases, OpenAI researchers, engineers, and executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, answered questions in a wide-ranging Reddit AMA on Friday. OpenAI finds itself in a bit of a precarious

Mistral board member and a16z VC Anjney Midha says DeepSeek won’t stop AI’s GPU hunger

Mistral board member and a16z VC Anjney Midha says DeepSeek won’t stop AI’s GPU hunger Midha says R1 won’t stop AI from spending billions.It means they will do more with the compute power they can obtain. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/mistral-board-member-and-a16z-vc-anjney-midha-says-deepseek-wont-stop-ais-gpu-hunger/