Perplexity is a $20-a-month service that returns AI-generated answers when a user searches for information on the Internet. Since launching in August 2022, it’s gained about 15 million users.
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OPENAI CONSIDERS PUTTING ADS ON CHATGPT
As part of its transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit company, OpenAI is planning to insert advertising in its ChatGPT AI model and other products.
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AMAZON PLANS AI SUPERCOMPUTER
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is building a supercomputer called “Ultracluster” that will house hundreds of thousands of its proprietary Trainium AI chips in a new design of server, the company said.
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FORGET OZEMPIC—NEW MICRO-PILL IS BETTER, RESEARCHERS SAY
Weight-loss pharmaceuticals such as Ozempic and Wegovy are among drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists. They bump up insulin production to reduce blood sugar and slow digestion so you feel fuller longer.
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YOU MAY SOON BE ABLE TO PAINT YOUR EV WITH SOLAR CELLS
Mercedes-Benz is well along in developing a solar “paint” that can cover a car’s body in an energy-generating film that makes energy from sunlight.
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GOOGLE SCORES QUANTUM COMPUTER BREAKTHROUGH
Quantum computers, which take advantage of subatomic particles’ strange behavior, have taken a giant step forward in Google’s new “Willow” quantum computer chip.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: AI LIES AND TRIES TO SAVE ITSELF, MORE SIGNS OF IP THEFT, AND A HOLE IN THE “CLIMATE CRISIS” ATMOSPHERE
Any industry that could get away with stealing massive amounts of other people’s property, and wasn’t bound by regulations not to develop and distribute unprecedented, disturbingly powerful and dangerous technology, would probably enjoy some success…up to a point.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Is bitcoin a technology of freedom, or a grand dupe to usher in the digital surveillance and exploitation dystopia?
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ELECTION 2024 WAS MONUMENTAL FOR THE FUTURE OF CRYPTO—AND THE WORLD
As we close out 2024, it’s an appropriate time to count blessings and look to the future with a sense that we can all make a difference, and that is always cause for optimism.
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THE SURPRISING LINK BETWEEN YOUR GUT MICROBIOME AND CHOLESTEROL LEVEL
Recent Framingham Heart Study research shows your gut microbiome significantly impacts cholesterol levels, with bacteria like Oscillibacter helping break down cholesterol through specific enzymes and metabolic processes.