How Google is using AI to reduce traffic and emissions

What if a missile could jet toward a moving target — and then fly back home to try again if it missed? That’s the idea behind the Roadrunner, a novel combination of AI-powered drone, bomb and boomerang designed by the defense tech company Anduril Industries and announced on Thursday. The company unveiled the product at…

CEO of cryptocurrency platform Coinbase Brian Armstrong attends a reception at Buckingham Palace, in central London, on November 27, 2023 to mark the conclusion of the Global Investment Summit (GIS). (Photo by Daniel LEAL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Daniel Leal | Afp | Getty Images Coinbase, Crypto.com, Gemini…

LAS VEGAS — If the past two years proved that generative artificial intelligence and large language models aren’t going anywhere, 2024 will be year they get embedded into products you may actually want to buy. To see the proof, start by looking to Las Vegas this week. CES, one of the largest technology trade shows…

The layoffs represent the third round of cuts at Twitch in less than a year. Last March, Twitch let go of roughly 400 staffers, and it cut some employees in its customer experience division last October. The unit has also seen turnover in its highest ranks. Longtime CEO Emmett Shear stepped down last March, turning…

Technology professor Gina Neff explained the New York Times’s allegations against Microsoft and Open AI to BBC News. Neff, who serves as the executive director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at the University of Cambridge, set up the stakes of this lawsuit as an important litmus case for generative artificial intelligence and…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court justices sounded divided Tuesday over whether the 1st Amendment forbids public officials who refer to government business on their personal Facebook pages from blocking members of the public who criticize them. At issue is whether government employees — whether city managers, school board members or even former President Trump — have…