The Great Salt Lake is becoming a toxic bowl of dust — it may also contain the answer to a greener future

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The Great Salt Lake During a Drought Hitting its Lowest Water Level in Recorded History
The Great Salt Lake has had record-low water levels in recent years.

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AI is setting humanity on the path to a new age of discovery

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Contestants in the Vesuvius Challenge used AI to decipher 2,000-year old papyrus scrolls.
Contestants in the Vesuvius Challenge used AI to decipher 2,000-year-old papyrus scrolls.

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Bill Gates thinks the super-wealthy should pay more tax – and plenty of rich people agree

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Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Whether your company considers using AI to replace workers could be a coin flip, CEO survey finds

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Half of global executives think AI might be used to replace jobs at their businesses, according to a Conference Board survey.

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Bill Gates says the richest countries, companies, and people should be 'more generous'

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Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 17, 2024.
Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum.

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Microsoft's everyday AI companion Copilot is here to help – if you're willing to pay

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Microsoft now offers a subscription for its AI companion, Copilot, for individual users.

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Sam Altman says this is his most-used app — and it's not ChatGPT

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Sam Altman says Slack is the most frequently used app on his phone. Bill Gates has a more old-school favorite.

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Sam Altman says it's 'potentially a little scary' how quickly society will have to adapt to the AI revolution

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Sam Altman says AI will bring about the "fastest" technological revolution by far.

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Sam Altman calls brief ouster 'a real moment of growing up' for OpenAI

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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks during The Wall Street Journal's WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 17, 2023.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was ousted and rehired in the span of a week in November.

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The eating habits of tech execs: From Mark Zuckerberg's 'kill what you eat' routine to Elon Musk's Diet Coke obsession

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Elon Musk loves donuts. The Twitter CEO recently tweeted that he eats a donut every morning.

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