The battle over Scott Adams' AI afterlife

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Scott Adams poses in a doorway with a Dilbert cutout
Dilbert creator Scott Adams' posthumous AI resurrection is sparking a family backlash

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Elon Musk says Anthropic's philosopher has no stake in the future because she doesn't have kids. Here's her response.

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Elon Musk is in a black suit jacket and a black graphic t-shirt on stage. He is looking to the top left corner of the image.
Elon Musk is a science nerd. His latest memo is another glaring example.

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Anthropic bot crawlers feast on web content and give little back, a new ranking shows

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A giant mechanical spider walks along the waterfront in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.
A giant mechanical spider walks along the waterfront in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.

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Trump's billionaires will have to navigate a complex web of possible conflicts of interest

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Elon Musk walks with Donald Trump before a test flight of Space X's Starship rocket
Elon Musk's companies receive billions in federal contracts, but he's far from the only billionaire in President-elect Donald Trump's orbit with potential conflicts of interest.

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From the 'godfathers of AI' to newer people in the field: Here are 17 people you should know — and what they say about the possibilities and dangers of the technology.

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Godfathers of AI
Three of the "godfathers of AI" helped spark the revolution that's making its way through the tech industry — and all of society. They are, from left, Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yoshua Bengio.

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Trump nominates Matt Gaetz for Attorney General

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Matt Gaetz
Trump announced on Wednesday that he would nominated Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as United States Attorney General.

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Signal president says generative AI is 'definitely a bubble' and Nvidia's market is going to 'die for a second'

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Meredith Whittaker
Signal President Meredith Whittaker.

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A judge who overturned a $72 million verdict against Boeing disclosed he bought and sold Boeing stock while hearing the case — but says his wife's IRA was to blame

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Judge James Robart on 60 Minutes
In his appearance on 60 Minutes, senior U.S. District Judge James Robart said he received 40,000 threatening messages after blocking Trump's first travel ban.

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In the rush to adopt AI, ethics and responsibility are taking a backseat at many companies

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AI can get pretty scary if its not regulated.

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Colorado enacted a law meant to stop tech companies sharing your brain-wave data

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Neuralink surgical robot
Neuralink surgical robot.

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