Silicon Valley presented AI as a noble research tool. Now it's all about cold, hard cash.

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Mark Zuckerberg is focusing more of Meta's efforts on commercializing AI.

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Threads is rolling out new features, including one that lets users see their likes, as the platform tries address a huge user slump

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Threads will soon have a search function and web version, Mark Zuckerberg said.

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Adding one line of code can now prevent OpenAI from accessing a website's data to train ChatGPT

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Just one line of code can now prevent OpenAI from accessing a website's data to train ChatGPT.

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WWE star Triple H appears to offer Elon Musk advice for potential cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg

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Elon Musk and Triple H.

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AI is about to turn the internet into a total nightmare

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AI bots and AI-generated content are flooding the internet with spam, scams, and misinformation. And it's making it a nightmare to be online.

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Room-temperature superconductors and nuclear fusion will need a ChatGPT moment

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The National Ignition Facility’s preamplifier module increases the laser energy as it travels to the Target Chamber
US government scientists reportedly produced an energy gain during a fusion reaction for the second time ever, in a possible breakthrough.

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Return-to-office mandates just got another vote in their favor: A new study says WFH results in 18% less productivity.

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A new study from economists at MIT and UCLA observed that data-entry workers were 18% less productive at home than they were in the office.

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A Rivian owner detailed the things he 'hates' about his electric truck one year into owning it — but it's still his favorite vehicle

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Zack Nelson broke down some of his favorite and least favorite aspects of owning a Rivian.
Zack Nelson broke down some of his favorite and least favorite aspects of owning a Rivian.

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People are obsessed with a wild YouTube live stream where testers repeatedly open and close flip smartphones. It's gone on for nearly a week: Samsung's phone still works, but Motorola's is broken.

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The livestream has been running since it went live on August 2.

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This might be Tesla's strangest merch yet: a Cybertruck-inspired cat bed only available in China

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The Cybertruck cat box, as seen on Tesla's Chinese website
The Cybertruck cat box mimics the design of Tesla's electric pick-up truck.

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