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Science/Tech

OpenAI’s First Study On ChatGPT Usage

Tuesday at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Today, OpenAI’s Economic Research Team went a long way toward answering that question, on a population level, releasing a first-of-its-kind National Bureau of Economic Research working paper (in association with Harvard economist David Denning) detailing how people end up using ChatGPT across time and tasks. While other research has sought...

FTC Probes Whether Ticketmaster Does Enough To Stop Resale Bots

Tuesday at 03:25 AM, via Slashdot

The FTC is investigating whether Ticketmaster is doing enough to prevent bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform, with a decision on the matter coming within weeks, according to Bloomberg (paywalled). Reuters reports: The 2016 law prohibits the use of bots and other methods to bypass ticket purchase limits set by online sellers. As part of the probe, FTC investigators are...

‘Meta Ray-Ban Display’ Glasses Design, HUD Clips Leak

Tuesday at 02:45 AM, via Slashdot

A leaked Meta video revealed upcoming “Meta Ray-Ban Display” smart glasses with a monocular HUD and sEMG wristband control, set to debut at Connect 2025 for around $800. Despite past hesitation, it looks like EssilorLuxottica has agreed to co-brand after Meta invested $3.5 billion in the company, taking a 3% stake. UploadVR reports: Meta’s HUD glasses with the sEMG wristband will in fact be...

Robinhood Plans To Launch a Startups Fund Open To All Retail Investors

Tuesday at 02:02 AM, via Slashdot

Robinhood has filed with the SEC to launch “Robinhood Ventures Fund I,” a publicly traded fund designed to give retail investors access to startup shares before IPOs. TechCrunch reports: While the current version of the application is public, Robinhood hasn’t filled in the fine-print yet. This means we don’t know how many shares it plans to sell, nor other details like the management fee it...

Vibe Coding Has Turned Senior Devs Into ‘AI Babysitters’

Tuesday at 01:20 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Carla Rover once spent 30 minutes sobbing after having to restart a project she vibe coded. Rover has been in the industry for 15 years, mainly working as a web developer. She’s now building a startup, alongside her son, that creates custom machine learning models for marketplaces. She called vibe coding a beautiful, endless cocktail napkin...

Internet Archive Ends Legal Battle With Record Labels Over Historic Recordings

Tuesday at 00:40 AM, via Slashdot

The Internet Archive has reached a confidential settlement with Universal Music Group and other major labels, “ending a closely watched copyright battle over the nonprofit’s effort to digitize and stream historic recordings,” reports the San Francisco Chronicle. From the report: The case (PDF), UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Internet Archive, targeted the Archive’s Great 78 Project, an initiative to...

How California Reached a Union Deal With Tech Giants Uber and Lyft

Tuesday at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: In roughly six weeks, three California Democrats, a labor head and two ride-hailing leaders managed to pull off what would have been unthinkable just one year prior: striking a deal between labor unions and their longtime foes, tech giants Uber and Lyft. California lawmakers announced the agreement in late August, paving a path for ride-hailing...

How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More

Monday at 23:54 PM, via Wired

At WIRED’s AI Power Summit Monday, industry executives and officials discussed the impact artificial intelligence is having on every corner of society—and where it goes from here.

US judge rejects lawsuit challenge to SpaceX launch site over risks to wildlife

Monday at 23:38 PM, via The Guardian

FAA ruled to have satisfied obligations in granting approval for expanded SpaceX operations next to wildlife refuge

A US district court judge on Monday rejected a suit by conservation groups challenging the Federal Aviation Administration approval in 2022 of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in south Texas.

The groups said noise, light...

Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records To the Government For Warrantless Searching

Monday at 23:20 PM, via Slashdot

404 Media: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including American Airlines, United and Delta, is selling access to five billion plane ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching and monitoring of peoples’ movements, including by the FBI, Secret Service, ICE, and many other agencies, according to a new contract and other records reviewed by 404 Media. The...

TikTok Deal ‘Framework’ Reached With China

Monday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. and China have reached a tentative “framework” agreement on TikTok’s U.S. operations, with Presidents Trump and Xi set to finalize details Friday. “It’s between two private parties, but the commercial terms have been agreed upon,” he said. The update comes two days before TikTok parent company ByteDance faces a Sept. 17 deadline to divest...

Microsoft’s Office Apps Now Have Free Copilot Chat Features

Monday at 22:44 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft is adding the free Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and agents to Office apps for all Microsoft 365 business users today. From a report: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote are all being updated with a Copilot Chat sidebar that will help draft documents, analyze spreadsheets, and more without needing an additional Microsoft 365 Copilot license. “Copilot Chat is secure AI chat...

Hard Drive Shortage Intensifies as AI Training Data Pushes Lead Times Beyond 12 Months

Monday at 22:01 PM, via Slashdot

Lead times for high-capacity hard drives have exceeded 52 weeks as AI workloads drive unprecedented demand for warm storage that sits between fast SSDs and offline tape archives, according to TrendForce. Western Digital notified customers of price increases across its entire hard drive portfolio citing demand for “every capacity” in its product line. The shortage stems from AI infrastructure...

The Top New Features in Apple WatchOS 26

Monday at 22:00 PM, via Wired

Apple’s new additions this year include a wrist-flick gesture to dismiss a call and a personalized Workout Buddy to tell you when you “crushed it.”

Origins of paint in Jackson Pollock work identified after 77 years

Monday at 21:59 PM, via The Guardian

Manganese blue pigment, used in Pollock’s Number 1A, 1948, was since phased out for environmental reasons

Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock’s paintings with a little help from chemistry, confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a vibrant, synthetic pigment known as manganese blue.

The work titled Number 1A, 1948...

President Calls for Six-Month Corporate Reporting Cycle, Citing Cost Savings

Monday at 21:21 PM, via Slashdot

President Donald Trump called Monday for companies to report earnings every six months instead of quarterly. Trump posted on social media that semi-annual reporting would save money and let managers focus on running companies. The SEC mandated quarterly reports in 1970. Trump made similar comments in 2018 that prompted SEC public comment but no regulatory changes. Critics argue quarterly...

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