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Detroit Automakers Take $50 Billion Hit

Today at 01:30 AM, via Slashdot

The Detroit Big Three — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis — have collectively announced more than $50 billion in write-downs on their electric-vehicle businesses after years of aggressive investment into a transition that, even before Republican lawmakers abolished a $7,500 federal tax credit last fall, was already running below expectations. U.S. EV sales fell more than 30% in the fourth...

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Meta’s New Patent: an AI That Likes, Comments and Messages For You When You’re Dead

Yesterday at 23:30 PM, via Slashdot

Meta was granted a patent in late December that describes how a large language model could be trained on a deceased user’s historical activity — their comments, likes, and posted content — to keep their social media accounts active after they’re gone. Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s CTO, is listed as the primary author of the patent, first filed in 2023. The AI clone could like and comment on posts,...