British mobile phone company Virgin Media O2 has introduced a new AI called “Granny/Daisy”, who is designed to waste scammers’ time by having long, lifelike conversations with them. The goal is to keep scammers busy and away from real people. Daisy, who is like a “Granny” character, sounds so much like a real person that … Read more
A new study shows that Google‘s AI Overviews now appear in almost half of all search results, taking up a large part of both mobile and desktop screens. The research, done by Botify and DemandSphere, looked at over 120,000 keywords from 22 websites between August and September. The findings reveal that these AI Overviews are … Read more
Scientists have made a major breakthrough by creating real diamonds in just 15 minutes, using only room temperature and normal pressure. This discovery makes the process of producing lab-grown diamonds faster, simpler, and potentially more affordable, without needing a starting diamond. Diamonds naturally form deep within the Earth, around 90 to 150 miles below the … Read more
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently said that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI)is slowing down at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit. While AI, especially generative models like ChatGPT, caught everyone’s attention when it first appeared two years ago, the pace of development is now expected to be slower, at least for the next … Read more
Democrats on a Senate subcommittee are accusing UnitedHealthcare of using artificial intelligence (AI) to deny claims from Medicare Advantage patients. In a report released in October, the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) said that UnitedHealthcare’s rate of denying claims for post-acute care jumped from 10.9% in 2020 to 22.7% in 2022. Denials for … Read more
A recent court decision could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S. unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells the app. A panel of judges from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a bill aimed at banning TikTok is constitutional. This decision comes just before the deadline for ByteDance to … Read more
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, recently shared that Google’s search engine will experience a huge change in 2025. He believes that by then, the search engine will be able to answer much more complex questions than it does today. Pichai mentioned this while speaking at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit, explaining that users … Read more
NASA has delayed its Artemis missions that aim to send astronauts to the moon. The new schedule means Artemis 2, the first crewed mission, will now launch in April 2026. This is the second delay, as the mission was originally planned to launch earlier. In addition, the Artemis 3 mission, where astronauts will actually land … Read more
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has revealed plans to use nuclear power to help run its data centers in the United States. The company is looking to add between one and four gigawatts of nuclear energy to power its operations, starting in the early 2030s. This move is part of Meta’s broader goal to … Read more
South Korean Prez Declared Martial Law: Key Takeaways Martial Law Declaration: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law for the first time in over 50 years, citing national security concerns and the threat from North Korea. However, the move was also seen as a response to political opposition and challenges to his authority. Opposition … Read more