Amazon says its Prime deliveries are getting even faster
To me, Prime’s promise of two-day shipping is more of an added bonus to Prime Video and stuff like Fallout. But it’s become an expectation, leading other retailers like Walmart…
Marco Hutter Wants to Solve Robotics’ Hard Problems
Last December, the AI Institute announced that it was opening an office in Zurich as a European counterpart to its Boston headquarters and recruited Marco Hutter to helm the office.…
Supreme Court Rejects Elon Musk’s Bid to Remove ‘Twitter Sitter’
The Supreme Court rejected Elon Musk's bid to get rid of his "Twitter sitter."He has to get legal approval for any X posts about Tesla as part of an SEC…
An AI genetic test aims to detect postpartum depression before symptoms
Postpartum depression is a leading cause of maternal death, but its diagnosis and treatment is spotty at best, negligent at worst.Now San Diego-based start-up Dionysus Digital Health is pitching a…
FDA brings lab tests under federal oversight in bid to improve accuracy and safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new offerings deliver accurate results, under a government…
The Download: Inside the US defense tech aid package, and how AI is improving vegan cheese
After weeks of drawn-out congressional debate over how much the United States should spend on conflicts abroad, President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion aid package into law last week.…
Image-generating AI creates uncanny optical illusions
An AI-generated image of ancient ruins looks like a teddy bear when motion blur is addedDaniel Geng, Inbum Park, Andrew Owens AI models designed to create images from text descriptions…
Major investment firm to prioritize sustainability, back off coal
When it comes to taking action on climate change, the world has entered a very strange place. Scientific results continue to indicate that the consensus on our role in driving…
James Webb captures the edge of the Horsehead Nebula
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the sharpest infrared view to date of a portion of the famous Horsehead Nebula, an iconic cloud of dust and…
FTC accuses Jeff Bezos and Amazon CEO Jassy of using auto-deleting messages to obstruct antitrust case
What just happened? Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and current CEO Andy Jassy are just two of several company executives the FTC has accused of destroying text messages. The agency alleges…