Reuters

Amazon in talks to invest about $10 billion in OpenAI, source says

Amazon could invest $10 billion in OpenAI, talks are "fluid" Amazon's funding could value OpenAI at over $500 billon Talks underline OpenAI's ability to partner widely after restructuring Dec 16 ...
Kotaku

Larian Studios Leaning Into Generative AI Despite Internal Pushback: ‘Everyone At The Company Is More Or Less OK With The Way We’re Using It’ [Update]

Larian Studios is apparently bullish on generative AI. Despite backlash against the technology from fans and even some of his own developers, studio head Swen Vincke says the Baldur’s Gate 3 maker has ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Man notices unusual smell coming from vehicle; what he found under the hood was shocking

New-to-market industrial retailer opens in massive suburban Cincinnati facility CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - A new-to-market, employee-owned industrial retailer is now open in the ...
NPR

Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?

Ailsa Ostovitz has been accused of using AI on three assignments in two different classes this school year. "It's mentally exhausting because it's like I know this is my work," says Ostovitz, 17. "I ...
Nature

AI is transforming the economy — understanding its impact requires both data and imagination

Daniel Björkegren is an assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA. How will artificial intelligence reshape the global economy? Some ...
thecooldown

Terrifying video shows massive snake trying to drag man underwater: 'Biggest and strongest python we've ever seen'

A recent encounter with a python was like being inside the Anaconda movie. According to Vice Media, "A six-meter [nearly 20-foot] python lunged from a river in Borneo and dragged a local tour guide ...
ZDNet

Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

Different AI models win at images, coding, and research. App integrations often add costly AI subscription layers. Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow. The pace of change in the ...
Nature

More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance

More than 50% of researchers have used artificial intelligence while peer reviewing manuscripts, according to a survey of some 1,600 academics across 111 countries by the publishing company Frontiers.
Forbes

Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads

As part of its larger AI strategy, Purdue University will require all undergraduates to demonstrate basic AI competency, beginning next year. Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its ...
Purdue University

Purdue unveils comprehensive AI strategy; trustees approve ‘AI working competency’ graduation requirement

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University on Friday (Dec. 12) unveiled a broad strategy of AI@Purdue across five functional areas: Learning with AI, Learning about AI, Research AI, Using AI and ...
Wall Street Journal

Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI and License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...