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The challenges of integrating ads in AI search engines
Search engines, social media, e-commerce, and mobile games all make money by selling advertising. But making ads work in AI search might not be so straight forward. Perplexity, for instance, reported…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Tech sector job postings on Indeed (mostly) stabilized this year
A career in tech was once seen as a safe bet — the jobs were plentiful, the pay was ample. But this year the tech sector had another “meh” year for hiring according to the job site Indeed. Tech jobs…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
How states are competing in the data center gold rush
Tech giants are estimated to have spent almost $400 billion in capital expenditures this year, mostly to build data centers for artificial intelligence. A single massive facility can have a price tag…
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
A case for AI models that understand, not just predict, the way the world works
Gary Marcus, professor emeritus at NYU, explains the differences between large language models and "world models" — and why he thinks the latter are key to achieving artificial general intelligence.
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Bytes: Week in Review - Apple's leadership departures raises concerns over its AI future
There’s been something of a critical mass of high-profile departures and retirement announcements at Apple in recent weeks. Plus, how will consumers be helped or hurt by a potential merger between Ne…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
The little-known regulatory bodies that can make or break AI data centers
The AI boom is propelling a once-obscure group of state regulators into key decision-making roles for the economy. AI needs data centers, data centers need power and power is generally regulated in s…
Published on 3 weeks ago
The latest TV innovations have their critics
The extended Black Friday sale season means a lot of people have been buying new TVs. The top sets today can display in up to 8K Ultra High Definition, they have deeper blacks, brighter highlights an…
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
3D printing was supposed to disrupt prosthetic costs. It hasn’t.
Prosthetic limbs can be expensive, costing thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. So the industry seemed ripe for disruption when 3D printing came along. The technology requires little labor …
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Using AI chatbots for mental health support poses serious risks for teens, report finds
A new report from Stanford and Common Sense Media finds that more than half of U.S. teens use AI chatbots for companionship. But, according to Dr. Darja Djordjevic, an adolescent and adult psychiatri…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Bytes: Week in Review - Amazon scales back AI anime dubs
The Trump administration has been trying for months to ban AI regulations at the state level. And its latest gambit to roll such a measure into the congressional National Defense Authorization Act ap…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago