Elon Musk’s X scores victory against Australian Government over church stabbing videos
Musk has sparred with Australian lawmakers and officials over X’s refusal to remove content of a church stabbing in Sydney worldwide.
Robert Hart, Forbes Staff
OpenAI to announce an ‘AI-Powered search engine’ next week — Here’s what we know
OpenAI is reportedly announcing the AI-powered search engine on Monday, a day before Google is expected to give updates on its Gemini AI system at its annual developer conference.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI ‘nears $18 billion valuation’ as AI race heats up
The funding would provide Musk’s venture, which is behind the Grok AI chatbot, a welcome boost in its efforts to catch up to AI rivals like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic.
Gates, Novo Nordisk and Wellcome commit $300 million to climate change, infectious diseases and nutrition
The charitable trifecta — juggernauts of medical funding and philanthropy — warned money and attention for global health problems is drying up around the world and that the world’s poorest will bear the brunt of the challenges to come.
Elon Musk says Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robot could launch next year – here’s what experts think
Tesla could start selling its humanoid Optimus robot by the end of next year and one day will rake in more cash from robots than cars, CEO Elon Musk told investors on Tuesday, another ambitious claim from the billionaire that experts said might just be within the realm of possibility—though is highly unlikely to make the carmaker any money in the near future.
Patients fare better with women doctors, study finds
Patients treated by female doctors fare better than patients treated by male doctors, according to new research published Monday, despite the field struggling to improve female representation in research and among practitioners.
Meta AI declares war on OpenAI, Google with ‘Llama 3’ chatbot
Unlike major competitors including Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Meta’s Llama 3 model is open source and the AI assistant it powers has previously been locked inside the company’s app ecosystem, which includes Facebook and Instagram.
Property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death in $12.5 billion fraud case
Truong My Lan’s death sentence caps a month-long trial as part of the communist state’s sweeping anti-corruption drive, dubbed “blazing furnace.”
Bitcoin hits new record high above $72,000 as crypto rally continues
Bitcoin soared to a new record high Monday, topping $72,000 for the first time amid increasing institutional acceptance and continuing an impressive rally that has pulled the market back from the depths of a deep “crypto winter” that has hampered momentum for years following a series of major crashes and scandals in recent years.
Why is Elon Musk suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman?
Musk claimed OpenAI and Altman elected to use the company’s technology “to maximize profits” for Microsoft rather than for the benefit of humanity, adding that its entire line of development “is now veiled in secrecy.”