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A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo: AP

First US lunar lander in more than 50 years launched but develops problem on way to moon

First US lunar lander in more than 50 years launched but develops problem on way to...

The first US lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed to space Monday, launching a race for private companies to deliver experiments and other items to the moon.
The first US lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed to space Monday, launching a race for private companies to deliver experiments and other items to the moon.
Science and Tech 08 Jan, 2024
File - The Google sign is shown over an entrance to the company's new building in New York on Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: AP

Google to pay $700M in antitrust settlement reached with states before recent Play Store trial loss

Google to pay $700M in antitrust settlement reached with states before recent Play...

Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in a another case that could result in even bigger changes.
Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in a another case that could result in even bigger changes.
Science and Tech 19 Dec, 2023
File - Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Photo: AP

OpenAI says ousted CEO Sam Altman to return to company behind ChatGPT

OpenAI says ousted CEO Sam Altman to return to company behind ChatGPT

The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the latest in a saga that has shocked the artificial intelligence industry.
The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the latest in a saga that has shocked the artificial intelligence industry.
Science and Tech 22 Nov, 2023
File - Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Photo: AP

Microsoft hires OpenAI founders to lead AI research team after ChatGPT maker's shakeup

Microsoft hires OpenAI founders to lead AI research team after ChatGPT maker's...

Microsoft announced Monday that it has hired Sam Altman and another co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI after they unexpectedly departed the company days earlier in a corporate shakeup that shocked the artificial intelligence world.
Microsoft announced Monday that it has hired Sam Altman and another co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI after they unexpectedly departed the company days earlier in a corporate shakeup that shocked the artificial intelligence world.
Science and Tech 20 Nov, 2023
File - Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Photo: AP

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, the face of the AI boom, for lack of candor with company

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, the face of the AI boom, for lack of...

ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board of directors.
ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board of directors.
Science and Tech 18 Nov, 2023
Permanent Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, center, announces the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Royal Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP

Trio wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on quantum dots, used in electronics and medical imaging

Trio wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on quantum dots, used in electronics and...

Three scientists based in the U.S. won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — tiny particles just a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light and whose applications in every day life include electronics and medical imaging.
Three scientists based in the U.S. won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — tiny particles just a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light and whose applications in every day life include electronics and medical imaging.
Science and Tech 04 Oct, 2023
FILE - Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, February 2, 2023. Photo: AP

Chatbots sometimes make things up. Is AI's hallucination problem fixable?

Chatbots sometimes make things up. Is AI's hallucination problem fixable?

Described as hallucination, confabulation or just plain making things up, it's now a problem for every business, organization and high school student trying to get a generative AI system to compose documents and get work done. Some are using it on tasks with the potential for high-stakes consequences, from psychotherapy to researching and writing legal briefs.
Described as hallucination, confabulation or just plain making things up, it's now a problem for every business, organization and high school student trying to get a generative AI system to compose documents and get work done. Some are using it on tasks with the potential for high-stakes consequences, from psychotherapy to researching and writing legal briefs.
Science and Tech 01 Aug, 2023

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