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AI experts and the public’s opinion on the innovation are increasingly diverging, according to Stanford University’s annual report on the AI industry, which was released Monday. In particular, the report noted a growing trend of anxiety around AI and, in the U.S., concerns about how the software will impact key societal areas, such as jobs, […]

IBM entered into a $17 million settlement agreement on Friday with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations that it engaged in “illegal DEI practices” by taking into account “race, color, national origin, or sex” in its hiring and promotions. The DOJ also alleged that IBM used funds from its government contract for DEI programs and then […]

Microsoft is testing ways to integrate OpenClaw-like features into its existing Microsoft 365 Copilot tool. The recent features, which the organization confirmed to The Information, would be geared toward enterprise customers, with better security controls than the famously risky open source OpenClaw agent. OpenClaw is a tool that runs locally on a user’s computer and […]

Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he attends since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes. Now 59, Jacobs knows that these cassettes are going to degrade over time, so he agreed to let volunteers from the Internet Archive, the nonprofit digital library, digitize the tapes. So far, about […]

Microsoft is shutting down Outlook Lite on May 26, the corporation confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. Launched in 2022, Outlook Lite is a lightweight version of the regular Outlook app, designed for Android phones with limited storage and regions with slower internet connections.  The app had already been scheduled for retirement — Microsoft stated last […]

If you spot a Lucid Gravity SUV blinged-out with sensors — and a self-driving system developed by Nuro — driving around San Francisco, chances are that’s an Uber employee taking a ride. Select Uber employees can now request a ride in a Lucid robotaxi through the Uber app, the latest phase of testing ahead of […]