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New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
NEW YORK (AP) — A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns, including the maker's ties to a company that produces hyper realistic sex bots.The Salamanca City Central School District's board approved the nearly $60,000 purchase from Realbotix with visions that “Sally,” as the stationary robot with long brown hair has already been nicknamed, would enhance the education of high school students studying... Read More
eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
BOSTON (AP) — eBay Inc. agreed to pay almost $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries — including live insects, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask, according to settlement details released Tuesday.The parties reached a tentative settlement in February as the case was headed to trial, but they were unable to finalize the agreement. The Steiners asked a federal judge in June to reopen the case, and a new settlement announced Tuesday resolves the litigation.
Democrat's TV ad targets data centers in drive to oust Republican from swing Pennsylvania House seat
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying “we are not for sale” in a new TV ad in a swing Pennsylvania congressional district where communities are fighting data center projects.The race between Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, and Bresnahan is considered one of the Democratic Party's best opportunities to pick up a seat in the November election in its bid to take control of the U.S. House and block President Donald Trump's agenda.
Workplaces look for cheaper AI as âtokenmaxxingâ fades as a corporate fad
A corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.What started as tech industry-fueled springtime hype over squeezing as much AI-generated work as possible out of products like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude has shifted to a summertime backlash.
“It's very easy to create something you don't need with AI,” said Vincent Gusdorf, head of AI analytics at Moody's Ratings and author of a new report that... Read More
China memory chipmaker CXMT's shares soar in a blockbuster share listing in Shanghai
HONG KONG (AP) — Shares of CXMT, China's largest memory chipmaker, shot skyward Monday as they began trading in Shanghai in mainland China’s biggest initial public stock offering in recent years.CXMT's shares surged 466% in their first day of trading. The company has become the most valuable one listed on a mainland Chinese exchange, with an estimated market capitalization of about 3.3 trillion yuan (more than $487 billion). But that's still smaller than those of South Korean and American memory chipmakers like Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology.
Top Stories in Technology
- New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
- eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
- Democrat's TV ad targets data centers in drive to oust Republican from swing Pennsylvania House seat
- Workplaces look for cheaper AI as âtokenmaxxingâ fades as a corporate fad
- China memory chipmaker CXMT's shares soar in a blockbuster share listing in Shanghai
- For some, so-called 'Skynet Day' came too close to sci-fi after a rogue agent hacked into a startup
- Cheaper, open and intelligent: Chinese AI models gain ground, as they make inroads in the US
- SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks
- Virginia study on groundwater, data centers calls for tighter water regulations
- Trump says the US will investigate EU trade practices, claiming the bloc unfairly fined tech giants
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