Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks Posted July 11, 2024 A group of OpenAI’s current and former workers is calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence (AI) companies to protect employees who flag safety risks about AI…
Doodling artist scrawls the walls of fashionable London restaurant Posted July 10, 2024 Viral artist Mr. Doodle says the art world is split over his compulsive scribblings. The English creator has teamed up with a fashionable London restaurant to …
Divers plunge into the world’s deepest pool in Dubai Posted July 9, 2024 Up until recently, Dubai city might not have been on top of scuba divers’ list of places to visit to discover the wonders of the underwater world. But that all changed when a n…
Demand for food delivery has skyrocketed. So have complaints about some drivers Posted July 8, 2024 A soaring demand for food delivered fast has spawned small armies of couriers—and increasing alarm—in big cities where scooters, motorcycles and mopeds zip in and…
Rural pharmacies fill a healthcare gap in the US. Owners say it’s getting harder to stay open Posted July 7, 2024 Rural pharmacies, independent or chain, can be a touchstone for their communities. The staff knows everyone’s names and drugs, answers questions about residents’ …
The UN says more aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022. That’s the first time in history Posted July 6, 2024 The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world's w…
Coffee, sculptures, and financial advice. Banks try to make new branches less intimidating Posted July 5, 2024 After years of closing or mostly neglecting physical bank branches across the U.S., the nation’s largest banks are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on refurbishing old loc…
AI race for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text Posted July 4, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what keeps making them smarter—the tens of trillions of words people have written and shared online. A n…
Ford refurbishes old train station, a former eyesore that had become a symbol of Detroit’s decline Posted July 3, 2024 The once-blighted, monolithic Michigan Central train station was for decades a symbol of Detroit’s decline. It now has new life following a massive six-year, mult…
Inside world’s first ‘cobot hub’ Posted July 2, 2024 The world’s first “cobot hub” has opened in Denmark’s third-largest city, Odense. The new $45 million headquarters for Teradyne-owned Universal Robots and MiR (Mobile Industria…