The surprising case for AI judges
The surprising case for AI judges

Today, we’re going to talk about the role AI might play in deciding legal disputes. Not just drafting memos and doing research — actually deciding who’s right and who’s wrong, and who should pay. My guest today is Bridget McCormack, the former chief justice for the Michigan Supreme Court and now president and CEO of […]

ByteDance’s next-gen AI model can generate clips based on text, images, audio, and video
ByteDance’s next-gen AI model can generate clips based on text, images, audio, and video

Big Tech’s race to leapfrog the latest AI models continues with the launch of ByteDance’s next-gen video generator. In a blog post, ByteDance – the China-based company behind TikTok – says Seedance 2.0 supports prompts that combine text, images, video, and audio. The company claims it “delivers a substantial leap in generation quality,” offering improvements […]

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Mumbai: The First AI Circular City Of Its Kind

Natarajan Chandrasekaran of Tata and Maharashtra official Devendra Fadnavis explain the plans for the Indian megacity.

Hyundai’s ‘Motional’ Robotaxi Runs With Empty Left Seat In Las Vegas

Motional is working to graduate to a real robocar, with no full time human supervision, but they still have a supervisor in the car

This $7,999 robot will fold (some of) your laundry
This $7,999 robot will fold (some of) your laundry

If you have a spare $7,999 (plus a $250 deposit), hate folding laundry, and happen to live in the Bay Area, one-and-a-half-year-old startup Weave has the robot for you: Isaac 0. It takes Isaac 0 around 30-90 minutes to fold a load of laundry, Weave says. That’s all it does – it’s stationary and needs […]

These Billionaires Plan To Bring Self-Driving Tech To Everything That Moves

Applied Intuition’s cofounders are building software that can drive everything from planes to tanks to automobiles. But to expand beyond its $800 million business selling tech for cars, they will have to take on Tesla, Google, Nvidia and a host of othe…

AI Comes Amazingly Close To Caliber Of Human-Level Emotional Support In Heartfelt New Unifying Benchmark

Emotional support dialogues can be rough. Humans struggle. AI is pretty good at this, and a new benchmark shows this. We are turning a vital corner. An AI Insider scoop.

New AI-Managed ETFs Remove Human Stock Pickers Entirely. Here’s What That Means

Most active fund managers can’t beat the S&P 500 over time. Now AI wants the job. Here’s what the research actually shows.

Noubar Afeyan And Sally Kornbluth Talk MIT, Science

Davos MIT leaders urge defending scientific method; AI enables polyintelligence, biotech gains, and education.

xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands

On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing its full 45-minute all-hands presentation to the X platform, making it widely available.