Author: Advanced AI Editor
Time released its annual Time 100 list on Friday, featuring the magazine’s picks for the most influential people of the year, divided into six categories: artists, innovators, titans, icons, leaders, and pioneers.Four art world figures made it onto this year’s list: visual artists Yoshitomo Nara and Mickalene Thomas (the latter perplexingly categorized as an “innovator”), architect Annabelle Selldorf, and Miranda July, a novelist and filmmaker who has also dabbled in performance art. Time‘s list also includes corporate CEOs, half a dozen members of the Trump administration, fashion designers, and athletes. The Time 100 website features write-ups on each individual by…
At a time of high anxiety around technology’s impact on arts and culture, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Collider Fellowship is focused on new opportunities, welcoming multi-disciplinary artists to explore how emerging tech can transform live performance and the performing arts. Today, the famed New York performing arts center is announcing its second class of Collider Fellows — a group of six artists working in areas from virtual reality to artificial intelligence to the immersive 4DSound System. “I love that they’re all really thoughtful people who are not just thinking about [the work] itself, but how it fits into…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 19, 2025. Ken Cedeno | ReutersThe Trump administration stepped in to stop U.S. Steel from idling operations at its Granite City, Ill., plant, exercising new powers tied to the company’s recent takeover, the Wall Street Journal reported.The steelmaker had informed nearly 800 workers that the plant would close in November, noting however that they would still be paid. But after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warned CEO Dave Burritt the administration wouldn’t allow it, U.S. Steel reversed course on Friday, saying the facility…
If you have been watching C3.ai (NYSE:AI), the string of recent events might have you reassessing your stance on the stock. The founder’s exit due to health reasons, a new CEO stepping in, a steep fall in revenue, and the company pulling back its full-year guidance are not the kind of headlines investors like to see. In addition, a wave of class action lawsuits alleges management failed to be forthright about the company’s prospects and leadership health, amplifying unease in the market. This combination of disruptions has weighed heavily on C3.ai’s momentum. Over the past year, shares have lost more…
Commodities could soar after the Federal Reserve’s quarter-point interest rate cut this week, though this will depend on whether the U.S. manages to avoid a recession, according to JPMorgan. “Historically, commodities have generated positive returns both leading up to and following the first Fed cut,” JPMorgan analysts led by Natasha Kaneva told clients in a Thursday note. “However, the nature of the cutting cycle is crucial.” Commodities generate strong returns if the Fed cuts when economic growth is firm and inflation is on the decline, the analysts said. But they tumble if the cut comes when inflation is stubborn, growth…
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UPRM chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.Recently, in Spanish class we were assigned to read a short story titled Apocalipsis (1957) by the Argentinian writer, Marco Denevi. The short story revolved around the extinction of humans, caused by their overdependence on robots. According to the short story, the end of our species began when machines achieved perfection and humans, as a consequence, gradually handed over tasks like eating, sleeping, reading, writing, and even thinking; because by the click of a button, machines did…
Three years ago, Sam Altman lit the fuse for what’s become the most explosive bull run in the history of tech startups with the launch of ChatGPT.Along with OpenAI’s rapid rise to a $500 billion valuation, other prominent names like SpaceX, Anthropic and Anduril have seen astronomical markups of late. In total, a basket of seven of the highest-valued private tech companies is now worth $1.3 trillion on paper, almost doubling in the past year, according to Forge Global, which provides a marketplace for private investments. Forge’s value assessments are based on trading activity as well as funding round valuations…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said that he is “confident” that AI will first replace customer service jobs as it changes the job market. Speaking on a recent episode of “The Tucker Carlson Show”, Altman said, “I’m confident that a lot of current customer support that happens over a phone or computer, those people will lose their jobs, and that’ll be better done by an AI.” Apart from customer service jobs, Altman also suggested that programmers could be next. “Someone told me recently that the historical average is about 50 per cent of jobs significantly change… every 75 years, on…
Tesla Robotaxi is headed to a new U.S. state following its latest approval, which was revealed on Friday night. Tesla has been operating its Robotaxi platform in Texas and California, with Austin being the first city where the company could test a ride-hailing platform without anyone in the driver’s seat. First launching in Austin in late June, Tesla’s focus has been expanding its service area, its fleet of Robotaxi vehicles, and its rider population, which has grown most recently due to its public launch. However, Tesla is also filing applications in states where these autonomous driving programs can operate, aiming…
The disclosure appeared in a peer-reviewed article published Wednesday in Nature, marking the first time the Hangzhou-based company revealed details of its training costs.DeepSeek’s release of lower-cost AI systems earlier this year unsettled global tech markets, with investors fearing the models could erode the position of US giants such as Nvidia.The Nature article, co-authored by founder Liang Wenfeng, said the R1 was trained using 512 Nvidia H800 chips and took 80 hours to complete. A previous January version of the paper omitted cost details.Training large-language models typically requires weeks of computation on powerful processors, often costing tens or even hundreds…