The internet is freaking out because ChatGPT won’t say the name ‘David Mayer’
ChatGPT users are getting error codes every time they type the name “David Mayer” into the generative AI chatbot, leaving many confounded on who it could be and why the platform isn’t recognizing the...
View ArticleA lawyer breaks down how Trump’s second term threatens immigrants and...
Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to enact the largest deportations of undocumented immigrants in history. He’s also threatened to end birthright citizenship for children of...
View ArticleThese local housing markets are shifting—just look at inventory
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. The most recent housing inventory readings are continuing to show a shift in some...
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Jaguar’s new EV is as wild as its new logo
Jaguar has finally unveiled the car at the center of its viral campaign: an electric four-door GT concept car named Type 00 (pronounced “Type Zero-Zero”). But the car—shown in bright pink and sky blue...
View ArticleNoam Shazeer is back at Google, and this time he’s aiming for AGI
Noam Shazeer, one of the inventors of the transformer models that caused the current AI boom, is now leading the charge at Google toward artificial general intelligence (that is, AI that’s generally...
View ArticleHow LinkedIn opened the door to AI slop
LinkedIn is covered in unreadable corporate garble. AI could be to blame. A new study by AI detection startup Originality AI reveals just how thoroughly AI-assisted content has invaded LinkedIn’s...
View ArticleCatalogs are smaller this holiday shopping season as brands try to reach...
Honey, they shrunk the catalogs.While retailers hope to go big this holiday season, customers may notice that the printed gift guides arriving in their mailboxes are smaller.Many of the millions of...
View ArticleCyber Week breaks records while in-store foot traffic falters
If there were any doubts over the economy’s strength, this past Cyber Week—the five days ranging from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday—should put them to rest. That’s because online sales tallied more...
View ArticleVolkswagen strikes across Germany draw nearly 100,000 workers
Almost 100,000 workers joined walkouts at Volkswagen’s German plants on Monday in protest at management plans to cut wages and even close sites at Europe’s biggest carmaker, the IG Metall union said,...
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One of the world’s most boring companies just got one of the year’s most...
While consumer-facing brands pay top dollar for logos that stand out in the marketplace, branding for B2B companies that sell things like cloud computing or cybersecurity tend to be reserved—and...
View Article‘You’re not just there for the food’: Social media is falling in love with...
Where else could you tuck into a bowl of python pasta, soundtracked against the prerecorded grunts and grumbles of gorillas and screech of live parrots? For ’90s kids hosting at least one, if not...
View ArticleOxford names ‘brain rot’ as 2024’s word of the year
Oxford University Press just announced its always-anticipated word of the year. No, it’s not some pretentious jargon only uttered by the world’s top thinkers. It’s a trendy expression that won’t...
View ArticleCucumbers recalled over serious Salmonella risk in 19 states: Check your...
More cucumbers have been recalled, which are believed to be linked to an earlier outbreak that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says has sickened dozens of people across 19 states....
View ArticleAn asteroid the size of a football stadium isn’t hitting Earth, but it’ll...
An asteroid the “size of a football stadium” is moving at a fast pace toward Earth and will be visible via livestream in the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 4, when it makes its closest...
View ArticleUnions in Wisconsin won back collective bargaining rights for public workers....
A judge’s overturning of Wisconsin’s 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for teachers and most state government employees has rekindled a battle over labor rights in a state...
View ArticleDonald Trump is reportedly set to pick the crypto enthusiast Paul Atkins to...
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to crypto outlet Unchained. Assuming Atkins accepts the offer, crypto enthusiasts...
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Freddie Mac: Housing market 3.7 million home shortage is the ‘root cause’ of...
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. According to a new report published by Freddie Mac economists, the U.S. housing...
View ArticleAmazon announces a set of Nova AI models
Amazon’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced a new family of foundation models called Nova to power generative AI applications at its re:Invent 2024 conference on Tuesday....
View ArticleNew research links depression to more painful periods
Women are two times more likely than men to suffer from depression, particularly during their reproductive years. Previous research, meanwhile, has established a correlation between painful periods...
View ArticleCould Elon Musk get rid of daylight saving time?
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have announced plenty of controversial proposals for their Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), but there are some that are managing to gather bipartisan support....
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