Emad Mostaque is the founder and CEO of Stability AI, a unicorn startup that exploded into the zeitgeist in October of 2022 with a billion-dollar valuation. It celebrated with what the New York Times called a “coming-out party” at the San Francisco Exploratorium that felt like a “return to pre-pandemic exuberance.”
Stability AI’s claim to fame was its viral open-source AI text-to-image…
Snowflake got its start by bringing data warehouse technology to the cloud, but now in 2023, like every other vendor, it finds artificial intelligence (AI) permeating nearly every discussion.
In an exclusive interview with VentureBeat, Sunny Bedi, CIO and CDO at Snowflake…
The rapid advance of generative AI marks one of the most promising technological advancements of the past century. It has evoked excitement and, like nearly all other technological breakthroughs of the past, fear. It is promising to see Congress and Vice President Kamala…
GM CEO says Tesla has the lead in electric cars, doesn't see profitable $30-40K EVs until end of decade
June 5, 2023
GM CEO Mary Barra says that she doesn’t see profitable electric cars in the $30,000 to $40,000 range until the end of the decade or “maybe even later.”
Here’s why she is wrong and why it doesn’t even matter.
At a Sanford Bernstein conference, Barra commented on the current EV market and admitted that Tesla has the lead in it, but she hinted that she believes GM can catch up (via…
A cargo ship struck an offshore wind turbine at the 330-megawatt (MW) Gode Wind 1 wind farm in the German North Sea – now we know why.
The ship hit a turbine at Danish wind giant Ørsted’s Gode 1 off the German coast in April because it was on autopilot and kilometers…
Tesla’s new inventory vehicles are going down following a high earlier this year as recent discounts, new tax credits, and referrals appear to be working.
High-interest rates and inflation have made the auto market have reduced the pool of new car buyers and made the auto…
Nikon Z 400mm F4.5 VR S updated sample gallery
June 4, 2023
As if Nikon’s 400mm F4.5 weren’t already a convenient telephoto lens, it also has compatibility with Nikon’s TC-1.4X. That small add-on gets you a 560mm focal length. We’ve updated our 400mm sample gallery with a bunch of new shots using the teleconverter so you can see how it performs when shooting airplanes, boats, birds and more.
These samples were captured with the…
“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks, such as pandemics and nuclear war.”
This statement, released this week by the Center for AI Safety (CAIS), reflects an overarching — and some might say…
During her 2023 TED Talk, computer scientist Yejin Choi made a seemingly contradictory statement when she said, “AI today is unbelievably intelligent and then shockingly stupid.” How could something intelligent be stupid?
On its own, AI — including generative AI —…
Tesla has reclaimed the production EV lap record on the famous Nürburgring race track with a new Model S Plaid equipped with the Track package.
Nürburgring has been a fighting ground for Tesla and Porsche over the last few years.
After Porsche brought its brand-new Taycan electric car to the Nürburgring racetrack to break a record in 2019, Tesla CEO Elon Musk decided to use the famous proving…
