AI & RoboticsNews

Great news for xAI: Grok is now pretty good at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate

Different AI labs have different priorities. OpenAI has traditionally focused on consumer users, for instance, while its rival Anthropic tends to target enterprises. Elon Musk’s xAI, we discovered recently, has been placing particular emphasis on video-game walkthroughs. On Friday, Business Insider’s Grace Kay published a detailed and far-reaching report about xAI, the AI startup…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Mack LR Electric garbage trucks help the Bronx breathe better

Royal Waster Services took delivery of its first Mack LR Electric garbage truck in December — and they’re happy enough with their big EV’s performance to have placed an order for three more, helping Bronx residents sleep in, and breathe easier. Funded in part by the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP) administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority…
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DefenseNews

Drones ‘change everything’ about combined arms combat, US Army aviation chief says

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Drones are profoundly changing the Army’s approach to aviation and combined arms training, Maj. Gen. Clair A. Gill, commanding general of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, told Military Times in an interview. During the Army’s first annual Best Drone Warfighter Competition in Huntsville, Alabama, the Fort Rucker-based aviation chief shared his insights about the…
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ComputersNews

Bought G.Skill RAM after 2018? You could claim up to $150 in free cash

DDR5 RAM is now three-to-four times as expensive as it should be, thanks to the “AI” boom (and it won’t stop there). But this week, there’s an oh-so-rare opportunity for consumers to fight back, at least for a small subset of United States consumers… via a successful class-action lawsuit against G.Skill. (Hey, you gotta take your wins where you can get ’em.) A settlement has been…
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