Three Offers in One Month: Paramount’s Secret Pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery
A letter from Paramount’s chief executive, David Ellison, to Warner Bros.’ board of directors reveals weeks of talks between the companies.
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The Steep Cost of A.I.
Some countries are trying hard not to be left out of the race for artificial intelligence. But this choice comes with consequences.
What 350 different theories of consciousness reveal about reality
Consciousness is the ultimate question of existence. Nothing is more essential than our experience. Yet we have no consensus, and perhaps no clue, about what it actually is. The trouble, in part, is that experts usually become invested in one theory, blinding themselves to alternative explanations that could aid progress. Instead, I embrace the diversity…
Amazon claims the headline isn’t robots taking jobs as it reveals new cost-cutting robots
In one post, Amazon highlighted Blue Jay, a robot it calls “an extra set of hands that helps employees with tasks that involve reaching and lifting,” and its agentic AI system Project Eluna, which “acts like an extra teammate, helping reduce that cognitive load” while optimizing sorting to reduce bottlenecks. Blue Jay can move 75…
Farhan Akhtar gifts himself a customized Mercedes Maybach GLS 600 for Diwali worth Rs. 3.50 cr
Farhan Akhtar, the actor, filmmaker, and musician known for his impeccable taste and understated style, has added a new jewel to his enviable car collection — the ultra-luxurious Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600, priced at a whopping Rs. 3.50 crore (ex-showroom). The actor was recently spotted in Bandra with wife Shibani Dandekar, stepping out of his brand-new…
Pentagon Announces ‘Next Generation’ Press Corps
The Defense Department said that dozens of new reporters had agreed to sign the Pentagon’s rules on reporting, which have been rejected by many major news organizations.
Trump Imposes Sanctions on Russian Oil Companies as His Frustration With Putin Mounts
The sanctions are among the most significant measures that the United States has taken against the Russian energy sector since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
New 'Markovian Thinking' technique unlocks a path to million-token AI reasoning
Researchers at Mila have proposed a new technique that makes large language models (LLMs) vastly more efficient when performing complex reasoning. Called Markovian Thinking, the approach allows LLMs to engage in lengthy reasoning without incurring the prohibitive computational costs that currently limit such tasks. The team’s implementation, an environment named Delethink, structures the reasoning chain…
Jimmy Kimmel Jokes ABC Made “A Mistake” Not Giving Jon Stewart His Gig
Following his talk show’s near cancellation last month, Jimmy Kimmel revealed how Jon Stewart nearly landed his hosting gig. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host recently said ABC “should definitely hire Jon” after the network passed on Stewart, in favor of Kimmel, for the late-night talk show that premiered back in January 2003. “They wanted a…
Fide to investigate Kramnik over attacks on Naroditsky as chess reels from player’s death | Chess
The International Chess Federation (Fide) said on Wednesday it is examining former world champion Vladimir Kramnik’s public attacks on Daniel Naroditsky, the American grandmaster whose sudden death at 29 has stunned the chess world and laid bare fissures in the sport’s digital age. Naroditsky, among the most visible faces of chess’s pandemic-era renaissance, was one…