OpenAI didnt immediately respond to questions emailed Wednesday afternoon. Murati thanked Altman and Greg Brockman in her tweet for their support throughout the years. Brockman has been on leave from the company since early August. OpenAI CTO Mira Murati makes a face after being asked a question about whether the company’s training data includes YouTube videos.Screenshot: YouTube / Wall Street Journal We didnt merely build smarter models, we fundamentally changed how Al systems learn and reason through complex problems....

It doesnt even have to be Earl Grey! God, it probablyshouldntbe.Go with Janeways choicesover that, honestly. Want more io9 news? © Paramount News from the future, delivered to your present. © Master Replicas

Our only gripe with those was the removal of wings from the package. It seems that the revised fit is what the Mountain View company is most proud of on these buds. Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 An extremely comfortable fit, intuitive controls, and excellent ANC. Artem Golub / Gizmodo Pros Cons Since my ears hate in-ear buds, I was most excited to test its reworked fit. The new Pixel buds launched in four beautiful shades: Porcelain, Hazel, Wintergreen, and Peony....

It wants you to consider those glasses as your gateway to AI interaction. Those stylish sunglasses could also be the digital assistant in your ear. At Meta Connect, the company announced several new AI-enhanced features for the Ray-Ban glasses. © Florence Ion / Gizmodo I didnt use what Meta wont release until later this year. After I asked it to,the Ray-Ban Meta glassesreminded me that bread was in the oven....

The rumors were true. See at Best Buy See at Amazon The release effectively replaces the Quest 2. The 2020 headset was a solid option for the time, especially for its loss-leading price. The Meta Quest 3S includes several external sensors for color passthrough, but it lacks the external depth sensor the Quest 3 has.© Image: Meta The Quest 3S should be an even better deal. Meta claims this new headset has the same power as the Quest 3....

This time, the Menlo Park company improved its smart glasses even more by adding a few AI improvements. See Ray-Ban Meta Glasses at Amazon Meta is bringing Reminders to its smart glasses. This means you could ask your glasses to remind you about something you see at that moment. Image:Meta Meta uses the example of running low on your favorite cereal. The good thing is you wont always have to add an annoying Hey Meta before every sentence....

Sweet potatoes are a very versatile tuber. you might roast them. you’ve got the option to bake them into a pie. Carbon dating revealed the sweet potato may have been grown on Photo of the island of Te Waipounamu as early as 1290 CE.© Ian Barber you’ve got the option to turn them into the third best bang out of french fry. And apparently, you might make them an integral part of colonizing Polynesian islands....

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing a washing machine-sized spacecraft for a short-lived but daring mission. The satellite will begin its fateful descent shortly after launch, recording its fiery reentry through Earths atmosphere. Reentry science is an essential element of the design for demise efforts. An illustration of the DRACO mission.ESA/D. Ducros News from the future, delivered to your present.

Some itches, of course, are perfectly pleasant, particularly those that can be easily scratched. But all itches, low-level or consuming, present the same question: why? Why do we itch? Illustration: Benjamin Currie/Gizmodo What is its evolutionary purpose? For this weeksGiz Asks, we reached out to a number of experts to find out. This article was originally published on May 3, 2021. Then theres the question of why scratching an itch often feels quite good....

The artworks in question areGod the FatherandVirgin Mary, two panels of the now-destroyed Baronci Altarpiece. That joke was obligatory. You may guess that the green drapes surrounding God the Father were copper-based. A reconstruction of the Baronci Altarpiece by Raphael, showing the two recently AI-investigated works.Image: Danilo Pavone, ISPC-CNR, Catania / Raphael But thats not all. you’re free to read the full history of the altarpiece panels on the Frick Collectionwebsite....

Voice Actors Strike and Protections Against AI This isnt Hales first rodeo when striking with her colleagues. She was a part of the committee for the games contract during the 2017 strike. As Hale recalls, the 2017 strike was also the longest strike on record, spanning 11 months. © Diana Ragland We are paid to be not our likeness a large percentage of the time. That doesnt help us. Theyre burning the platform were standing on and leading us to fall into the abyss without anything....

In 2020, a feline geoglyphas in, it depicts a catwas foundon a hillside in the region. Now, the larger team has done just that and been rewarded for their AI-assisted efforts. The IDd candidate glyphs were then fed to human archaeologists who separated the wheat from the chaff. A geoglyph of a bird, seen from the air.Photo: Luis Rosendo/Heritage Images/Getty Images Even with not much data to train its models, the team found the AI approach effectively identified geoglyphs....

The list includes several 13- and 15-inch Air and Pro models from early 2015 through 2016. If you stroll down memory lane, several modelsstill support that perfunctory touch bar. The 2015 modelsintroduced the 4K display at 21.5 inches,a big sea change for Apples large-screen all-in-one computers. © Photo: Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The latest versions feature a 4.5K Retina display or 4480 by 2520 resolution. Several more products are entering the vintage list....