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An untidy history of AI across four books

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 00:15:18

The history of artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be separated entirely from the general development of technologies that go back to the ancient world. Like the abacus, the machines we today call AI reproduce and automate our formal and cognitive abilities, albeit at higher levels of generality. More officially, AI research began in the postwar era with the “symbolic” paradigm, which sought to program human faculties such as logic, knowledge, ontology, and semantics within software architecture

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The sordid reality of retirement villages: Residents are being milked for profit

news.ycombinator.com Alex Taylor 2025-09-21 20:22:54

It’s curry night and service is in full swing. Baileys and bitter flow from the bar, kormas are ladled at tables, and laughter, complaints, and spills erupt through dentures. As I give a Nan a naan, a yell cuts through the noise; an older lady has fallen by the serving hatch and is unable to stand unassisted. “Would you give me a hand, sweetheart?”, she calmly asks, “Don’t touch her!” the bar manager snaps as I bend towards her. “You’re not allowed to touch her!” The woman blinks up at me, confu

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Will AI damage human creativity? Most Americans say yes

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-23 11:40:00

marabird/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways AI's use is worrying Americans, a new report found. A majority of Americans don't want it replacing human cognition. Still, they are OK with some of AI's use cases. A new report on Americans' AI views highlights their concern over the technology's impact on human cognition, like creativity, problem-solving, forming meaningful relations, and making hard decisions. A majority

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Will AI damage AI human creativity? Most Americans say yes

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-23 16:40:49

marabird/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways AI's use is worrying Americans, a new report found. A majority of Americans don't want it replacing human cognition. Still, they are OK with some of AI's use cases. A new report on Americans' AI views highlights their concern over the technology's impact on human cognition, like creativity, problem-solving, forming meaningful relations, and making hard decisions. A majority

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Students are using AI tools instead of building foundational skills - but resistance is growing

zdnet.com Joe Mckendrick 2025-09-24 18:47:55

imaginima/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways There is growing concern about student dependence on AI. Today's computer science grads might understand less about IT systems. Some technology professors are pushing back against AI in classrooms. Whether you are studying information technology, teaching it, or creating the software that powers learning, it's clear that artificial intelligence is challenging and changing educatio

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Is Data Modeling Dead?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-25 13:14:15

Ok, not going to lie, I rarely find anything of value in the dregs of r/dataengineering, mostly I fear, because it’s %90 freshers with little to no experience. These green behind the ear know-it-all engineers who’ve never written a line of Perl, SSH’d into a server, and have no idea what a LAMP stack is. Weak. Sad. We used to program our way to glory, up hill both ways in the snow. All you do is script kiddy some Python code through Cursor. A recent post on Data Modeling, specifically that dat

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The Download: measuring returns on R&D, and AI’s creative potential

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-09-26 16:10:00

Given the draconian cuts to US federal funding for science, it’s worth asking some hard-nosed money questions: How much should we be spending on R&D? How much value do we get out of such investments, anyway? To answer that, in several recent papers, economists have approached this issue in clever new ways. And, though they ask slightly different questions, their conclusions share a bottom line: R&D is, in fact, one of the better long-term investments that the government can make. Read the full

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How to measure the returns on R&D spending

technologyreview.com David Rotman 2025-09-26 23:00:00

Sure, it’s easy to argue for the importance of spending on science by pointing out that many of today’s most useful technologies had their origins in government-funded R&D. The internet, CRISPR, GPS—the list goes on and on. All true. But this argument ignores all the technologies that received millions in government funding and haven’t gone anywhere—at least not yet. We still don’t have DNA computers or molecular electronics. Never mind the favorite examples cited by contrarian politicians of se

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De-risking investment in AI agents

technologyreview.com Mit Technology Review Insights 2025-09-29 01:00:00

For businesses, the potential is transformative: AI agents that can handle complex service interactions, support employees in real time, and scale seamlessly as customer demands shift. But the move from scripted, deterministic flows to non-deterministic, generative systems brings new challenges. How can you test something that doesn’t always respond the same way twice? How can you balance safety and flexibility when giving an AI system access to core infrastructure? And how can you manage cost,

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IBM Technology Atlas

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-29 10:28:42

IBM Technology Atlas We are writing the next chapter in Computing with six technology roadmaps that will bring a new era of performance and efficiency to information technology and business.

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The Download: computing’s bright young minds, and cleaning up satellite streaks

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-10-01 08:10:00

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 China has accused Nvidia of violating anti-monopoly laws As US and Chinese officials head into a second day of tariff negotiations. (Bloomberg $) + The investigation dug into Nvidia’s 2020 acquisition of computing firm Mellanox. (CNBC) + But China's antitrust regulator hasn’t confirmed if it will punish it. (WSJ $) 2 The US is getting closer to making a TikTok deal But it’s still p

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Is the humanoid robot industry ready for its ChatGPT moment?

cnbc.com Dylan Butts Victoria Yeo 2025-10-01 16:28:40

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Two humanoid robots are on display at the China Mobile booth at the Mobile World Conference in Shanghai on June 19, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Humanoid robots, which have made significant technological advances this year, may be at the precipice of a ChatGPT-like spike in investment and popularity — or at least, that's what many in the industry believe. So-called humanoid robots are artificial intelligence-power

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Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 Years

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-02 00:00:37

For over two centuries, scientists have known that water transports a positive charge through protons. But they had never actually seen it happen—until now. In a Science paper published September 11, Yale researchers reported that they devised a method to track, measure, and effectively “see” a proton’s journey through water. For the experiment, the team used a 30-foot-long mass spectrometer—an instrument that separates different elements by mass—that took years to customize and refine. The dev

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4 ways machines will automate your business - and it's no hype, says Gartner

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-05 04:08:45

SEAN GLADWELL/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Gartner's 2025 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies report is here. It underscores machine customers, among other new technologies. AI will play a growing role in business operations, Gartner predicts. AI will increasingly automate day-to-day decision-making for businesses in the coming years, thanks to AI and other emerging technologies, Gartner claims in a new report. Also:

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Partnering with generative AI in the finance function

technologyreview.com Mit Technology Review Insights 2025-10-05 12:00:00

Generative AI is also showing promise in functions like treasury, with use cases including cash, revenue, and liquidity forecasting and management, as well as automating contracts and investment analysis. However, challenges still remain for generative AI to contribute to forecasting due to the mathematical limitations of LLMs. Regardless, Deloitte’s analysis of its 2024 State of Generative AI in the Enterprise survey found that one-fifth (19%) of finance organizations have already adopted gener

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The Download: Trump’s impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honorees

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-10-05 16:10:00

Every year MIT Technology Review celebrates accomplished young scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors from around the world in our Innovators Under 35 list. We’ve just published the 2025 edition. This year, though, the context is different: The US scientific community is under attack. Since Donald Trump took office in January, his administration has fired top government scientists, targeted universities and academia, and made substantial funding cuts to the country’s science and technology

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Piramidal (YC W24) Is Hiring Back End Engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 16:00:14

We are looking for a software engineer to help us enable interactions and automations with Piramidal’s newest technologies. We value proactive, customer-centric engineers who prioritize foundational details (data models, architecture, security) to enable excellent products. In this role you will: Build and maintain the infrastructure and backend systems for our flagship platform focused on neural data. Collaborate closely with ML engineers to iterate on applying our latest models. and Work w

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Bild AI (YC W25) Is Hiring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 04:01:06

Puneet and I (Roop) founded Bild AI to tackle the mess that is blueprint reading, cost estimation, and permit applications in construction. It's a tough technical problem that requires the newest CV and AI approaches, and we’re impact-driven to make it more efficient to build more houses, hospitals, and schools. Featured on Business Insider . Bild AI is an early-stage startup with a ton of really difficult technical challenges to solve. We're building blueprint understanding with a model-garden

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5 business leaders on how to balance innovation with risk - and turn your ideas into action

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2025-10-07 16:29:00

Richard Drury/DigitalVision/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Bridging the gap between aspiration and achievement isn't easy. Smart business leaders focus on projects that deliver top-line growth. They support staff, work with peers, and encourage experimentation. For business leaders who want to embrace technological innovation, there are many potential risks, from wasting money on failed projects to falling behind faster-moving rival

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Grammarly can now fix your Spanish and French grammar

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-07 20:00:00

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For 16 years, a team of linguists carefully crafted and honed the grammar editing software Grammarly to match natural English language patterns. Now, the company is getting a big assist from AI to expand similar offerings to five more languages: Spanish, French, Por

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Qualcomm unveils driverless tech with BMW, sees 'domino effect' of customers

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-08 09:16:23

A concept car shows off Qualcomm's auto technology. The car was on display at the Qualcomm booth at the IAA Mobility show in Munich on September 9, 2025. Qualcomm's self-driving technology developed alongside BMW is expected to spark significant interest from other automakers keen to licence the system, the CEO of the U.S. chip giant told CNBC. The comments underscore how Qualcomm, a major player in smartphone chips, is diversifying its business into new areas, with automotive among its fastes

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Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

wired.com Dell Cameron 2025-10-08 10:00:00

After a quarter century defending digital rights, Cindy Cohn announced on Tuesday that she is stepping down as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Cohn, who has led the San Francisco–based nonprofit since 2015, says she will leave the role later this year, concluding a chapter that helped define the modern fight over online freedom. Cohn first rose to prominence as lead counsel in Bernstein v. Department of Justice, the 1990s case that overturned federal restrictions on pu

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Apple’s new iPhone 17 devices don’t have an AI-powered Siri yet. It doesn’t matter.

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-09 08:50:09

At yet another splashy event, Apple on Tuesday introduced its latest lineup of iPhones: the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a new slimmer version dubbed the iPhone Air. The “Air” branding is meant to bring to mind other lightweight — and sometimes less expensive — Apple products like the MacBook Air and iPad Air. But it also recalls a time when smartphone makers were chasing an ever-thinner phone. In the AI era, however, it’s not necessarily the device’s size that matters; it’s what the softw

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Dwayne Johnson Casually Confirms ‘Jumanji 4’ Is Really Happening and Has a Release Date

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-10 00:00:00

Dwayne Johnson is on the media circuit at TIFF for his UFC biopic film, The Smashing Machine, but that didn’t stop him from giving a quick—but crucial—update to his reboot blockbuster series, Jumanji. According to Screen Rant, Johnson announced that a fourth installment in the series—more specifically, a third starring The Rock—is coming next year. While the news that a fourth Jumanji film is coming isn’t itself new, its status has been a little up in the air since at least 2021. Suffering from

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‘Terrifier’ Makes an Undeniable Mark on Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-11 00:55:24

The gates of Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood have opened, and this year’s event has some of the theme park’s biggest debuts. Between Terrifier and Five Nights at Freddy’s, the headliner haunted houses really pack a punch, with the terror titan-led Jason Universe house, based on the Friday the 13th franchise, also helping to power a killer season start. But that’s not to say there were some lows; surprisingly, HHN’s anticipated Fallout offering fell short of expectations. Som

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Computing’s Top 30: Nipun Jaswal

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-10-11 02:00:15

To keep his edge, international cybersecurity expert Nipun Jaswal does more than stay up on current security threats and trends; he literally keeps his hands in the game, regularly coding—in up to 10 different languages—and doing lab work including exploring attack vectors and hunkering down with disassemblers and debuggers. Remaining “deeply technical” is not just part of his practice, it’s also fundamental to his leadership philosophy, which centers on staying curious and “close to the core o

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Dwayne Johnson Will Play the Chicken Man in ‘Lizard Music’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-11 16:00:08

The Rock is about to become the Chicken Man. Dwayne Johnson is set to reteam with his Smashing Machine director, Benny Safdie, to make Lizard Music, a fantasy adventure based on the popular 1976 book by Daniel Pinkwater. According to Deadline, which broke the news, Johnson will play the aforementioned poultry-themed character, who teams up with a young man to explore some mysterious goings-on involving music played by lizards on TV. It’s one of those books you probably read in middle school or

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Australian startup joins race to build local ChatGPT

news.ycombinator.com Tess Bennett 2025-10-11 17:38:30

Two Australian entrepreneurs have joined the race to build a local alternative to the artificial intelligence models created by tech giants like OpenAI and Meta, earmarking $10 million to compensate copyright owners for their work. Sovereign Australia AI was founded by AI strategist Simon Kriss and technology executive Troy Neilson who shared concerns that Australia’s access to the critical technology would be at the mercy of the decisions made in the United States or China. Loading...

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'We can do it for under $100M': Startup joins race to build local ChatGPT

news.ycombinator.com Tess Bennett 2025-10-12 08:38:30

Two Australian entrepreneurs have joined the race to build a local alternative to the artificial intelligence models created by tech giants like OpenAI and Meta, earmarking $10 million to compensate copyright owners for their work. Sovereign Australia AI was founded by AI strategist Simon Kriss and technology executive Troy Neilson who shared concerns that Australia’s access to the critical technology would be at the mercy of the decisions made in the United States or China. Loading...

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We Rarely Lose Technology (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Étienne Fortier-Dubois 2025-10-08 17:18:27

“Στόλος Ρωμαίων πυρπολῶν τὸν τῶν ἐναντίων στόλον,” i.e. “the fleet of the Romans setting ablaze the fleet of the enemies.” i.e. the Byzantines using their Greek Fire weapon. From the Codex Skylitzes Matritensis (12th century) A common trope in the land of fantasy fiction and games is that of lost technology. The hero stumbles upon some ancient ruins, and then finds an ancient weapon, or an ancient vehicle, or an ancient intelligent robot, that helps him in his quest. Nobody alive could possibly

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Latest Tech News

An untidy history of AI across four books

The sordid reality of retirement villages: Residents are being milked for profit

Will AI damage human creativity? Most Americans say yes

Will AI damage AI human creativity? Most Americans say yes

Students are using AI tools instead of building foundational skills - but resistance is growing

Is Data Modeling Dead?

The Download: measuring returns on R&D, and AI’s creative potential

How to measure the returns on R&D spending

De-risking investment in AI agents

IBM Technology Atlas

The Download: computing’s bright young minds, and cleaning up satellite streaks

Is the humanoid robot industry ready for its ChatGPT moment?

Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 Years

4 ways machines will automate your business - and it's no hype, says Gartner

Partnering with generative AI in the finance function

The Download: Trump’s impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honorees

Piramidal (YC W24) Is Hiring Back End Engineer

Bild AI (YC W25) Is Hiring

5 business leaders on how to balance innovation with risk - and turn your ideas into action

Grammarly can now fix your Spanish and French grammar

Qualcomm unveils driverless tech with BMW, sees 'domino effect' of customers

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

Apple’s new iPhone 17 devices don’t have an AI-powered Siri yet. It doesn’t matter.

Dwayne Johnson Casually Confirms ‘Jumanji 4’ Is Really Happening and Has a Release Date

‘Terrifier’ Makes an Undeniable Mark on Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood

Computing’s Top 30: Nipun Jaswal

Dwayne Johnson Will Play the Chicken Man in ‘Lizard Music’

Australian startup joins race to build local ChatGPT

'We can do it for under $100M': Startup joins race to build local ChatGPT

We Rarely Lose Technology (2023)

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