How many jobs will Artificial Intelligence replace in the next decade? Would ChatGPT replace writers? Would SORA AI displace video producers and content creators? Would Dall-E make artists obsolete? What does the future hold for jobs? Well, the answer might be a bit more complicated because everyone…

Recently we learned that Google spent $2.7 billion to re-hire a single AI researcher who had left to start his own company. As Charlie Brown would say: “Good grief.” 🙄 This is an (incredibly!) extreme example. But back in the halcyon days of the zero interest rate phenomenon (ZIRP), smaller versions…

I’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the best time to share your opinion about something is when everyone is all worked up about it. Hot topics drive clicks and eyeballs and attention en masse. Unfortunately, my internal combustion engine…

Yesterday was a big deal in AI. Or maybe it wasn’t. OpenAI revealed o3 in a 25 minute live demo, and its biggest fans thought the demo showed that it was either AGI or really close or an important step to AGI. (It certainly was not the long-awaited GPT-5). The best results were truly impressive,…

The accelerating spread of bird flu through US poultry flocks is pushing the price of eggs to highs rivaling or exceeding the cost in December 2022 at the height of the post-pandemic inflation scare. The average cost of a dozen Grade A large eggs was $3.65 in November, up from $3.37 in October, the…

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26. Balaji worked at OpenAI for…

Image: Evgenyi_Eg/iStock/Getty Images Plus At a glance: The drug-free nasal spray shielded mice from deadly form of the influenza virus. In a 3D replica of the nasal cavity, the gel-like substance enhanced capture of respiratory droplets, preventing them from invading the deeper airways. If…

ByThomas Brewster, Forbes Staff. The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. In late October, a week before the presidential election, Kamala Harris’ cybersecurity team called Apple looking for help. A spyware…

An Iranian government-linked cybercriminal crew used custom malware called IOCONTROL to attack and remotely control US and Israel-based water and fuel management systems, according to security researchers. While IOCONTROL is a custom-built backdoor for hijacking IoT devices, it also has a "direct…

With Joe Biden reportedly considering issuing blanket pardons for top critics of Donald Trump, numerous high profile Democrats have emerged urging the president to do so on behalf of their colleagues who they worry could face legal retribution from Trump in the coming years. Preemptive pardons would…

Researchers developing Australia’s first mRNA Covid vaccine say they may have solved the “immune imprinting” issue that has contributed to the declining effectiveness of boosters as the virus mutates. Immune imprinting, also known as original antigenic sin, occurs when the body’s original immune…

Genetic sequencing of the virus that infected a Louisiana patient showed it is a version that is circulating in wild birds, not U.S. cattle.JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Dec. 18, 2024 Senior Writer, Infectious Diseases The United States has confirmed its first known severe human infection of H5N1…

The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday, but suggested it would make fewer rate cuts than expected in 2025 amid questions over its fight to bring down inflation across the world’s largest economy. Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, said inflation had been “stubborn”, but insisted the…

When James Irungu took on a new job for the tech outsourcing company Samasource, his manager provided scant details before his training began. But the role was highly sought after and would nearly double his pay to £250 a month. Plus it offered a path out of Kibera, the vast shantytown on the…

Physician assistant Danis Walker vaccinates a construction worker outside a Lowes Home Improvement store in New Orleans on June 11, 2021. Image: Rosemary Westwood/WWNO 03:36 00:00 Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots A group of high-level managers at the…

Bad case Bird flu jumps from birds to human in Louisiana; patient hospitalized This is the first human case of bird flu in Louisiana. Beth Mole – Dec 13, 2024 5:28 PM | 124 Three colorized H5N1 virus particles (rod-shaped; orange) imaged by an electron microscope. With a couple genetic shifts in…

After spending the last few years embedded in AI-assisted development, I've noticed a fascinating pattern. While engineers report being dramatically more productive with AI, the actual software we use daily doesn’t seem like it’s getting noticeably better. What's going on here? I think I know why,…

Every decade or so, a new playbook emerges that fundamentally reshapes how we think about scaling businesses. In the 2000s, Apple and Nvidia showed us how to separate IP from manufacturing. In the 2010s, Salesforce taught us how to turn software into a utility with the cloud. Now, in 2024, we're…

It is a common refrain to say that geopolitics gets in the way of climate action. From the war in Ukraine to trade tensions, each year seems to bring another immediate priority that diverts focus from

I'm on the security report triage team for CPython, pip, urllib3, Requests, and a handful of other open source projects. I'm also in a trusted position such that I get "tagged in" to other open source

Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip 9 December 2024 Chris VallanceSenior Technology Reporter Google The new Willow chip Google has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world's fastest super computers ten septillion…

Moving from an Individual Contributor (IC) to a manager is a significant career step. This is especially true in the ever-evolving tech industry. This change brings new challenges and opportunities to learn. Reflecting on my first couple of years as an Engineering Manager, I realized that the…

The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, is believed to have fled the country his family has ruled over for 50 years as rebels said they had captured the capital after a lightning advance completed in just under two weeks. Two senior Syrian officers told Reuters that Assad had fled Damascus, his…

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the Islamist insurgent alliance that has captured swathes of Syria in a lightning offensive, is an extremist who has adopted a more moderate posture to try to achieve his goals. At the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which is rooted in Syria’s branch of…

The brutal 54-year reign of the Assad family in Syria looks to be over. In a matter of days, opposition forces took the major city of Aleppo before advancing southward into other government-controlled areas of Hama, Homs and finally, on Dec 7, 2024, the capital, Damascus. The offensive was all the…

With artificial intelligence on the rise, Cate Blanchett fears it poses a threat beyond just Hollywood. The 2x Oscar winner recently admitted she’s “deeply concerned” about the impact AI will have on the entertainment industry, as well as the rest of the world, with the potential to “totally replace…

We live in an Age of Uncertainty. Not just because of the global threats to societies, but many face unprecedented insecurity at a personal level, particularly the younger generations. None of us know what is going to happen, and we might as well face up to it. And that’s the first lesson in making…

Boadicea There's a story about Zig Ziglar, the motivational speaker. A woman approached him at one of his seminars, begging him for help. She said she hated her job. Her boss was horrible. Her coworkers hated her. What should she do? Well, Zig told her to shut up and stop complaining. He said she…

The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the US’s largest health insurers, was shot dead on Wednesday in midtown Manhattan, police confirmed in a press conference. Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare. Photograph: United Health Group Brian Thompson, 50, was shot outside the Hilton…

A report from Amnesty International alleges that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip constitutes the crime of genocide under international law, the first such determination by a major human rights organisation in the 14-month-old conflict. The 296-page report examining events in Gaza…

Join the club Thousands of top tech executives, journalists, academics and civil society workers read our reporting on — and analysis of — the day's biggest events at the intersection of technology and democracy. I. At the end of last month, I attended an inaugural conference in Berkeley named the…

It’s Monday morning. The first thing you see (yes, before you see your kids, your partner, even your coffee) is a Slack notification. That Slack notification leads you to a Confluence document, which is supposed to prepare you for the upcoming Zoom meeting. In the Zoom meeting, you’re expected to…

Does aspartame cause cancer? The potentially carcinogenic properties of the popular artificial sweetener, added to everything from soft drinks to children’s medicine, have been debated for decades. Its approval in the US stirred controversy in 1974, several UK supermarkets banned it from their…

Watch China’s military drills surrounding Taiwan 00:48 • Source: CNN Watch China’s military drills surrounding Taiwan 00:48 CNN — China’s military drills around Taiwan are designed to test its ability to “seize power” over the island, the People’s Liberation Army said Friday as its forces kicked off…

Authorities in the Indian capital, have ordered schools to shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures in Delhi hit 47.4C (117F). City officials told schools to shut with “immediate effect” due to the blistering heat, according to a government order quoted by the Hindustan Times on…