Meta says some AGI systems are too risky to release

Meta says some AGI systems are too risky to release

It seems like since AI came into our world, creators have put a lead foot down on the gas. However, according to a new policy document, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg might slow or stop the development of AGI systems that are deemed “high risk” or “critical risk.” AGI is an AI system that can do anything a … Read more

Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website

Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website

Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg. The company appears to have updated its public AI principles page, erasing a section titled “applications we will not pursue,” which was still included as recently as last week. Asked for … Read more

New permissions are coming to Google Calendar sharing

New permissions are coming to Google Calendar sharing

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Calendar is improving what information’s available when you create events on shared calendars. Users with “Make changes to events” permissions will now be able to see all the people a calendar is shared with. A good calendar app will help you keep track of all that’s going on … Read more

Panasonic To Cut Costs To Support Shift Into AI

Panasonic To Cut Costs To Support Shift Into AI

Panasonic will cut its costs, restructure underperforming units and revamp its workforce as it pivots toward AI data centers and away from its consumer electronics roots, the company said on Tuesday. The Japanese conglomerate aims to boost profits by 300 billion yen ($1.93 billion) by March 2029, partly by consolidating production and logistics operations. Bloomberg … Read more

Radar Trends to Watch: February 2025 – O’Reilly

Radar Trends to Watch: February 2025 – O’Reilly

Last month, DeepSeek released its R1 reasoning model (now apparently named DeepThink), with capabilities similar to OpenAI o1. What’s important about DeepSeek isn’t its benchmark results; there are a number of models on the same level as o1. What’s important is that it appears to have been trained with one-tenth the resources of comparable models. … Read more

22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M

22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole M

Federal prosecutors have indicted a man on charges he stole $65 million in cryptocurrency by exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance platforms and then laundering proceeds and attempting to extort swindled investors. The scheme, alleged in an indictment unsealed on Monday, occurred in 2021 and 2023 against the DeFI platforms KyberSwap and Indexed Finance. Both … Read more

AirPods Pro 2 Hit Lowest Price of the Year So Far at $169 ($80 Off)

AirPods Pro 2 Hit Lowest Price of the Year So Far at 9 ( Off)

Amazon this week has Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 for $169.00, down from $249.00. This is the lowest price that we’ve tracked so far in 2025, and Amazon is providing a mid February delivery estimate for most residences in the United States. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and … Read more

How to Send Large Files Without Email on Windows 11

How to Send Large Files Without Email on Windows 11

Sending large files without using email clients is way easier than you think. You can upload your files to a cloud storage provider or use peer-to-peer file sharing. I’ll show you your options. Transfer Large Files Without Creating an Account Using WeTransfer Arguably the easiest way to share large files (up to 2GB in size) … Read more