This Startup Wants YouTube Creators to Get Paid for AI Training Data

This Startup Wants YouTube Creators to Get Paid for AI Training Data

So far, when AI companies have trained on YouTube’s invaluable stash of videos, captions, and other content, they’ve done so without permission. An AI-focused content licensing startup called Calliope Networks is hoping to change that with its new “License to Scrape,” a program aimed directly at YouTube stars. “There’s obvious demand from AI companies to … Read more

Tesla starts pushing Full Self-Driving access for some Cybertrucks

Tesla starts pushing Full Self-Driving access for some Cybertrucks

Some Tesla Cybertruck owners are starting to get Full Self-Driving (FSD) access on their vehicles. The company’s polarizing electric pickup truck has lacked the driver-assistance software feature since its launch in November 2023. Now, members of the Cybertruck Owners Club (as reported by Electrek) are reporting that the update has been installed on their vehicles. … Read more

Beta Technologies unveils first passenger carrying electric aircraft

Beta Technologies unveils first passenger carrying electric aircraft

Beta Technologies unveiled Monday the next electric aircraft in its lineup — a passenger-carrying version of its ALIA vertical takeoff and landing and fixed-wing vehicles. Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles don’t rely on a runway, whereas fixed-wing aircraft do. The Vermont-based startup, which has raised over $860 million in equity to date from … Read more

10 ways to explore your new iPhone

10 ways to explore your new iPhone

Ryan Haines / Android Authority It’s tough to top the feeling of unboxing and setting up a brand-new phone. Even if you restore all of your data and apps, it feels like you’re getting a fresh start. That fresh start usually comes with a whole bunch of exciting new features, too, but they’re not always … Read more

Mars’ Long-Lost Atmosphere Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight

Mars’ Long-Lost Atmosphere Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight

Newsweek writes that the missing atmosphere of Mars “may be locked up in the planet’s clay-rich surface, a new study by MIT geologists has suggested.” According to the researchers, ancient water trickling through Mars’ rocks could have triggered a series of chemical reactions, converting CO2 into methane and trapping the carbon in clay minerals for … Read more

Radar Trends to Watch: September 2024 – O’Reilly

Radar Trends to Watch: September 2024 – O’Reilly

This month, we’ll give AI a rest. Alex Russell has finished an excellent series of posts titled “Reckoning.” It’s a must-read for web developers. If you want to understand why our networks and laptops are much faster than they were 15 or 20 years ago, but the web is slower, it comes down to one … Read more