Meta looks to target twitter with a rival app called Threads
Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. Threads is billed as a “text-based conversation app” that is linked to Instagram, with the listing teasing a Twitter-like microblogging experience. Since its launch on July 5, Threads has had over 100 million users. The app can be accessed by logging in through a user’s Instagram account. Posts can be up to 500 characters long and include links, photos and videos up to 5 minutes in length.
Grammy’s CEO on new AI guidelines
Music that contains AI-created elements is eligible. ‘Period.’ - Last month, the Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry. Of those newly instituted guidelines, protocols involving technological advancements in machine learning sparked headlines: “Only human creators” could win the music industry’s highest honor in a decision aimed at the use of artificial intelligence in popular music.
Apple is the first public company to be valued at $3 Trillion
The value of a single AAPL share hit around $182.90 during intraday trading, making Apple the first company in the world to be worth $3 trillion. Apple became the first publicly traded company to close a trading day with a $3 trillion market value, marking another milestone for a technology juggernaut that has reshaped society with a line-up of products that churn out eye-popping profits.
Stellantis says new small and medium sized EV will get up to 435 miles per charge
Stellantis says that when it starts to sell compact and midsize electric vehicles off new underpinnings next year, they will be able to go up to 435 miles (700 kilometers) per charge. The company made the claim last week as it unveiled its new medium-sized platform designed for the purpose of housing battery packs and electric drive trains. Stellantis says the range will be best in the compact and midsize segments, which generally is about 300 miles at present.
UN council to hold first meeting on potential threats of AI to global peace
The U.N. Security Council will hold a first-ever meeting on the potential threats of artificial intelligence to international peace and security, organized by the United Kingdom which sees tremendous potential but also major risks about AI’s possible use for example in autonomous weapons or in control of nuclear weapons. Governments around the world are considering how to mitigate the dangers of emerging AI technology, which could reshape the global economy and change the international security landscape.
Elon Must unveils his new AI startup
Elon Musk is finally starting to talk about the artificial intelligence company he founded to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. The startup, xAI, formally launched on Wednesday and its goal “is to understand the true nature of the universe.” It hasn’t said much more than that. The new startup centered in the San Francisco Bay Area has hired a group of top AI researchers who formerly worked at OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Tesla. The startup reflected Musk’s long-voiced concerns about a future in which AI systems could present an existential risk to humanity. The idea, Musk told Carlson, is that an AI that wants to understand humanity is less likely to destroy it.
