Google starts rolling out its ChatGPT competitor

CNN — Google is opening up access to its new artificial intelligence, Bard A chatbot tool that directly competes with ChatGPT. Starting Tuesday, users can join the waitlist Visit Bard, which promises to help users outline and draft papers, plan a friend’s baby shower, and get lunch ideas based on what’s in the fridge. It … Read more

PFAS in the blood can stunt growth and development in children, study shows

Editor’s note: Get inspired with our weekly roundup on the good life, made easy. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. CNN — Potentially toxic chemicals found in everyday products, including fast food wrappers, cosmetics and carpets, are altering the hormonal and metabolic pathways needed … Read more

AI can be racist, sexist and creepy. What should we do about it?

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  The emergence of ChatGPT and now GPT-4, the artificial intelligence interface from OpenAI that will chat with you, answer questions and passably write a high school term paper, is both a … Read more

Experts explain how to reduce PFAS in drinking water

Editor’s note: Get inspired with our weekly roundup on the good life, made easy. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. CNN — Drinking water in the U.S. may be a little safer in the next three years detected in blood 98% of Americans. Perfluoroalkyl … Read more

EPA proposes first standard to make drinking water safer from ‘forever chemicals’

CNN — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule Tuesday that would set the first national drinking water standards for “permanent chemicals” that endanger human health. The move could fundamentally affect drinking water for nearly everyone in the United States. The new rules will set the first national drinking water standards for six … Read more

Tech industry avoids ‘extinction-level event’, but not unscathed

CNN — For much of the weekend, Silicon Valley was scrambling to find a solution to what one prominent tech investor called a “startup-level extinction event” following the collapse of one of the industry’s top banks. Startups race to apply for loans venture fund and financial technology company Pay wages. Venture-backed retailers held last-minute sales … Read more

Alphabet’s self-driving car division will cut 8% of its workforce this year

CNN — Waymo, Google’s self-driving car division (Google)Its parent company Alphabet said on Wednesday that it has cut about 8% of its workforce this year through two rounds of layoffs. In total, about 209 jobs were cut between late January and the latest round of layoffs, the company confirmed Wednesday. “We have taken a thoughtful … Read more

Tesla, Musk sued by shareholders over self-driving safety claims

Reuters — tesla (Tesla) On Monday, the company and its chief executive, Elon Musk, were sued by shareholders alleging they had exaggerated the effectiveness and safety of self-driving and fully self-driving technology for electric vehicles. In a proposed class action filed in federal court in San Francisco, shareholders say Tesla deceived them over more than … Read more

Secretary of Commerce lays out Biden Administration’s vision for implementing the CHIPS Act over the next decade

CNN — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Thursday laid out the Biden administration’s ambitious vision for implementing CHIPS and the Science Act over the next decade. the bill is sign President Joe Biden enacted it into law last summer and would allow the government to invest more than $200 billion over the next five years … Read more

New technology offers hope for stroke paralyzed patients

CNN — In the past ten years, Heather Rendulich She had been unable to eat by herself with her left hand or pick up objects as light as soup cans – but that changed when she took part in a clinical trial that could radically improve the lives of people with paralysis. stroke. Results of … Read more