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☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman finally watched 'Ex Machina,' a movie in which a rich tech billionaire creates dangerously smart AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted that he finally watched the movie "Ex Machina." Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, spent Wednesday night watching the 2015 movie "Ex Machina" for the first time. The movie details the story of a rich tech billionaire, Nathan, who creates an AI-powered humanoid robot named Ava. Ava the humanoid from "Ex Machina" ultimately merges into human society. But in a tweet Thursday morning, Altman said that while he thought "Ex Machina" was a "pretty good movie," he still wasn't sure why "everyone" told him to watch it.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Nathan, Ava, Caleb, Alan Turing, OpenAI's ChatGPT, ChatGPT, hasn't, OpenAI Organizations: Stanford, Philosophy

☆ You can stay at the Norwegian hotel from 'Succession' for $430 per night
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In "Succession," the Roy siblings headed to Norway to negotiate the sale of Waystar Royco. The wheeling and dealing takes place at the Juvet Landscape Hotel. The episode takes place at the Juvet Landscape Hotel in the Valldal valley in northwestern Norway. A self-described "once-in-a-lifetime escape" that merges modern architecture and the natural world, a room at the hotel goes for between between $430 and $750 per night. A landscape room in winter.

Samsung's S95C 4K TV is the company's latest top-of-the-line OLED TV. Samsung 65-inch S95C 4K OLED TV The S95C is Samsung’s flagship OLED TV for 2023. And best of all, we get that increased brightness while maintaining the perfect black levels that OLED TVs are known for. Samsung S95C 65-inch OLED 4K TV: SpecsSpec Samsung 65-inch S95C 4K OLED TV Resolution 3840x2160p HDR formats HDR10, HDR10+, HLG Panel type QD-OLED (OLED with quantum dots) Refresh rate 120Hz (up to 144Hz PC gaming) Gaming features NVIDIA G-Sync, FreeSync Premium, VRR, ALLM HDMI ports Four HDMI 2.1 ports Remote SolarCell remote with Bixby and Alexa support Dimensions 56.8" (W) x 32.7" (H) x 0.4" (D) without stand Weight 41.7 pounds without standShould you buy the Samsung S95C 4K OLED TV? Steven Cohen/InsiderIf budget isn't a concern and you want the absolute best picture quality on the market, the Samsung S95C should be high on your shopping list.

The premium OLED TV uses quantum dots, an advanced color tech that Samsung also uses in its QLED TVs. New 2023 Samsung OLED TVs are just starting to hit the market, but they're considerably more expensive than the S95B. Deal Samsung 65-inch S95B OLED 4K TV Samsung's high-end 4K OLED TV uses quantum dots to achieve some of the best color performance on the market. Steven Cohen/InsiderLike other Samsung TVs, the S95B uses the Tizen operating system rather than interfaces like Roku, Fire TV, or Android TV. AmazonThe Samsung S95B is an excellent buy for anyone who wants a high-end TV under $2,000.

LG's G2 OLED is one of the best high-end 4K TVs on the market. Lowest Price LG 65-inch G2 OLED 4K TV LG's G2 OLED is one of the best TVs you can buy right now, period. Steven Cohen/InsiderOf course, a high-end design is meaningless if the TV's picture performance can't match its premium style. Steven Cohen/InsiderThough Sony and Samsung have both jumped on the quantum dot bandwagon with their latest high-end OLED TVs, LG hasn't adopted this feature. Steven Cohen/InsiderIf you're in the market for a high-end TV that delivers stunning picture quality and a stylish design, the LG G2 OLED should be on your shortlist.

☆ Kanye West's antisemitic rants are the tip of a much longer spear
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Tal Lavin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Recent comments by Kanye West, now known as Ye, echo ancient antisemitic tropes, writes Tal Lavin. Over on Instagram, where I'd posted a picture of me cuddling a goat, someone commented: "Kanye West was right about you people." But these sentiments are just the tip of a much longer spear. Ye's comments in particular echo a very long history of antisemitic tropes — tropes that have left a trail of blood in their wake. On "Drink Champs" Ye spit into the mic about the evils of the "Jewish media."

☆ Chatbots: A long and complicated history
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-20 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Nearly 60 years later, the market is flooded with chatbots of varying quality and use cases from tech companies, banks, airlines and more. Others, meanwhile, warn the technology behind AI-powered chatbots remains much more limited than some people wish it may be. While they used similar technology to the earlier, social chatbots, Khudanpur said, “you really couldn’t call them chatbots. )”Return to social chatbots, and social problemsIn the early 2000s, researchers began to revisit the development of social chatbots that could carry an extended conversation with humans. This refrain would be repeated by other tech giants that released public chatbots, including Meta’s BlenderBot3, released earlier this month.

☆ The many faces of Scooter Braun
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-01 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +44 min

The former Yeezy associate said that West had offered Braun large percentages of Yeezy several times, which Braun always declined.) Singer told Insider that Braun "did not even see the final cut until the day before it came out." In 2012, Braun told The New Yorker that Geffen's advice to him was "Get out of the music business." Singer told Insider that Braun had only seen Jayne "once in his life, at a political event they both attended. And I couldn't fix it and I'm a fixer, and because I couldn't fix things I started to spiral," Braun told Shetty.

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Google Play a premiat cele mai bune jocuri ale anului 2020. În 2016, Google a început sa premieze cele mai bune jocuri si aplicații anual in cadrul galei Google Play Awards. Cel mai bun joc din 2020, ales de Google PlayGoogle Play a proclamat Genshin Impact ca fiind cel mai bun joc din 2020. Cel mai bun joc din 2020, ales de jucătoriUtilizatorii Google Play au votat ca cel mai bun joc al anului 2020 jocul SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off. Potrivit Statista.com, aplicațiile de jocuri reprezintă mai mult de 80 % din veniturile castigate de Google Play Store.

Persons: ., Harry Potter, DreamWorks, Bubble, Cook Organizations: Google, App, Disney Locations: Romanian

☆ Google a publicat topul celor mai bune jocuri pentru Android în 2020. Care sunt acestea
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Pe lângă lista celor mai bune aplicații de pe platforma Android, Google a publicat și o listă cu cele mai bune jocuri pe care le-am primit pe dispozitivele mobile anul acesta. Listă a fost aleasă în funcție de preferințele echipei editoriale, bazată pe activitatea utilizatorilor, dar și pe preferințele personale ale angajaților săi. Acesta este dezvoltat de un studio din China și pare să fie inspirat de jocuri precum The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild de pe Nintendo Switch, scrie go4it.ro. # Cele mai bune jocuri competitive pentru Android în 2020BrawlhallaBullet echoGWENT The Witcher Card GameLegands of RuneterraThe Seven Deadly Sins: Grand CrossLista celor mai bune jocuri competitive pentru Android include jocuri de lupte, jocuri de cărți și shooter-uri top down, toate disponibile pentru jucat online cu prietenii sau pentru meciuri competitive publice. # Cele mai bune jocuri pe care le poți juca rapid pe Android în 2020Disney Frozen AdventuresDreamWorks Trolls PopEverMergeHarry Potter: Puzzles & SpellsSpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off# Jocuri petru Android cu impact în 2020FancadeGenshin ImpactMinimal Dungeon RPGOrd.

Persons: DreamWorks, Harry Potter, Cook Organizations: Android, Google, Genshin, Nintendo, Cross, Disney Locations: China

☆ This one problem could cost smart cities hundreds of billions of dollars
▼ + stars: | 2016-05-11 | by ( Insider Intelligence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In the smart cities space, this issue could add hundreds of billions of dollars in costs to smart cities projects around the world, Machina Research predicted:Deploying IoT solutions without interoperability standards would add $341 billion in costs to smart city deployments worldwide by 2025, the report said. With such non-standardized solutions, global implementation costs for smart cities projects would be $1.12 trillion over that time period. Cost is already a major challenge for smart cities as projects, as municipalities are often squeezed by tight budgets. In this report we will also:Define the difference between connected vs smart cities. Identify key challenges for municipalities in developing smart cities and illustrate how some cities are already solving those obstacles.

Persons: Jonathan Camhi Organizations: Intelligence, Machine Research, Research, Business, BI Intelligence Locations: Barcelona

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