Lauren Goode

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Nvidia Says Its Blackwell Chip Is Fine, Nothing to See Here

Chip giant Nvidia reported its third-quarter earnings earlier today, and all ears—and presumably some watch parties—were tuned in to try to determine what the company’s performance might mean for the near future...

Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door

Last year, a foundation called Tools for Humanity went on tour to show off its eye-scanning Orb. The metallic globe—an actual, physical orb—was one part of a process where citizens would someday...

OpenAI’s GPT Store Has Left Some Developers in the Lurch

When OpenAI launched its platform for custom GPTs, Josh Brent Villocido was stoked to learn that one of his creations would be featured.The ascendant AI company announced at its November 2023 developer...

Google’s Visual Search Can Now Answer Even More Complex Questions

When Google Lens was introduced in 2017, the search feature accomplished a feat that not too long ago would have seemed like the stuff of science fiction: Point your phone’s camera at...

Meta Missed Out on Smartphones. Can Smart Glasses Make Up for It?

Meta has dominated online social connections for the past 20 years, but it missed out on making the smartphones that primarily delivered those connections. Now, in a multiyear, multibillion-dollar effort to position...

I Stared Into the AI Void With the SocialAI App

The first time I used SocialAI, I was sure the app was performance art. That was the only logical explanation for why I would willingly sign up to have AI bots named...

After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription Drug Industry

Mark Cuban was confident he wouldn’t be recognized in Boston Common. This was early June, and it happened to be the day of the Boston Dyke March, billed as an “anti-capitalist intersectional...

This iPhone ‘Supercycle’ May Not Be So Super

Apple’s just-announced iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro will likely go down in the books as the “AI” iPhone, the one that’s supposed to power all kinds of new generative artificially intelligent...

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