Apple’s March 4 event sounds unusual (and smart). Image: Cult of Mac This week on Cult of Mac podcast: “Special Apple Experience” planned for March 4 doesn’t sound like a typical Apple event. what could it be And what new hardware will we see? It certainly doesn’t look … Read more
Jesse Van Rootselaar, the suspect in the Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia mass shooting, was raising alarm among OpenAI employees months before the shooting happened. This June, Jesse had conversations with ChatGPT involving descriptions of gun violence that triggered the chatbot’s automated review system. Several employees expressed concern that her posts could be a harbinger of … Read more
Trump’s deregulatory order aims to facilitate rapid construction of new data centers and the fossil fuel infrastructure to power them “The Trump administration is gutting health protections that are important to protecting children from toxins like mercury just to save the coal industry some money,” Nicholas Morales, a lawyer for the environmental nonprofit Earthjustice, said … Read more
The courses in the Complete Generative AI Mastery Bundle 2026 teach you how to use AI for automation, advanced content production, project management, and more. We’re talking about real-world workflows that help you get more done every day. And right now, you can get these seven generative AI courses with 43.5 hours of instruction for … Read more
On Thursday, Google released the latest version of Gemini Pro, its powerful LLM. Model 3.1 is currently available as a preview and will be generally released soon, the company said. Google’s new model may be one of the most powerful LLMs to date. Onlookers have noted that Gemini 3.1 Pro appears to be a big … Read more
Every episode of HBO Pitt contains a degree of medical trauma that makes a hospital drama almost feel like a horror series. Some patients deal with severe lacerations, while others battle nasty blood infections that could cost them limbs, and the chaos of working in the ER is often left behind. PittThe central characters are … Read more
A year ago, Redwood Materials did not have an energy storage business. It’s now the fastest-growing unit in battery recycling and materials startup — a reflection of the boom in building AI data centers. Evidence of that growth can be found in its San Francisco research and development lab, which has quadrupled to a 55,000-square-foot … Read more
Google gave Gemini the ability to churn out AI-generated music, thanks to DeepMind’s latest audio model. Beta access to Lyria 3 is rolling out in the Gemini app, allowing users to generate 30-second leads based on text, images and videos without ever leaving the chatbot window. The new music creation tool is available globally starting … Read more
Marketing is one of the few operations that no industry can afford to ignore, which is why we have a veritable plethora of AI-powered marketing tools in the face of marketers today. From Facebook and Instagram to TikTok, and major incumbents like Microsoft and Google to content creation startups like Jasper and Copy.ai, all social … Read more
Meta has entered into a multi-year deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia’s Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long used Nvidia hardware for its AI products, the deal “represents the first large-scale deployment of only Nvidia Grace,” which Nvidia says will deliver “significant improvements in … Read more