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This weekend marks the kickoff of a slew of films centered on some of the biggest figures in technology and artificial intelligence, as public concern about the industry grows. Sony Pictures’ “The Social Reckoning” is expected to open to around $7 million domestically this weekend. The scripted film is a follow-up to Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social…

Grayscale Investments has launched Grayscale Model Portfolios, a suite of models that provide suggested allocations across digital assets. The launch includes four models, each pursuing a different investment objective. The models incorporate asset selection, position sizing, diversification and rebalancing into their methodology. Grayscale Advisors will deliver the models directly to financial platforms used by financial…

For anyone who’s twiddled their way through several dozen hours of Halo or Grand Theft Auto, the newest Ikea home furnishings collection will probably look very familiar. The nine-item collection, named Yxstaby, is a collaboration between Ikea and Xbox focused on furniture and objects meant to be used by gamers. Several of the main design…

AI models often struggle to understand cultures around the world, and are reluctant to admit when they don’t know something. That’s what researchers at Canadian AI lab Cohere found when they tested whether chatbots could do more than simply speak a culture’s language. To determine whether models possessed deeper cultural knowledge, they presented them with…

As the tech world continues debating whether to slow down AI development, OpenAI’s cofounder said the company is already doing so. In multiple interview sessions aired on Monday, OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman said that the company has been delaying some cutting-edge AI work as it tightens its safety and security practices. “We’ve slowed…

Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of BitMEX and chief investment officer at Maelstrom, has outlined a scenario in which Bitcoin could experience further short-term weakness before ultimately surging to extraordinary heights. In a recent essay, the crypto commentator suggested that the leading digital asset might trade sideways or decline temporarily amid shifting capital flows, yet he…