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Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM -1.66% has held preliminary talks with Pioneer Natural Resources Co. PXD -1.06% about a possible acquisition of the U.S. fracking giant, as the oil major hunts for a blockbuster deal in the shale patch, according to people familiar with the matter.Discussions between the two companies about a potential deal have been informal, the people said. But after posting record profits in 2022, Exxon is…

Artificial intelligence is expanding at a terrifying rate, and our world is steadily becoming more saturated with digital systems capable of doing amazing things. While Elon Musk and others have called for AI development to pause, others want to continue pushing forward without concern. However, the want to pause may not be unfounded, as an AI pioneer says the AI threat to humanity isn’t nonexistent.  In a new interview with CBS News, Geoffrey Hinton, who has become known as the “godfather of artificial…

Cerebras Systems Cerebras SystemsSuch large language models are notoriously compute-intensive. The Cerebras work released Tuesday was developed on a cluster of sixteen of its CS-2 computers, computers the size of dormitory refrigerators that are tuned specially for AI-style programs. The cluster, previously disclosed by the company, is known as its Andromeda supercomputer, which can dramatically cut the work to train LLMs on thousands of Nvidia's GPU chips.Also: ChatGPT's success could prompt a damaging swing…

PARIS—Emma Moreau is planning to vote in just over a week in an unusual referendum: whether the French capital should ban rental services from offering the electric scooters she uses several times a week to zip around town.“It would be a shame if they went away,” the 20-year-old student said on a recent afternoon after swooping through gridlocked traffic on a scooter from U.S.-based Lime. “They’re the fastest way to get anywhere.” Paris in recent years has become one of the biggest electric-scooter rental markets in the…

Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe most important artificial intelligence program in the world right now is from a company that, unlike many of its peers, doesn't publish its source code. ChatGPT, created by OpenAI, is not open-sourced on GitHub like many other natural language programs before it. Nor were the sources of ChatGPT, OpenAI's GPT programs, made readily available. Also: Want to experience GPT-4? Just use Bing ChatAnd Tuesday, the company achieved something of a milestone, refusing even to…

Rutgers University scientists have identified a portion of a protein called “Nickelback” that is a likely candidate for kickstarting life on Earth over 3 billion years ago. This finding has important implications for the search for extraterrestrial life, as it offers a new clue for researchers to look for. The researchers believe that a few precursor proteins played a key role in the transformation from prebiotic chemistry to living biological systems, and “Nickelback” is one of these “pioneer peptides.”Research could…

Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89.Shorter died Thursday surrounded by his family in Los Angeles, said Alisse Kingsley, a representative for the multi-Grammy winner. No cause of death was given. “Visionary composer, saxophonist, visual artist, devout Buddhist, devoted husband, father and grandfather Wayne Shorter has embarked on a new journey…

Image: Images: SpinLaunch Graphics: Vicky LetaSpinLaunch is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for seeking to build a groundbreaking centrifugal launch system that can deliver small satellites to orbit cheaper, faster, and with reduced environmental harm.The Question Is it possible to launch rockets into the upper atmosphere without fuel?The ResultsThe first tests of the company’s suborbital 108-foot (33-meter) accelerator at Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert have been promising, attracting the attention…

Meige warns against trusting these AI chatbots blindly as they still make factual mistakes! Read more tech news Good morning tech fam, here are some quick tech updates for you to catch on to! What’s New Today: Elon Musk Responds After ChatGPT Labels Him “Controversial.” Additionally, It States that These Public Figures Ought to be Treated “In a Special Manner.” Fast-Track Insights: With A Blog Series, Shytoshi Confirms the Impending Release Of Shiba Inu’s Shibarium. AI bots can help increase creativity if you know how to…

In the Indian financial ecosystem, Paytm became a trendsetter when it launched its mobile wallet and QR payments almost a decade ago. From ‘scan and pay' to ‘tap and pay', Paytm's payment solutions have changed the way everyday transactions are carried out.But what truly sets Paytm apart is its diverse business model and a wide array of services it offers while its competitors are engrossed only on UPI payments so far and are now slowly following Paytm's footsteps into other areas. In fact, OCL's associate Paytm…