Elon Musk kicks off $97.4 billion effort to buy OpenAI by immediately starting social media beef with Sam Altman

A Wall Street Journal report says a group of investors led by X owner Elon Musk has made an offer to buy the non-profit organization that controls OpenAI for $97.4 billion. Musk said in a statement that the offer was made in order to return OpenAI “to the open-source, safety-focused force for good it once … Read more

The Human Torch, the Thing, and a rank reset are coming to Marvel Rivals next week

Update: NetEase has now rescinded plans to release a mid-season rank reset after an overwhelmingly negative response from fans. Original story: NetEase has announced that the remaining members of the Fantastic Four—the Human Torch and the Thing—as well as a mid-season rank reset will arrive in Marvel Rivals on February 21. The two superheroes will … Read more

Google’s AI made up a fake cheese fact that wound up in an ad for Google’s AI, perfectly highlighting why relying on AI is a bad idea

First reported by Ars Technica, the “big cheese” of online search appears to have really curdled things, and in the heart of America’s dairyland, no less. An ad for Google’s Gemini AI that played in Wisconsin during the Super Bowl was first shown online last week with a “hallucination”—that is to say, a bald-faced lie—visible … Read more