Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath
Large language models like ChatGPT display conversational skills, but the problem is they don’t really understand the words they use. They are primarily systems that interact with data obtained from…
The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s gigantic Starship rocket came to a disappointing end a little more than two weeks ago. The in-flight failure of the rocket’s upper stage, or…
It’s February, which means this year’s edition of the public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1929, has come to a close. And we got a record-breaking number of entries…
U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39 domains and their associated servers as part of efforts to disrupt a network of online marketplaces originating…
BeyondTrust has revealed it completed an investigation into a recent cybersecurity incident that targeted some of the company’s Remote Support SaaS instances by making use of a compromised API key.…
Acura provided accommodation for Ars for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DAYTONA BEACH—Last week, ahead of the annual Rolex 24 at Daytona and…
If you search Google for a way to turn off the company’s AI-powered search results, you may well get an AI Overview telling you that AI Overviews can’t be directly…
Ford provided flights from Albany to Charlotte and accommodation so Ars could attend its Ford Performance 2025 event. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. CHARLOTTE, NC—It’s amazing how much…
Dell is calling much of its workforce back into the office five days a week starting on March 3. The technology giant is framing the mandate as a business strategy,…
There have been a lot of films and television series exploring sentient AI, consciousness, and identity, but there’s rarely been quite such a unique take on those themes as that…