Elon Musk Says Money Won’t Matter by 2036. Is He Right?
Technology executives are known for bold predictions, but Elon Musk’s latest forecast is unusually sweeping: He believes money could become obsolete within the next decade. Musk has a history of setting aggressive timelines for technologies ranging from autonomous driving to Mars colonization, many of which have taken longer than predicted.
Can Multiple AI Models Improve Enterprise Trust?
Artificial intelligence is becoming a routine part of enterprise decision-making, helping organizations analyze contracts, negotiate with suppliers, evaluate data, and support strategic planning. But as businesses place greater trust in AI-generated recommendations, a familiar problem remains unresolved: Large language models can present incorrect information with remarkable confidence. Rather than producing
Why MakuluLinux AI-OS Became My New Daily Driver
The aging MakuluLinux LinDoz distro has evolved into AI-OS, which its developer calls a first-of-its-kind intelligent Linux desktop. MakuluLinux developer Jacque Montague Raymer released the innovative AI-OS on July 29, built around a highly configurable Cinnamon desktop and a Linux Mint Debian (LMDE) variant base. This new distro provides an
AI Costs Continue to Rise Despite Falling Token Prices
Despite declining token costs, businesses continue to see their AI tab climb. The price of a token — the chunks of text that large language models (LLMs) use to generate responses to prompts and that AI companies use to bill their customers — has collapsed, noted Jeff Barrington, managing director
Samsung Unveils Its Strongest Foldable Lineup Yet. It’s Your Move, Apple
Samsung hosted Galaxy Unpacked on Wednesday simultaneously in Brooklyn, N.Y., where I attended, and London. The event was about more than just unveiling another generation of smartphones. It was a chance for the company to reinforce its leadership in foldable devices just weeks ahead of Apple’s expected unveiling of its
Soaring Memory Prices Dampen Demand for Budget Smartphones
Polarization is everywhere these days, even in the smartphone market. According to Omdia analyst Justy Hong, runaway memory prices are polarizing the global smartphone market, stifling demand for budget smartphones. “To cope with severe cost pressures, smartphone vendors are scaling back low-end lineups and shifting their focus to mid- and
The World Cup VAR Scandal Wasn’t Really About Technology
If you watch how people react to new technology, you quickly realize that the most difficult component isn’t the silicon, the software, or the network infrastructure. It’s the human using it. We’ve seen this phenomenon play out on the global stage with the video assistant referee (VAR) disaster at the
AI Makes Low-Severity Vulnerabilities More Dangerous
Security teams have long prioritized high-severity vulnerabilities while often postponing fixes for lower-severity issues. That approach may soon become more dangerous. Today’s vulnerability management practices were built for a pre-AI world. According to TuxCare CEO Igor Seletskiy, AI models are beginning to identify chains involving multiple low- and medium-severity vulnerabilities
Google DeepMind CEO Calls for Frontier AI Standards Body
A call for a standards body to oversee the development of frontier artificial intelligence was voiced Tuesday by the CEO of Google DeepMind, an AI research lab. “The Standards Body would be responsible for developing assessment protocols and working with appropriate federal agencies and the US National Labs to conduct
The Futility of Banning Killer Robots
As pervasive computing and specialized hardware become commonplace, the intersection of military technology and artificial intelligence has become a critical issue. This is no longer science fiction but an engineering reality that threatens to fundamentally alter warfare. Recently, there has been an international push to regulate and prohibit lethal autonomous
