This mental health chatbot aims to fill the counseling gap at understaffed schools

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Techme101

As school districts struggle to support the mental health of their students, a startup called Sonar Mental Health has built a “wellbeing companion” called Sonny to help. As described in the Wall Street Journal, Sonny is a chatbot that relies on a combination of human staff and AI. When students text their questions to Sonny, […]
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Grok 3 appears to have briefly censored unflattering mentions of Trump and Musk

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Techme101

When billionaire Elon Musk introduced Grok 3, his AI company xAI’s latest flagship model, in a live stream last Monday, he described it as a “maximally truth-seeking AI.” Yet it appears that Grok 3 was briefly censoring unflattering facts about President Donald Trump — and Musk himself. Over the weekend, users on social media reported […]
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Chinese medical devices are in health systems across U.S., and the government and hospitals are worried

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Techme101

Chinese-made medical devices are found in almost every corner of the medical ecosystem, from hospitals to clinics, and the government is getting more concerned.

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BYD’s Free Self-Driving Tech Might Not Be Such a Boon After All

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Techme101

Aside from unfavorable comparisons to rival advanced driver systems, calling it God’s Eye could be as misleading a moniker as Tesla’s Full Self-Driving.

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Substack boosts video capabilities amid potential TikTok ban

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Techme101

As TikTok’s future in the U.S. remains in limbo, San Francisco startup Substack is going after video creators in a move to expand its platform.

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List accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Techme101

The weekend email comes as Elon Musk leads an effort to aggressively curtail the government workforce.

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Elon Musk Threatens FBI Agents and Air Traffic Controllers With Forced Resignation If They Don’t Respond to an Email

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Techme101

Employees throughout the federal government have until 11:59pm ET Monday to detail five things they accomplished in the last week.

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Did xAI lie about Grok 3’s benchmarks?

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Techme101

Debates over AI benchmarks — and how they’re reported by AI labs — are spilling out into public view. This week, an OpenAI employee accused Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, of publishing misleading benchmark results for its latest AI model, Grok 3. One of the co-founders of xAI, Igor Babushkin, insisted that the company was […]
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US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Techme101

The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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How I Podcast: Summer Album / Winter Album’s Jody Avirgan

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Techme101

The beauty of podcasting is that anyone can do it. It’s a rare medium that’s nearly as easy to make as it is to consume. And as such, no two people do it exactly the same way. There are a wealth of hardware and software solutions open to potential podcasters, so setups run the gamut […]
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