Why Mastering Language Is So Difficult For AI

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: UNDARK has an interesting interview with NYU professor emeritus Gary Marcus (PhD in brain and cogni...

Man Alleging Poker Cheating Demands Better Security in Livestreamed Games

Last week the Los Angeles Times published a sympathetic portrait of Robbi Jade Lew, the woman facing unproven allegations of cheating in a h...

Elon Musk says Starlink will keep funding Ukraine’s government ‘for free’ despite losing money

Laura Normand / The Verge SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reversed his decision to stop funding the Starlink terminals sent to Ukraine, saying on Tw...

Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse 'Sad' and 'Empty', Leaked Internal Documents Complain

It's been one year since Facebook changed its name to "Meta Platforms" remembers The Street. So after Mark Zuckerberg "bo...

Final Results of the MICROSCOPE Mission Confirms Einstein's Equivalence Principle

Long-time Slashdot reader orsayman writes: Remember the MICROSCOPE satellite ? In 2017, based on its first results, scientists were able to ...

Elon Musk Newest Venture: Selling a $100 Perfume

CNN reports: Elon Musk's latest internet jest has taken the form of a perfume with an unsavory scent: "Burnt Hair. " The tech ...

Rats With (Part) Human Brains

Long-time Slashdot reader mspohr shares a report from the Boston Globe's health-news site STAT: The scientist flicked on a laser, fillin...