In 2020, when Joe Biden won the White House, generative artificial intelligence still seemed like a toy, not a world-changing new technology. The first major AI image generator, DALL-E, wouldn’t come out until January 2021 – and it certainly wouldn’t put any artists out of business, as it still had problems generating basic images. The … Read more
Silicon Valley hopes Trump will bring major budget reforms to the Pentagon. AFP via Getty Images The looming arrival of a second Trump administration has brought new excitement to Silicon Valley’s ambitions to manufacture weapons and secure the huge contracts needed to support them. “Trump is a candidate for change, he really wants to balance … Read more
Donald Trump’s speech to the country on election night confirmed that one of the biggest winners of the evening, besides himself, was Elon Musk. Trump spent much of his scattered victory speech thanking Musk, who has recently poured more than $130 million and a lot of time and tweets into the conservative political cause. In … Read more