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Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI used her likeness without permission, another patient will get Neuralink’s brain implant, and Volvo and Aurora introduce their first self-driving truck May 21, 2024

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Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI used her likeness without permission, Another patient will get Neuralink’s brain implant, and Volvo and Aurora introduce their first self-driving truck. It's Tuesday, May 21st and this is Engadget News.

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OpenAI’s team protecting humanity is no more, Slack is using your data to train AI, Blue Origin returned to space May 20, 2024

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The OpenAI team tasked with protecting humanity is no more, Slack has been using data from your chats to train its machine learning models, and Blue Origin successfully sends tourists to the edge of space again after a long hiatus. It's Monday, May 20th and this is Engadget News.

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The 5 best tablets for 2024 May 18, 2024

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We’ve got tablet picks for every ecosystem along with some more affordable options too.

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AT&T deal will make every phone a satellite phone May 17, 2024

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Its partner, AST SpaceMobile, will launch its first five commercial satellites this summer.

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OpenAI and Reddit strike a deal, Every phone a satellite phone at AT&T, and EA Sports' bringing back its College Football game May 17, 2024

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OpenAI struck a deal to put Reddit posts in ChatGPT, AT&T’s deal will make every phone a satellite phone, and EA Sports' dormant College Football will reemerge, cicada-like, on July 19. It's Friday, May 17th and this is Engadget News.

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Google Project Astra hands-on: Full of potential, but it’s going to be a while May 16, 2024

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The move to multi-modal AI is going to be multi-year endeavor.

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Uber will soon let you reserve a shuttle, Ubisoft is re-focusing, and Netflix will stream NFL games on Christmas Day May 16, 2024

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Uber will soon let you reserve a shuttle to get home from a big event, Ubisoft's planned free-to-play Division game is dead, and Netflix will stream its first NFL games on Christmas Day. It's Thursday, May 16th and this is Engadget News.

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Google's Gemini will search your videos to help you solve problems May 15, 2024

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The AI will study the video frame-by-frame and pull info from forums to help troubleshoot.

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Ilya Sutskever is leaving OpenAI, Google I/O kicked off yesterday with some big announcements, and X now treats the term cisgender as a slur May 15, 2024

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Ilya Sutskever is leaving OpenAI, Google I/O kicked off yesterday with some big announcements, and X now treats the term cisgender as a slur. It's Wednesday, May 15th and this is Engadget News.

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OpenAI claims that its free GPT-4o model can talk, laugh, sing and see like a human May 14, 2024

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The company is also releasing a desktop app for ChatGPT.

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