- Europe may be one step closer to energy independence with the discovery of a vast rare earth metals reserve in northernmost Sweden. (Phelan Chatterjee, BBC)
- New York City’s Department of Education bans ChatGPT amid discourse about how students could use the AI platform to cheat. (Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC)
- Biologists are harnessing the technology unleashed in the DALL-E AI application to generate blueprints for new disease-fighting proteins. (Cade Metz, New York Times)
- A computer scientist continues his legal battle to establish that AI-generated art is entitled to its own copyrights. (Blake Brittainn, Reuters)
- With very little fanfare, Apple releases a collection of books narrated by AI. (Leyland Cecco, The Guardian)
- Intel busts the 6GHz barrier with the release of its newest desktop processor. (Tom Warren, The Verge)
- Tesla slashes prices in the United States and Europe, positioning itself to be more competitive and potentially qualify for additional EV tax credits in the U.S. (Laura Kolodny, CNBC)
- In the wake of the FTX shakeup, Crypto.com says it is cutting 20 percent of jobs. (Manish Singh, TechCrunch)
- As the latest targets in the SEC’s ramp-up of crypto enforcements, the firms Gemini and Genesis are hit with SEC charges for selling unregistered securities. (Rohan Goswami, CNBC)
- Tech companies tout their latest gadgets, from wireless TVs to smart toilets, at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. (Verge Staff, The Verge)
- The first detection of excitons in quantum research opens doors to new light-driven quantum technology. (University of Wurzburg, SciTech Daily)
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