TLN - 2 August

OpenAI training and inference costs could reach $7bn for 2024, AI startup set to lose $5bn - report - DCD

AI Adoption Creeps as Enterprises Wrestle With Costs and Use Cases - India Dispatch

Introducing Llama 3.1: Our most capable models to date

Mark Zuckerberg imagines content creators making AI clones of themselves | TechCrunch

Google’s new weather prediction system combines AI with traditional physics | MIT Technology Review

The AI job interviewer will see you now - Rest of World

AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry | WIRED

The Bookseller - News - Academic authors ‘shocked’ after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI

AI-generated faces can be spotted by studying eyeballs, researchers find | Technology News - The Indian Express

iFixit CEO takes shots at Anthropic for ‘hitting our servers a million times in 24 hours’ and even the AI company’s own chatbot disapproves | PC Gamer

AI models fed AI-generated data quickly spew nonsense

AI boyfriends from Replika and Nomi are attracting more women

Alphabet to invest another $5B into Waymo | TechCrunch

Boeing-owned Wisk expects to begin carrying passengers ‘later in the decade’ | Reuters

Waymo Is Suing People Who Allegedly Smashed and Slashed Its Robotaxis | WIRED

Scientists say regulation is urgently required for ‘living robots’ | The Independent

Robot dog can stifle weeds by blasting them with a blowtorch | New Scientist

Russia plans to create core of new space station by 2030 | Reuters

NASA’s Curiosity rover makes its ‘most unexpected’ find on Mars | CNN

May solar superstorm caused largest ‘mass migration’ of satellites in history | Space

Australian scientists genetically engineer common fly species to eat more of humanity’s waste | Australia news | The Guardian

“Smart soil” grows 138% bigger crops using 40% less water

Bye Bye Superbugs? New Antibiotic Is Virtually Resistance-Proof | IFLScience

Western neuroscientists reveal thoughts of brain-injured patients

Mean girls: uOttawa researcher studies the hows and whys | Ottawa Citizen

Olympics: New Zealand report Canada for flying drone to record training - ESPN

Paris Olympics 2024 prepares for motor doping detection in cycling

Oklahoma court rules pregnant moms can use medical marijuana legally

Mattel introduces blind Barbie, Black Barbie with Down syndrome

Hello Kitty is ‘not a cat,’ but rather a ‘little girl,’ creators say

Hugo awards organisers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win | Hugo awards | The Guardian

In shock move, California Forever pulls measure to build Bay Area city

They’re No. 1: U.S. Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years : NPR

‘Are you serious?’: Hawaii Island mayor in disbelief after 3rd vehicle drives into harbor

‘It makes no sense,’ Toronto building had to tell its residents to stop throwing feces at electrical workers - NOW Toronto

Trash balloons from North Korea hit South Korea’s presidential compound | AP News

Ohio woman pleads guilty on felony charges for calling 911 nearly 400 times

Cops investigated after claiming criminals ‘turned into cats’ and escaped from cells | City Press

France’s rail traffic disrupted by ‘malicious acts’ on morning of Olympic opening ceremony

Kentucky motel ordered to pay $2 million after guest dies from 150-degree shower

Ohio court rules restaurant not responsible for injury from bone in boneless wing

Jack in the Box employee struck by car over missing chicken strip: Police

Team GB athlete Charlotte Dujardin pulls out of Paris Olympics after ‘whipping horse 24 times’ | UK News | Sky News

Flying fish damages NJ couple’s Tesla parked in Atlantic Highlands driveway - ABC7 New York

“Cocaine Sharks” Found In Brazil, Scientist Unsure Where They Get The Drug

Florida police tell people to stop taking selfies with ‘depressed’ black bear | Florida | The Guardian

Texas family wraps baby bird in warm tortilla to keep is safe | khou.com

Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans | WRIC ABC 8News

Why “salmon sperm facials” have enchanted Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Aniston | Salon.com