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MUSK CALLS FOR AI PAUSE
Elon Musk is calling for a halt to the artificial intelligence race. Musk joins Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and other prominent computer scientists and tech leaders who signed a petition calling for a six-month pause on AI being rolled out. The petition from nonprofit Future of Life Institute was signed by more than 1,100 people. It questions whether "human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity."
INSTAGRAM RIVAL
TikTok parent company Bytedance has rolled out its rival app to Instagram in U.S. app stores. The app, called lemon8, cracked iOS on Monday and is currently number one on the Lifestyle chart. This comes as U.S. lawmakers seek a potential ban on TikTok over fears that Bytedance is sharing U.S. user data with the Chinese government.
'ETERNAL PINK'
In June, a 10.5 carat flawless ultra rare pink diamond is going on auction and is expected to sell for over $35 million dollars. The gem, dubbed "eternal pink," is going on auction at Sotheby's as part of its Magnificent Jewels Auction in New York. The stone was 23.7 carats when it was originally mined before being fashioned into jewelry.
The FBI announced it took down a criminal ransomware network used for hundreds of thousands of cyber attacks.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Wednesday, August 30, 2023, including the latest on Hurricane Idalia.
A 127-year-old water main under New York's Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city's busiest subway station. Service was restored with delays by midday.
Better catch the show if you can. There won't be another blue supermoon until 2037.
A technical issue that led to hundreds of flight delays and cancellations in the UK on Monday will take 'some days' to fix.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 and the latest on Hurricane Idalia.
Police charged a graduate student at the University of North Carolina with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing a faculty member.
Monday marks 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech during the March on Washington.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.
Yale says it will modify its policies regarding medical leaves of absence, including streamlining the reinstatement process for students who return to campus when they are ready.
