Innovation

The Himalayan Kingdom quietly spent millions building its own bitcoin mining operation. Now, satellite imagery reveals the mine’s secret locations.

A 50cm-long paper receipt for a power tool prompted Paul Weingarth to found digital receipts company Slyp in 2016. Now, he’s got the University of Technology, Sydney to produce a lifecycle analysis of the true cost of the 10.6 billion receipts handed to Australians each year. Key Takeaways Paul Weingarth was a self-described “payments nerd” […]

In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” a character is asked how he went bankrupt. His reply? “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” The astounding trajectory of Artificial Intelligence (AI) bears many similarities. 

Space Machines Company launched in 2019 with a mission to clean up space junk and service the some-7,000 satellites orbiting in the sky. After two-and-a-half-years in design-mode, its orbital servicing vehicle, Optimus, is ready for take-off, on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch in March 2024.

As OpenAI deals with drastic internal turbulence, it is served with another copyright lawsuit.

Inflection AI, is the startup behind the conversational chatbot Pi. It unveiled a new AI model that the company claims can outperform Google and Meta models — and is hot on the heels of OpenAI’s larger, flagship model GPT-4.

Khosla Ventures-backed Vivodyne is growing human tissues in the lab to test potential new therapies before they go to clinical trials.

A provisional new board will include Bret Taylor, Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo.

As news of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ousting – and subsequent hiring at Microsoft – spreads, Forbes Australia sat down with Salesforce SVP of AI and Machine Learning, Jayesh Govindarajan, to find out what this means for the broader industry.

Sam Altman is reportedly in talks with OpenAI’s board on a possible reunion, as OpenAI staff threaten to leave unless he returns.