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I test TVs for a living, which means I’ve spent countless hours staring at screens and comparing every major display technology. LED and QLED TVs have come a long way, but when it comes to pure picture quality, OLED TVs still reign supreme. The best OLED TVs aren’t exactly budget buys, but what you get in return is hard to beat: perfect black levels, jaw-dropping contrast, and wide viewing angles. That latter feature is an especially handy perk if you’re planning a Super Bowl watch party, since it means guests get a good view no matter where they sit.To make…

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said he’s “surprised” that OpenAI has already moved to introduce ads within its AI chatbot. In an interview with Axios at Davos, the AI leader was responding to a question about using ads to monetize AI services, saying the idea is something that the team at Google was thinking through “very carefully.” Hassabis also said that his team wasn’t feeling pressure from the tech giant to make “a knee-jerk” decision around advertising, despite how key ads are to Google’s core business. The DeepMind co-founder’s remarks followed Friday’s news that OpenAI will begin testing ads as a…

AI chatbots are getting better at answering questions, summarizing documents, and solving mathematical equations, but they still largely behave like helpful assistants for one user at a time. They’re not designed to manage the messier work of real collaboration: coordinating people with competing priorities, tracking long-running decisions, and keeping teams aligned over time.  Humans&, a new startup founded by alumni of Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, and Google DeepMind, thinks closing that gap is the next major frontier for foundation models. The company this week raised a $480 million seed round to build a “central nervous system” for the human-plus-AI economy.…

Prepping for the SAT is nobody’s idea of fun, but Google aims to make it less stressful with AI. The company announced that it’s now focusing its AI education efforts on standardized testing with free SAT practice exams powered by Gemini.  Students can prompt Gemini by typing “I want to take a practice SAT test,” and the AI will provide them with a free practice exam. Gemini then analyzes the results, highlighting strengths and identifying areas that need further review. It also offers detailed explanations for any incorrect answers.  Image Credits:Google The company said it partnered with education companies like…

The top causes of cancer death in Americans under age 50 fell by 44% overall in the past three decades — but the notable exception was rising colorectal cancer deaths, according to a new study from the American Cancer Society.Analyzing over 1.2 million deaths from cancer between 1990 and 2023, the researchers found that colorectal cancer deaths increased a little over 1% annually, making it the top cause of cancer death for men and women combined.The findings were published in the peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA.With young people getting colon cancer at high rates, doctors highlight importance of screeningMeanwhile, other leading…

Caroline Ellison, the former cryptocurrency executive and ex-girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried, is now a free woman.Ellison, 32, was officially released from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Wednesday after about 14 months, a BOP spokesperson told Business Insider on Thursday.BOP spokesperson Donald Murphy said Thursday that Ellison was released Wednesday from what’s known as community confinement, which means home confinement or a halfway house. As Business Insider previously reported, the ex-FTX insider was quietly moved to community confinement from a Connecticut prison in October after serving roughly 11 months of her two-year sentence.Attorneys for Ellison declined to…

I like to say that when it comes to boosting fitness and achieving peak physique, your time in the gym is only half the battle. The other huge part of the equation is what you decide to (or not!) eat. Reaching for the right foods after some pec pumping is nearly as important as the activity itself. A body under stress from going big on the weights is constantly working to repair and rebuild itself, and obtaining the right nutrition from smart post-workout food choices is key to helping your battle worn muscles repair themselves and making them stronger and…

Students have long studied for the SATs with endless flashcards and prep books that doubled as doorstops. There’s also personal tutors and prep classes for those who can afford it.Now, they can use AI.Google debuted free, on-demand practice tests for the SAT through Google Gemini on Wednesday. The content of these tests is vetted by the Princeton Review — one of the publishers of those study tombs — while feedback is given by Google’s AI.While the practice tests are only available for the SAT, Google teased that more exams were coming in the future.”For anything you don’t understand, you can ask…

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda will test technology powered by artificial intelligence in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new initiative by the Gates Foundation to support 1,000 clinics across Africa with the aim to improve health care services.The technology is intended to strengthen rather than replace clinical judgment, while improving efficiency within an already stretched health system, Andrew Muhire, a senior official with Rwanda’s Ministry of Health, told The Associated Press on Thursday.Rwanda now has one health care worker for 1,000 patients — far from the globally recommended ratio of 4:1,000.The Gates Foundation and OpenAI on…

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said Thursday.A six-person ethics committee didn’t meet to review the study during the initial confirmation process, Health Minister Quinhi Nantot said during a news conference held by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The study is designed as a randomized controlled trial, with some infants given the hepatitis B vaccine at birth and others not. Children will be tracked for death, illness and long-term developmental outcomes. Some experts have suggested that…