China has unveiled a proposal to establish a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Standardization Technical Committee as part of its Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The plan aims to spearhead the development and regulation of BCI technologies, similar to those being developed by Elon Musk’s Neuralink.
The proposal, announced by the Department of Science and Technology, outlines a framework for creating and refining standards essential to the BCI field.
House of the Dragon Season 2, episode 3, "The Burning Mill," brings viewers back to one of Westeros' most notorious castles: Harrenhal. And what a return it is! The episode sees Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) swoop into Harrenhal with his dragon Caraxes, but this is far from the triumphant conquest he envisioned.
Amazon is reviewing allegations that Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence startup, has been scraping content from major news websites without permission.
An Amazon spokesperson said on Friday (June 28) that the company is looking into several reports from WIRED and Forbes that claim that Perplexity has been accessing content from websites that explicitly prohibit such scraping practices.