Ece Yildirim

Ece Yildirim is a freelance reporter covering emerging technology at Gizmodo. She previously covered artificial intelligence and big tech as a reporter at Quartz, and started her career as a news associate at CNBC, where she covered politics and business news.

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Paris,,france, ,may,24,,2018,:,uber,ceo,mdara

Uber Wants To Be an AI Company Too

Uber CEO wants physics PhDs using the app for AI gigs.

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Guilherand Granges,,france, ,june,26,,2025.,nvidia,corporation,leads,in

‘The Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Bets Against AI Hype

The investor successfully predicted the 2008 housing market crash

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OpenAI Inks First Multi-Billion Dollar Deal With Amazon

AWS joins OpenAI's tangled web of dealmaking.

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Microsoft AI Chief Warns Pursuing Machine Consciousness Is a Gigantic Waste of Time

Suleyman thinks conscious AI is an "absurd" pursuit.

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Prague,,czech,republic, ,july,12,,2024:,delta,air,lines

Delta and United Plead With Congress to End Shutdown

Air traffic controllers missed their first full paycheck earlier this week.

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Palantir CTO Thinks AI-Driven Mass Unemployment Is a ‘Fundraising Shtick’

But of course, he has his reasons to believe that.

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Jensen Huang at GTC

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Makes His Case for China Trade

Huang now joins Trump in his Asia tour, ahead of the President's meeting with Xi Jinping.

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Nvidia Unveils Robot Training Tech, New Gaming Chips, And Toyota Deal

Nvidia Becomes the First Company to Hit $5 Trillion Market Cap

The company hit a historic record just 4 months after the last one.

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Jensen,huang,,ceo,of,nvidia,,during,the,nvidia,gtc,2024

Nvidia and Oracle Are Planning the ‘Largest Supercomputer’ in America for Trump

Nvidia's first GTC in Washington D.C. was very MAGA-pilled

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Nvidia Bets the Future on a Robot Workforce

From surgical robots to humanoid robot fleets for household chores, here's what Nvidia announced about its robots at GTC.

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Nvidia and Uber Say They’re Building a 100,000-Vehicle Robotaxi Network

The vehicles would be fully self-driving, without the need for human intervention.

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AI Assistants Get News Wrong 45% of the Time, Study Finds

"When people don’t know what to trust, they end up trusting nothing at all..."

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Rome,,italy, ,december,16,,2023:,elon,musk,,chief,executive

‘Corporate Terrorists’ May Stand in the Way of Elon Musk’s Trillionaire Status, He Claims

Musk says he's not "comfortable" creating a "robot army" without an unprecedented pay package.

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Szczecin,poland,january,2024:cadillac,escalade,iq.,an,american,legend,gets,an

GM Unveils Electric SUV With ‘Eyes-Off’ Driving

As EV demand drop begins, GM is betting on AI to spur sales

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Project Healthy Minds' World Mental Health Day Festival

Prince Harry and Steve Bannon Join Forces Against Superintelligence Development

An anti-superintelligence letter was signed by more than a thousand public figures from all industries and political leanings.

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Kokomo, ,may,2,,2024:,gmc,sierra,2500,4wd,denali

GM Killing BrightDrop Vans as EV Demand Falls

GM is refocusing its strategy on gas-powered vehicles and cheaper EVs.

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Secretary Duffy Speaks On Shutdown Impact At Newark Airport

Long Airport Lines and Disrupted Check-Ins as AWS Outage Wreaks Havoc on Half the Internet

Users around the world were also unable to access crypto wallets and order food online.

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‘I Think It’s Quite a Scandal’: Plug-in Hybrids Not as Climate-Friendly as They Seem, Researchers Say

A new study found that they emit way more carbon than regulators estimated.

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Beijing,,china, ,july,5,,2023:,microsoft,asia,pacific,rd

Microsoft Joins Big Tech Giants Looking to Exit China Operations

Trump is getting what he wanted.

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Photos,of,u.s.,president,donald,trump,and,president,of,the

China Is Racing Ahead in EV Sales as US Retreats From the Industry

America is turning a corner on EVs at the worst time.

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