Continental Resources wins S.D. well drilling case
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Mo., reaffirmed a lower-court ruling in favor of Continental...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Mo., reaffirmed a lower-court ruling in favor of Continental Resources in a suit brought by a South Dakota couple seeking compensation for use of and drilling-related damage to their land. Multiple agreements validated Continental's drilling on the land, the court ruled.
Critics ridiculed President Joe Biden for his off-script...
Critics ridiculed President Joe Biden for his off-script comment during his State of the Union address that oil and gas will be needed for "at least another decade," with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., saying Biden is "living in a green hallucination." American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers reproached Biden for choosing to criticize "American businesses that employ millions of Americans, pay taxes and provide energy for the world," instead of using the SOTU address to bring the nation together.
Still don’t believe that generative AI is breaking new ground? When was the last time you saw a human make...
Still don’t believe that generative AI is breaking new ground? When was the last time you saw a human make a $100 billion mistake? Google showed off its answer to ChatGPT-infused Bing this week and things went…worse than expected.
In an advertisement Google released on Monday touting its new AI chatbot, Bard, the system made a factual error, confidently asserting that the James Webb Space Telescope snapped “the very first image of a planet outside our solar system”—although the milestone was actually reached 17 years before the JWST launched.
In response to the mistake, the company highlighted its rigorous testing process for Bard…which is kicking off this week. But between that and a hastily staged event (coming one day after Microsoft impressed with its souped-up Bing), Alphabet shares dropped ~8% yesterday, the most in over three months.
🇹🇷Turkey’s president faces criticism over earthquake response
As the death toll exceeded 15,000 from the recent earthquakes in southern Turkey, the...
As the death toll exceeded 15,000 from the recent earthquakes in southern Turkey, the nation’s President Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged problems with his government’s initial (slow) response to the disaster. Anger over that delayed response is quickly transforming into questions about Erdogan’s leadership, and he faces reelection in May. Visiting the impacted area, he sought to provide reassurance, saying no one would be left homeless by the quake.
