Google at ACL 2023
Posted by Malaya Jules, Program Manager, Google This week, the 61st annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), a premier conference covering a broad spectrum of research areas...
Elizabeth Holmes gets prison term shortened by 2 years
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’s prison sentence has been slashed by two years, according to updated Bureau of Prisons records According to Holmes’ inmate information on the Bureau of Prisons’...
Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement
Stand-up comic Sarah Silverman has failed separate lawsuits against OpenAI and Meta, claiming copyright infringement after their AI models allegedly used her content for training without her permission. Silverman, along...
How AI Can Make Gaming Better for All Players
When Google revealed Project Gameface, the company was proud to show off a hands-free, AI-powered gaming mouse that, according to its announcement, “enables people to control a computer’s cursor using...
Meta’s Threads surpasses 100 million users in 5 days
Threads, the new “Twitter killer” app rolled out by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has surpassed 100 million users in less than a week while Elon Musk’s micro-blogging site has seen...
Meta Ran a Giant Experiment in Governance. Now It’s Turning to AI
Late last month, Meta quietly announced the results of an ambitious, near-global deliberative “democratic” process to inform decisions around the company’s responsibility for the metaverse it is creating. This was...
Robots say they won’t steal jobs, rebel against humans
Robots presented at an AI forum in Switzerland on Friday said they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems — and vowed not steal humans’ jobs or...
Elon Musk’s Tesla offers referral incentives amid EV price
Electric-vehicle maker Tesla rolled out a new program globally allowing buyers to earn extra incentives through referrals from existing customers, a strategy long used by traditional automakers to boost sales. The incentive,...
Apple to require appointment to buy Vision Pro VR headset
Apple will gradually introduce its $3,500-apiece Vision Pro virtual reality headsets as part of a slow, piecemeal rollout that will require customers to make in-person appointments at the tech giant’s...
