Here Comes the Flood of AI-Generated Clickbait
Domain names have value, even when the websites that were once hosted there are shut down or abandoned. Prospectors will often swoop in and snatch up an unused domain, then...
‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare
You shouldn’t trust any answers a chatbot sends you. And you probably shouldn’t trust it with your personal information either. That’s especially true for “AI girlfriends” or “AI boyfriends,” according...
OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory
OpenAI says ChatGPT’s Memory is an opt-in feature from the start, and can be wiped at any point, either in settings or by simply instructing the bot to wipe it....
The One Internet Hack That Could Save Everything
The impact on the public sphere has been, to say the least, substantial. In removing so much liability, Section 230 forced a certain sort of business plan into prominence, one...
Nick Hornby’s Brain-Bending Sculptures Twist History Into New Shapes
You can get a crash course in Nick Hornby’s work in the span of an hour-long London walk. The artist has three permanent sculptures installed across the city, metal silhouettes...
Martin Scorsese’s Squarespace Super Bowl Ad Wants You to Put Down Your Phone
Even on Zoom, Martin Scorsese knows how to frame the shot. Ostensibly he’s dialed in to talk about his new Super Bowl ad for Squarespace, but as he’s settling in,...
Meet the Pranksters Behind Goody-2, the World’s ‘Most Responsible’ AI Chatbot
Goody-2 also highlights how although corporate talk of responsible AI and deflection by chatbots have become more common, serious safety problems with large language models and generative AI systems remain...
Here’s the Thing AI Just Can’t Do
Google says its powerful new chatbot Gemini can supercharge your creativity. But who is really providing the creative spark? Source
London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime
Staff at the transportation body ran “extensive simulations” at Willesden Green station during the trial to gather more training data, the documents say. These included members of staff falling on...
