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...
Why Big Tech’s watermarking plans are some welcome good news
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This week I am happy to...
A new way to let AI chatbots converse all day without crashing
When a human-AI conversation involves many rounds of continuous dialogue, the powerful large language machine-learning models that drive chatbots like ChatGPT sometimes start to collapse, causing the bots’ performance to...
Ohio blocked from implementing law restricting children’s use of Instagram, TikTok
A federal judge on Monday prevented Ohio from implementing a new law that requires social media companies, including Meta Platform’s Instagram and ByteDance’s TikTok, to obtain parental consent before allowing children under 16...
Scammers using AI to target elderly ahead of Valentine’s Day
Heartache could be the least of your Valentine’s Day woes. Federal agencies are warning love-seeking consumers to be highly cautious of cyber romance on Feb. 14 as scammers, with the...
Bitcoin tops $50,000 for the first time since 2021 in massive rebound
Bitcoin exploded past the $50,000 threshold for the first time in more than two years on Monday – the latest sign of a massive rebound for the scandal-rocked crypto sector....
Elon Musk’s X letting brands run ads next to certain creators
Social media platform X said Monday it will enable advertisers to run video ads next to certain content creators, a move that could help brands prevent exposure to unwanted posts...
‘When did this become a thing?’
Thought you’d exhausted all the ways to use emojis? Think again. Many iPhone users are going gaga after discovering that they can simply drag digital hieroglyphics into the text boxes...
TikTok faces EU probe, potential fines over whether it does enough to protect kids: report
China-owned TikTok reportedly faces a European Union probe in the coming weeks – and the possibility of massive fines – as regulators assess whether it has done enough to protect...
