Grand Theft Auto VI trailer leaked before official unveiling
The highly-anticipated trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI arrived a little early after a copy was leaked online. Rockstar Games released its first look for the sixth game of the...
AI’s carbon footprint is bigger than you think
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. World leaders are currently in Dubai...
A New Trick Uses AI to Jailbreak AI Models—Including GPT-4
Large language models recently emerged as a powerful and transformative new kind of technology. Their potential became headline news as ordinary people were dazzled by the capabilities of OpenAI’s ChatGPT,...
Make no mistake—AI is owned by Big Tech
Until late November, when the epic saga of OpenAI’s board breakdown unfolded, the casual observer could be forgiven for assuming that the industry around generative AI was a vibrant competitive...
AI accelerates problem-solving in complex scenarios
While Santa Claus may have a magical sleigh and nine plucky reindeer to help him deliver presents, for companies like FedEx, the optimization problem of efficiently routing holiday packages is...
Ex-Harvard scholar Joan Donovan claims she was ousted for pointing out Facebook’s ‘digital harms’
A respected scholar claims that she was pushed out of her position at Harvard University for pointing out “digital harms” caused by Facebook and Instagram after the school got a...
Social media trolls are inspired by ‘likes’ — not hate: study
Haters gonna hate. When it comes to spreading toxicity online, trolls aren’t keen to just rest on their viral laurels, according to a study by Cornell University, which found that...
Meta slapped with $600M lawsuit from Spanish media outlets
A group representing more than 80 media outlets in Spain slapped Meta with a $600 million lawsuit Monday alleging the Facebook parent has broken European data privacy laws. The suit...
Amazon bypasses Jeff Bezos, asks Elon Musk’s SpaceX to help launch satellites
Amazon on Friday said it booked three Falcon 9 launches with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to help deploy the e-commerce giant’s Project Kuiper satellite network, tapping a rival in the satellite internet business for its multi-billion...
