Central Park illuminated by first-ever drone show
Thousands of drones lit up the Big Apple sky in a breathtaking installation Saturday night — marking the first orchestrated drone flights to dance above Central Park. The show, organized...
Elon Musk’s X plots two new subscription tiers — as traffic reportedly plunges
X owner Elon Musk revealed plans for two new paid subscription plans for users – even as his embattled social media site reportedly contends with a significant decline in web...
Putting a Real Face on Deepfake Porn
For Taylor Klein, it starts with a weird Facebook message from a friend. A Pornhub link. She doesn’t open it. Must be spam, she figures. “I think you’ve been hacked?”...
Apple CEO Tim Cook tight-lipped following Hamas attacks
Apple and its CEO Tim Cook have been remarkably quiet when it comes to the Hamas attacks on Israel – and sources speculate it has something to do with China....
NY AG sues Winklevoss twins’ crypto firm in alleged $1.1B fraud
A pair of crypto firms including a struggling exchange owned by the Winklevoss twins allegedly bilked investors out of $1.1 billion as the digital currency market tanked last year, according...
The US Has Failed to Pass AI Regulation. New York City Is Stepping Up
As the US federal government struggles to meaningfully regulate AI—or even function—New York City is stepping into the governance gap. The city introduced an AI Action Plan this week that...
AI Is Becoming More Powerful—but Also More Secretive
Nathan Strauss, a spokesperson for Amazon said the company is closely reviewing the index. “Titan Text is still in private preview, and it would be premature to gauge the transparency...
Misinformation Is Soaring Online. Don’t Fall for It
Misinformation lives everywhere. False accounts of events, doctored photos, and purposely misleading news stories are quickly shared and passed around on social media, usually by well-meaning people who don’t know...
How Meta and AI companies recruited striking actors to train AI
One evening in early September, T, a 28-year-old actor who asked to be identified by his first initial, took his seat in a rented Hollywood studio space in front of...
