Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
Social robot roommate Jibo initially caused a stir, but sadly didn’t live long. Photograph: Jibo Not that there haven’t been an array of other attempts. Jibo, a social robot roommate...
Trump backs TikTok as Congress mulls banning Chinese-owned app
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday signaled his opposition to a TikTok ban being considered in Congress, arguing that it would help Facebook, which he called “a true Enemy of...
AI robot appears to grope female reporter during live interview in Saudi Arabia
A “fully autonomous” AI robot has raised eyebrows after appearing to grope a reporter during an interview at a technology festival in Saudi Arabia. Journalist Rawya Kassem was speaking in...
Sam Altman Is Reinstated to OpenAI’s Board
Sam Altman is back—again. The entrepreneur who was suddenly fired as OpenAI CEO and from the ChatGPT developer’s board last November, before regaining his CEO position days later, is now...
Sam Altman to return to OpenAI’s board with new directors: report
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman will return to the ChatGPT-maker’s board, The Information reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The company will also announce the appointment of...
Apple reinstates Epic Games’ app store account in Europe after regulator scrutiny
Apple restored “Fortnite” maker Epic Games’ permissions to offer its own app store to iPhone customers in Europe on Friday – just one day after European Union regulators suggested its...
Chinese shopping app Temu spent $2B on Facebook, Instagram ads
Temu, the Chinese fast fashion brand that has taken e-commerce retail in the United States by storm in recent months, was the biggest ad spender for Meta Platforms’ social media...
Google fires engineer who claimed company ‘powering genocide’
A Google engineer who disrupted a New York City tech conference earlier this week by standing up and proclaiming that he refuses “to build technology that powers genocide” has reportedly...
Trump raises concerns about TikTok ban as Facebook will ‘double their business’
Presidential candidate Donald Trump raised concerns about banning TikTok ahead of a vote next week by the House that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six months to divest the popular short...
