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...
Elon Musk mocks Paris Hilton cookware ads after her company suspends X deal: ‘Wasn’t super convincing’
Embattled billionaire Elon Musk picked a fight with Paris Hilton on Sunday – days after the celebrity influencer’s company pulled an ad campaign from X amid an uproar over antisemitic...
Google delays launch of ‘Gemini’ AI bot until January: report
Google has delayed the public release of its hotly anticipated conversational artificial intelligence tool “Gemini” until next month due to concerns about its performance, according to a report Monday. The...
Inside America’s School Internet Censorship Machine
APS, which installed Blocksi in May, stopped using the filter on most of its devices in August due to its restrictiveness, Harris says, and returned to the GoGuardian filter it...
How to avoid these 5 popular gift card scams this holiday season
Gift cards are a very popular and convenient way to give a gift this holiday season to your friends or family, but they can also be a target for scammers who want...
OpenAI Committed to Buying $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman
Rain at one point has claimed to investors that it has held advanced talks to sell systems to Google, Oracle, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon. Microsoft declined to comment, and the...
Apple releases urgent iOS security update: ‘Recommended for all users’
Tech giant Apple has released another update for iOS, just weeks after dropping the landmark 17.1.1. iOS 17.1.2 was made available to the public on Nov. 30 and aims to patch...
