Amazon poaching FTC officials ahead of antitrust lawsuit
Amazon is poaching a slew of staffers from the Federal Trade Commission as it gears up for an epic antitrust battle with the US agency, sources told On The Money....
The Huge Power and Potential Danger of AI-Generated Code
In June 2021, GitHub announced Copilot, a kind of auto-complete for computer code powered by OpenAI’s text-generation technology. It provided an early glimpse of the impressive potential of generative artificial...
Elon Musk’s dad shares photo amid ‘dwarf adult human’ AI image
The father of tech titan Elon Musk offered up a rare image of his son when he was a kid after an AI-generated photo of the future Tesla mogul made...
Bill Gates’ office asked female job candidates about sex histories: report
Bill Gates’s private office reportedly asked some female job candidates about their sexual histories — including what kind of pornography they liked, whether they ever had extramarital affairs and even...
Should I Use an AI to Write My Wedding Toast?
“I’m the best man in my friend’s wedding this summer, and I’m dreading the speech. I have absolutely no idea what to say. Should I get an AI to help...
First AI-generated drug enters human clinical trials, targeting chronic lung disease patients
The first-ever drug generated by artificial intelligence has entered Phase 2 clinical trials, with the first dose successfully administered to a human, Insilico Medicine announced yesterday. The drug, currently referred to as...
Top restaurants trawl social media to please guests
When he heard a table of tourists at Eleven Madison Park longing for a New York hot dog to complete their trip to the city, then co-owner Will Guidara rushed...
Ex-FTX lawyer Dan Friedberg was SBF’s ‘fixer,’ paid ‘hush money’ to whistleblowers: lawsuit
Former FTX “chief regulatory officer” Dan Friedberg allegedly helped to steal billions of dollars in customer funds at the cryptocurrency platform while serving as a personal “fixer” for disgraced founder...
Computer vision system marries image recognition and generation
Computers possess two remarkable capabilities with respect to images: They can both identify them and generate them anew. Historically, these functions have stood separate, akin to the disparate acts of...
Google reportedly violates its standards in third-party ad deals
Google violated its promised standards when placing video ads on other websites about 80% of the time — a dismal rate that raises questions about the search giant’s transparency’s online...
How to use TikTok without handing over personal data to China
I’ve been saying it for months: Get TikTok off your phone. It’s not the only China-based app you need to worry about. Temu, the app that lets you “shop like...
Elon Musk Seeks Support Against Rules on Free Speech Online
When Elon Musk arrived at VivaTech, a leading technology conference in France, his presence had an immediate effect, as event founder Maurice Levy of Publicis Groupe was quick to point...
Humans may be more likely to believe disinformation generated by AI
Disinformation generated by AI may be more convincing than disinformation written by humans, a new study suggests. The research found that people were 3% less likely to spot false tweets...
7 hidden features you can use on your computer mouse to make work way easier
No matter how long you’ve been using computers, it feels great to discover a new shortcut that makes life easier. The Windows key is a relative newcomer to keyboards, where...
