The New Minstrels Are Here
AI-generated video and images are ushering in an ungovernable reality—where the remixing of stereotypes is not only accepted, but big business. Source
‘Bitcoin Bonnie & Clyde’ Ilya Lichtenstein, Heather Morgan to plead guilty for alleged $4.5B cryptocurrency laundering scheme
Crypto heist couple Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan — who were charged with laundering $4.5 billion in hacked Bitcoin in 2016 — are reportedly preparing to plead guilty ahead of...
This Startup Wants to Give Farmers a Closer Look at Crops—From Space
Aspia Space is joining the ranks of companies and space agencies working on remote sensing, tracking the physical attributes of things on the ground by using sensors on satellites. The...
Linda Yaccarino will mute hate speech on Twitter to win back advertisers
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is preparing to unveil new safety features in the coming weeks to address advertiser’s concerns about hate speech, On The Money has learned – but her...
AI Giants Pledge to Allow External Probes of Their Algorithms, Under a New White House Pact
The White House has struck a deal with major AI developers—including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI—that commits them to take action to prevent harmful AI models from being released...
FTC withdraws case against Microsoft-Activision deal before in-house judge
The Federal Trade Commission official on Thursday withdrew the agency’s case before an in-house judge that sought to block Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of game-maker Activision. The agency has been pursuing a...
Apple could face iPhone shortages this fall due to manufacturing issues: report
The latest versions of Apple’s iPhone Pro and Pro Max models could be in short supply this fall as the tech giant contends with manufacturing woes, according to a report...
Using societal context knowledge to foster the responsible application of AI
Posted by Donald Martin, Jr., Technical Program Manager, Head of Societal Context Understanding Tools and Solutions (SCOUTS), Google Research AI-related products and technologies are constructed and deployed in a societal...
Google developing AI tool ‘Genesis’ that writes news articles
Google is developing an artificial intelligence tool — code-named “Genesis” — that will be capable of writing news articles and crafting headlines, the company said Thursday. The search giant has...
Don’t Ask Dumb Robots If AI Will Destroy Humanity
Hanson and I talked about the idea of adding real intelligence to these evocative machines. Ben Goertzel, a well-known AI researcher and the CEO of SingularityNET, leads an effort to...
Introducing MIT Technology Review Roundtables, real-time conversations about what’s next in tech
On August 10, MIT Technology Review is launching Roundtables, a participatory subscriber-only online event series, to keep you informed about emerging tech. Subscribers will get exclusive access to 30-minute monthly...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s earnings reportedly top $1 billlion as ChatGPT drives stock surge
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has reportedly raked in more than $1 billion in compensation at the company – a personal fortune bolstered by the tech giant’s prescient investment in OpenAI’s...
Elon Musk’s Grand xAI Plans
Elon Musk is back in the news again. (Really, does he ever leave the news?) Last week, Musk announced a new artificial intelligence venture called xAI. The timing of the...
A Battlefield AI Company Says It’s One of the Good Guys | WIRED
Instead that slogan says less about what the company does and more about why it’s doing it. Helsing’s job adverts brim with idealism, calling for people with a conviction that...
Microsoft, Activision extend $75B deal deadline to secure UK approval
Activision Blizzard and Microsoft on Wednesday extended the deadline for the close of their $75 billion deal by three months to Oct. 18 as the American companies work to secure UK approval for...
