How AI May Be Used to Create Custom Disinformation Ahead of 2024
“If I want to launch a disinformation campaign, I can fail 99 percent of the time. You fail all the time, but it doesn’t matter,” Farid says. “Every once in...
These new tools could help protect our pictures from AI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Earlier this year, when I realized...
Pulsating ‘X’ sign at San Francisco HQ infuriates neighbors
Elon Musk’s publicity stunt to rebrand Twitter with a strobe-lit “X” atop the company’s San Francisco headquarters has drawn the wrath of neighbors — and the company has pulled the...
Mark Zuckerberg seen at Taylor Swift concert wearing face gems
Mark Zuckerberg’s more than just a tech mogul — he’s also a “Bejeweled” Swiftie. The 39-year-old Meta boss was pictured with gemstones in a heart shape around his eye while...
Elon Musk’s X threatens to sue Center for Countering Digital Hate
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since...
Amazon touts delivery speeds but investors eye sales, cloud growth
Amazon on Monday said it hit record delivery speeds in the US in the second-quarter while continuing to cut costs, as investors look for signs of growth in its e-commerce business when...
ChatGPT graduated from high school to college level IQ: study
Call it pomp and circuitry. New research out of UCLA finds that ChatGPT “performs about as well as college undergraduates” when it comes to reasoning questions that often show up...
Elon Musk’s X sign removed from San Francisco HQ after complaints
It is gone. A giant, glowing X no longer marks the spot on the San Francisco high-rise that is headquarters to Elon Musk’s messaging company X, formerly known as Twitter. The...
X reorganizes trust and safety team under Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino
X owner Elon Musk and Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino will both oversee the trust and safety team at the company formerly known as Twitter, the social media concern said Monday. X’s product and...
Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg had falling out over the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg’s longtime lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg “was just done” with the Meta boss after he made the decision to pivot the company away from its bread-and-butter social media-based business and...
Using AI to protect against AI image manipulation
As we enter a new era where technologies powered by artificial intelligence can craft and manipulate images with a precision that blurs the line between reality and fabrication, the specter...
Restaurant owner hires robot to help servers; diners divided
Diners watched, bemused, as Plato approached their table. The three-and-a-half-foot-tall robot spun and paused, presenting them with their lunch. No one moved, unsure of what would come next, until a...
What Isaac Asimov’s Robbie Teaches About AI and How Minds ‘Work’
In Isaac Asimov’s classic science fiction story “Robbie,” the Weston family owns a robot who serves as a nursemaid and companion for their precocious preteen daughter, Gloria. Gloria and the...
Facebook removed COVID-19 posts under White House pressure: report
Facebook removed content related to COVID-19 under pressure from the White House, including posts claiming the virus was man-made, according to internal company communications leaked to The Wall Street Journal....
Stephen King clearly isn’t a fan of Twitter’s ‘X’ rebrand
Master of horror Stephen King sent a chilling tweet about Elon Musk’s controversial decision to rebrand the social media platform as X. “Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter,” the “It” author...
