Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control
Many of the websites make it clear they host or spread deepfake porn videos—often featuring the word deepfakes or derivatives of it in their name. The top two websites contain...
A ‘Green’ Search Engine Sees Danger—and Opportunity—in the Generative AI Revolution
In the era of search wars fought between giants, it’s tough to be small. Berlin-based Ecosia offers a search engine for the climate-conscious, promising to be carbon-negative by investing all...
Minds of machines: The great AI consciousness conundrum
David Chalmers was not expecting the invitation he received in September of last year. As a leading authority on consciousness, Chalmers regularly circles the world delivering talks at universities and...
Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies
In 2016, Oskarina Fuentes got a tip from a friend that seemed too good to be true. Her life in Venezuela had become a struggle: Inflation had hit 800 percent...
Microsoft closes $75B Activision deal despite lingering FTC challenge
Xbox parent Microsoft closed its $75 billion acquisition of the video game giant Activision Blizzard on Friday – despite the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing fight to prevent the landmark deal....
Microsoft, Google chatbots made false claims of cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war: report
AI chatbots operated by Microsoft and Google are spitting out incorrect information about the Israel-Hamas war – including false claims that the two sides agreed to a cease-fire. Google’s Bard...
Everyone freaked out by Meta’s ‘creepy’ Kendall Jenner AI chatbot
This Jenner-ative AI is frighteningly good. Our sci-fi-inspired fears of artificial intelligence replicating us may not be unfounded: Meta set off alarm bells after introducing an AI chatbot named Billie...
NASA to send billion-dollar spacecraft to metal asteroid in hopes of finding gemstones
NASA will launch a spacecraft Friday to a metal asteroid in hopes of finding diamonds and rubies. The mysterious metal asteroid — known as 16 Psyche — is located between...
OpenAI nears stock sale at $90B valuation — with help of Middle East: sources
OpenAI is close to selling shares in a deal that values the company at a staggering $90 billion – but completing the offer could depend on deep-pocketed investors from the...
A New Tool Helps Artists Thwart AI—With a Middle Finger
Meanwhile, bot-protection companies like DataDome have been offering services to deter scraping for years and have recently seen a huge shift in response to the rise of generative AI. CEO...
New AI tool can help doctors detect melanoma with 100% accuracy
Artificial intelligence software can reportedly detect melanomas with 100% accuracy. A new study presented Wednesday at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress 2023 showed that AI can catch...
Artificial Intelligence Is Seeping Into All of Your Gadgets
Artificial intelligence abounds, and it’s only making its way deeper and deeper into every scrap of technology we use. Generative AI in particular is an invention that seems destined to...
Constant notifications ruin your health — 7 tips to ease ‘ringxiety’
Instagram likes, missed calls, unread emails — the pings of texts, apps and even work communications are wreaking havoc on our minds. While the addictive dopamine hit of online validation...
The Chatbots Are Now Talking to Each Other
Lena Anderson isn’t a soccer fan, but she does spend a lot of time ferrying her kids between soccer practices and competitive games. “I may not pull out a foam...
Cybersecurity expert reveals 4 words you should never click on
These tips might save you from being hacked. A cybersecurity expert from McAfee — the antivirus brainchild of eccentric businessman John McAfee — is warning of ways that spyware can...
