Boston Isn’t Afraid of Generative AI
After ChatGPT burst on the scene last November, some government officials raced to prohibit its use. Italy banned the chatbot. New York City, Los Angeles Unified, Seattle and Baltimore School Districts...
If phone unlocks itself you could be hacked by ‘GhostTouch’
Even phone hackers can work remotely these days. Researchers from NordVPN have been warning smartphone users to be careful of crafty cybercriminals, claiming they’re using a new technique that allows them...
Supreme Court protects Twitter, Google from liability in terrorism lawsuits
The Supreme Court opted to leave the federal liability shield known as Section 230 in a pair of closely-scrutinized decisions on Thursday, handing a notable victory to Big Tech firms that rely...
TikTok hiring again after imposing a freeze: sources
TikTok quietly slowed its US hiring this spring as it faced heat in Washington over security concerns — but the wildly popular app has lately started handing out job offers...
ChatGPT wrote my graduation speech — then I went off-script to blast school
Caps off to this kid. A daring Nebraska high school graduate shocked audiences Sunday when he went off-script from his admin-approved commencement speech that was penned by ChatGPT. It started...
TikTok users file lawsuit to block Montana ban
Five TikTok users, who also create content posted on the short-video app, filed suit in US District Court in Montana late Wednesday seeking to block the state’s new ban on the Chinese-owned...
Sparse video tubes for joint video and image vision transformers
Posted by AJ Piergiovanni and Anelia Angelova, Research Scientists, Google Video understanding is a challenging problem that requires reasoning about both spatial information (e.g., for objects in a scene, including...
Ex-Google exec warns AI will view humans as ‘scum’
A former executive at Google said that artificial intelligence-powered machines could one day view humans as “scum” and could create “killing machines” similar to the ones depicted in a sci-fi...
Politicians Need to Learn How AI Works—Fast
This week, US senators heard alarming testimony suggesting that unchecked AI could steal jobs, spread misinformation, and generally “go quite wrong,” in the words of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (whatever that means). He...
Responsible AI at Google Research: PAIR
Posted by Lucas Dixon and Michael Terry, co-leads, PAIR, Google Research PAIR (People + AI Research) first launched in 2017 with the belief that “AI can go much further —...
Hyundai, Kia agree to $200M settlement over car thefts: lawyers
Hyundai Motor and Kia agreed to a consumer class-action lawsuit settlement worth more than $200 million over rampant car thefts of the Korean automakers’ vehicles, lawyers for the owners said on Thursday....
ChatGPT Now Has an iPhone App
In March, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple had rejected an email app’s generative-AI-infused update until the developer gave the app a 17+ restriction, expressing concerns that AI tools could generate...
Apple’s $3,000 mixed-reality headsets to hit the market, far cry from sleek eyeglasses tech
Apple is set to release long-awaited mixed-reality headsets for $3,000 a pop — three times the price of what rival Meta charges for a similar product. The high-tech specs will...
Montana becomes 1st state to ban TikTok as battle over free speech looms
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed legislation to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok from operating in the state, making it the first state to ban the popular short video app. Montana will...
Is medicine ready for AI? Doctors, computer scientists, and policymakers are cautiously optimistic
The advent of generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT has prompted renewed calls for AI in health care, and its support base only appears to be broadening. The second annual...
