‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare
You shouldn’t trust any answers a chatbot sends you. And you probably shouldn’t trust it with your personal information either. That’s especially true for “AI girlfriends” or “AI boyfriends,” according...
Amazon hit with lawsuit over controversial move to show ads on Prime Video
An Amazon Prime subscriber has a significant problem with the company’s implementation of ads on Prime Video and filed a class action lawsuit on Friday challenging the move. The plaintiff, who lives...
Walmart reportedly in talks to buy TV maker Vizio for $2B
Walmart is in talks to buy smart television manufacturer Vizio for more than $2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of Vizio jumped...
FCC should probe Apple over Beeper Mini shutdown: GOP Commissioner
Republican FCC Commission Brendan Carr said the agency should investigate Apple over its move to block the “Beeper Mini” app that allowed Android users to access iMessage. Carr – a...
SpaceX fined for ‘near amputation’ suffered by worker, records show
US worker safety officials fined Elon Musk’s SpaceX $3,600 this month after an accident at its site in Washington state led to a “near amputation,” according to inspection records reviewed...
OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory
OpenAI says ChatGPT’s Memory is an opt-in feature from the start, and can be wiped at any point, either in settings or by simply instructing the bot to wipe it....
Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s ex Nicole Shanahan donated $4M for RFK Jr. Super Bowl ad: report
Nicole Shanahan, a lawyer and the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, was reportedly a driving force behind Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s $7 million presidential campaign ad during this year’s...
The One Internet Hack That Could Save Everything
The impact on the public sphere has been, to say the least, substantial. In removing so much liability, Section 230 forced a certain sort of business plan into prominence, one...
Why Big Tech’s watermarking plans are some welcome good news
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This week I am happy to...
A new way to let AI chatbots converse all day without crashing
When a human-AI conversation involves many rounds of continuous dialogue, the powerful large language machine-learning models that drive chatbots like ChatGPT sometimes start to collapse, causing the bots’ performance to...
Ohio blocked from implementing law restricting children’s use of Instagram, TikTok
A federal judge on Monday prevented Ohio from implementing a new law that requires social media companies, including Meta Platform’s Instagram and ByteDance’s TikTok, to obtain parental consent before allowing children under 16...
Scammers using AI to target elderly ahead of Valentine’s Day
Heartache could be the least of your Valentine’s Day woes. Federal agencies are warning love-seeking consumers to be highly cautious of cyber romance on Feb. 14 as scammers, with the...
Bitcoin tops $50,000 for the first time since 2021 in massive rebound
Bitcoin exploded past the $50,000 threshold for the first time in more than two years on Monday – the latest sign of a massive rebound for the scandal-rocked crypto sector....
Elon Musk’s X letting brands run ads next to certain creators
Social media platform X said Monday it will enable advertisers to run video ads next to certain content creators, a move that could help brands prevent exposure to unwanted posts...
‘When did this become a thing?’
Thought you’d exhausted all the ways to use emojis? Think again. Many iPhone users are going gaga after discovering that they can simply drag digital hieroglyphics into the text boxes...
