An AI-Altered Hitler Speech Is Going Viral On X
AI-altered video clips of Adolf Hitler’s 1939 Reichstag speech at the beginning of World War II have recently gone viral. In the speech, Hitler proclaimed that the upcoming war would...
The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm
Peter Chen, CEO of the robot software company Covariant, sits in front of a chatbot interface resembling the one used to communicate with ChatGPT. “Show me the tote in front...
Potential TikTok sale has Wall Street buzzing as incendiary House bill gains support
Wall Street is buzzing about a TikTok sale as Congress fast-tracks a bombshell bill that would require its China-based owner to unload it – but tech insiders say such a...
Trump raises concerns about TikTok ban as Facebook will ‘double their business’
Presidential candidate Donald Trump raised concerns about banning TikTok ahead of a vote next week by the House that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six months to divest the popular short...
Instagram’s hidden game is played with your favorite emoji — here’s how
As if anyone needed it, there’s a new way to kill time on social media. Instagram has hidden an emoji-based game within the direct messaging feature of their smartphone app...
Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A team of computer scientists has created a nimbler, more flexible type of machine learning model. The trick: It must...
Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
Social robot roommate Jibo initially caused a stir, but sadly didn’t live long. Photograph: Jibo Not that there haven’t been an array of other attempts. Jibo, a social robot roommate...
Trump backs TikTok as Congress mulls banning Chinese-owned app
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday signaled his opposition to a TikTok ban being considered in Congress, arguing that it would help Facebook, which he called “a true Enemy of...
AI robot appears to grope female reporter during live interview in Saudi Arabia
A “fully autonomous” AI robot has raised eyebrows after appearing to grope a reporter during an interview at a technology festival in Saudi Arabia. Journalist Rawya Kassem was speaking in...
Sam Altman Is Reinstated to OpenAI’s Board
Sam Altman is back—again. The entrepreneur who was suddenly fired as OpenAI CEO and from the ChatGPT developer’s board last November, before regaining his CEO position days later, is now...
Sam Altman to return to OpenAI’s board with new directors: report
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman will return to the ChatGPT-maker’s board, The Information reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The company will also announce the appointment of...
Apple reinstates Epic Games’ app store account in Europe after regulator scrutiny
Apple restored “Fortnite” maker Epic Games’ permissions to offer its own app store to iPhone customers in Europe on Friday – just one day after European Union regulators suggested its...
Chinese shopping app Temu spent $2B on Facebook, Instagram ads
Temu, the Chinese fast fashion brand that has taken e-commerce retail in the United States by storm in recent months, was the biggest ad spender for Meta Platforms’ social media...
Google fires engineer who claimed company ‘powering genocide’
A Google engineer who disrupted a New York City tech conference earlier this week by standing up and proclaiming that he refuses “to build technology that powers genocide” has reportedly...
Trump raises concerns about TikTok ban as Facebook will ‘double their business’
Presidential candidate Donald Trump raised concerns about banning TikTok ahead of a vote next week by the House that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six months to divest the popular short...
