Why do Amazon-backed AI startups make fan fiction for Orson Welles?
On Friday, a startup called Fable announced something ambitious. If I turned my head over, I planned to recreate the lost 43-minute Orson Welles classic film, The Magnificent Ambersons. Why are startups charging “AI Netflix” and are talking about a remake of the film, which was first released in 1942, recently attracting money from Amazon’s […]
EU $3.5 billion through Google Fine Adtech $35 billion
The European Commission announced this week that Google is fined 2.95 billion euros (just under $3.5 billion). The committee found that Google violated the European Union’s antitrust rules by supporting its own advertising services. Specifically, the committee said Google “abuses” the “dominant position” by supporting ad exchange ADX on both publisher ad servers and ad […]
Increasing debate over the expansion of age verification methods
Engineers and policy makers consider the issues defining generations on the Internet. It could be a revolutionary force for unprecedented education and connections around the world, but it could pose a risk to children when they have full freedom of access. However, there is no easy way to monitor a child’s internet access without monitoring […]
Increasing debate over the expansion of age verification methods
Engineers and policy makers consider the issues defining generations on the Internet. It could be a revolutionary force for unprecedented education and connections around the world, but it could pose a risk to children when they have full freedom of access. However, there is no easy way to monitor a child’s internet access without monitoring […]
The $1 pay package of the mask is full of boning versions of his own broken promise
Tesla has proposed a massive $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk, and many of the benchmarks he needs to hit are simply watered-down versions of the promises he spent years on the company. It revealed the proposed pay package, not a photo of Tesla’s board depicting the company’s annual power of attorney. Instead, […]
Openai rearranges the research team behind ChatGpt’s personality
Openai is reorganizing the Model Action Team, a small but influential group of researchers that shape how their AI models interact with people, TechCrunch learned. In an August memo to staff seen by TechCrunch, Openai’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen said the model behavior team, which consists of around 14 researchers, will be participating in […]
Screw Money – Humanity’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement sucks for writers
About half a million writers can qualify for at least $3,000 payday thanks to the historic $1.5 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by the author against humanity. This groundbreaking settlement is the biggest payment in the history of US copyright law, but it is not a victory for the author. That’s yet […]
Personalized AI companion app DOT shuts down
Dot, an AI companion app aimed at being friends and best friends, announced it had announced on Friday. The new computer behind Dot, a message published on the website, said that if the product continues to run until October 5th, it will provide users time to download data. Launched in 2024 by co-founder Sam Whitmore […]
Attorney General warns Openry that “harm to children will not be tolerated”
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings have sent an open letter to Openai to express concerns about the safety of ChatGpt, particularly for children and teens. The warning comes a week after Bonta and 44 other Attorney Generals sent letters to 12 people from 12 AI companies following reports of […]
Google Gemini is called “high risk” for children and teens in a new safety rating
Common Sense Media, a nonprofit rating and media and technology review focused on children’s safe, released a risk assessment for Google’s Gemini AI products on Friday. The organization has discovered that Google’s AI clearly communicates that it’s a computer, not a child. This is related to the promotion of delusional thinking and mental illness in […]