First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant
I owned a lot of Alexa-powered devices in my former home: There were Amazon Echos in most rooms, including an older Echo Plus in the living room, a smattering of Dots, a Spot in a bedroom, and an Echo Show in the kitchen. A Fire TV ran in the bedroom. And, in a drawer, a […]
Openai actually offers ChatGpt to the government for free
Openai is poised to undercut humanity and rivals like Google to see AI tools integrated into federal agency workflows. The AI giant has reached an agreement with the government’s central purchasing arm, the US General Services Agency (GSA), and has signed a deal to provide ChatGpt companies to federal agencies participating for just $1 per […]
Important sections of the US Constitution removed from government websites
Several sections of Article 1 of the US Constitution appear to have been removed from the official US government website, as seen on Detectives and TechCrunch on the Internet. According to the Wayback Machine, the change shows the original full text on the Congress website as of July 17th. Several Reddit threads have identified changes […]
Citizen LaBody Lecter warns the cyber industry about an authoritarian descent in the US
Ron Debert, director of Citizen Lab, one of the most prominent organizations investigating government spyware abuse, has issued alarms to the cybersecurity community and urged them to join and participate in the fight against authoritarianism. On Wednesday, Deibert will give a keynote speech at the Black Hat Cybersecurity Conference in Las Vegas, one of the […]
Instagram accepts Snapchat with the new “Instagram Map”
Instagram is expanding Instagram maps. This is a new feature that allows users to share their latest active locations with others and discover location-based content. Meta-owned social networks have also begun reposting, making the “Friends” tab on the reel globally available. With the new map feature, Instagram is copying another popular feature from Snapchat after […]
Cohere’s new AI agent platform, North, promises to keep your enterprise data safe
AI Agent Tools promise to suck up some of the dragery from their daily workflows, but most organizations are still hesitant to adopt them and have immediate concerns: data security. Large companies with trade secrets, highly regulated industry businesses, and government agencies have thought more than once about drawing AI tools out of concern. Canadian […]
Two people arrested for smuggling AI chips into China – Nvidia says no to kill Switch
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday that two Chinese citizens were arrested for being involved in illegally shipping tens of millions of dollars of high-performance AI chips to China. The DOJ said Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang were arrested in California on August 2 and accused of violating the Export Control Reform Act. […]
Photo sharing app Rocket supplies banks to new celebrities focused features to drive its growth
Rocket is a photo sharing app that allows users to share images with friends that appear as widgets on their home screens, staying on the radar and seeking the help of celebrities. When it was launched in 2022, Locket appeared as a Bereal competitor, offering a more authentic way with others. This app places the […]
Microsoft brings the smallest open model of OpenAI to Windows users
Microsoft is making OpenAI’s new free GPT model, GPT-OSS-20B, available to Windows 11 users via Windows AI Foundry. It is Tech Giant’s platform that lets users tap on AI features, APIs and popular open source models on their computers. In a blog post, the company stated that the GPT‑ OSS-20B is “tool-savvy and lightweight,” and […]
Google says hackers stolen customer data by violating Salesforce database
Google has confirmed that some customers’ information has been stolen in recent database violations. In a blog post late Tuesday, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said one of the Salesforce database systems used to store small business contact information and related notes was violated by a hacking group known as Shiny Hunters, officially designated as UNC6040. […]