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San Francisco aims to take down AI undressing websites in new lawsuit
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu vowed to prosecute 50 defendants in a new complaint over AI undressing sites.
Danny Gallagher08.17.2024
Here are all the AI features coming to the Pixel 9 phones
Google is bringing a ton of new AI features with the Pixel 9 phones.
Pranav Dixit08.14.2024
Google Pixel 9 and 9 Pro hands-on: A smart evolution, and a smaller Pro model
For 2024, Google has updated the Pixel 9 with a refreshed design, new Tensor G4 chip and two sizes for the Pro model.
Sam Rutherford08.14.2024
FCC proposes new rules for AI-generated robocalls and robotexts
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules governing the use of AI-generated phone calls and texts.
Anna Washenko08.09.2024
UK opens antitrust investigation into Amazon over its ties to AI startup Anthropic
UK opens antitrust investigation into Amazon over its ties to AI startup Anthropic. This comes after the retail giant invested $4 billion.
Lawrence Bonk08.08.2024
People are returning Humane AI Pins faster than the company can sell them
Everyone’s returning their Humane AI pins and nobody is buying any. This is according to leaked internal sales documents.
Lawrence Bonk08.08.2024
Reddit CEO teases AI search features and paid subreddits
Reddit just wrapped up its second earnings call as a public company and CEO Steve Huffman hinted at some significant changes that could be coming to the platform. 3
Karissa Bell08.07.2024
NVIDIA’s AI team reportedly scraped YouTube, Netflix videos without permission
In the latest example of a troubling pattern in the tech industry, Nvidia appears to have scraped troves of copyrighted content for AI training. The $2.4 trillion company reportedly asked workers to download videos from YouTube, Netflix and other datasets to develop commercial AI projects.
Will Shanklin08.06.2024
OpenAI confirms it’s looking into text watermarking for ChatGPT that could expose cheating students
Following a report from The Wall Street Journal that claims OpenAI has been sitting on a tool that can spot essays written by ChatGPT with a high degree of accuracy, the company has shared a bit of information about its research into text watermarking.
Cheyenne MacDonald08.05.2024
NVIDIA’s Blackwell AI chips have reportedly hit a snag and may arrive months late
NVIDIA has discovered 'design flaws' in its upcoming series of AI chips that may push their release back at least three months, The Information reports. The company has reportedly started notifying customers of the delay, including Microsoft.
Cheyenne MacDonald08.04.2024
Google will no longer air an Olympics ad that showed a child using AI to write a fan letter
The backlash reflects the broader debates around the role of AI in creative processes and its potential impact on the quality of human expression.
Pranav Dixit08.03.2024
AI startup argues scraping every song on the internet is 'fair use'
Udio and Suno were sued in June, with major labels claiming they trained AI models by scraping copyrighted music from the Internet. In a court filing today, Suno acknowledged doing just that.
Anna Washenko08.02.2024
Google will let you search your Chrome browsing history by asking questions like a human
Google said that it won't directly use your browsing history or tabs to train its large language models, and the feature also doesn't work with pages you browsed in Incognito mode.
Pranav Dixit08.02.2024
Taco Bell will add voice AI ordering to hundreds of drive-thrus this year
Taco Bell is expanding its program for using AI voice recognition in drive-thrus. The move expands on the chains tests of the tech in 13 states.
Anna Washenko08.01.2024
US Copyright Office calls for better legal protections against AI-generated deepfakes
The US Copyright Office has published a report recommending new and improved protections against digital replicas.
Anna Washenko08.01.2024
Reddit CEO wants Microsoft to pay for its content
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says Microsoft won't even negotiate a deal with them to use their data for its AI searches.
Danny Gallagher08.01.2024
Senators introduce bill to protect individuals against AI-generated deepfakes
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would make it illegal to create digital recreations of a person's voice or likeness without consent.
Anna Washenko08.01.2024
OpenAI rolls out advanced Voice Mode and no, it won't sound like ScarJo
OpenAI is bringing the alpha version of its advanced Voice Mode to a limited number of ChatGPT Plus users today.
Anna Washenko07.31.2024
Perplexity will put ads in its AI search engine and share revenue with publishers
It’s not clear exactly how much revenue Perplexity will share with publishers. Dmitry Shevelenko, the company’s chief business officer, declined to reveal numbers but told Engadget that it would be a “meaningful double-digit percentage shared back with the publishers that contributed source input to the answer."
Pranav Dixit07.30.2024
What to read this weekend: Keanu Reeves wrote a book with ‘weird fiction’ author China Miéville
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.
Cheyenne MacDonald07.28.2024