The explicit AI-created images of Taylor Swift flooding the internet highlight a major problem with generative AI (www.fastcompany.com)
Want a more private ChatGPT alternative that runs offline? Check out Jan (bgr.com)
DRAM And NAND Chip Makers Are Determined To Drive Up DDR5 And SSD Prices (hothardware.com)
Tesla stock drops on Q4 earnings miss, EV maker warns production growth rate will be 'notably lower' than 2023 (finance.yahoo.com)
I’m enjoying this. Also Musk went out and said that he wants barriers on trade or else the Chinese companies will dominate the market....
X is left with advertisers pushing dubious cryptocurrency and AI 'undressing' apps, users say after Musk's outburst (www.businessinsider.com)
X users are complaining about an influx of low-quality ads promoting crypto scams and AI “undressing” apps....
European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying (www.techspot.com)
Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff (www.theguardian.com)
Because Boeing were on such a good streak already…
Former Google CEO Gets Into the AI-Powered Kamikaze Drone Business With ‘White Stork’ (gizmodo.com)
Boeing Whistleblower: Production Line Has “Enormous Volume Of Defects” Bolts On MAX 9 Weren’t Installed (viewfromthewing.com)
Boeing Whistleblower: Production Line Has “Enormous Volume Of Defects” Bolts On MAX 9 Weren’t Installed::A reader at respected airline industry site Leeham News offered a comment that suggests they have access to Boeing’s internal quality control systems, and shares details of what they saw regarding the Boeing 737 MAX 9...
HP CEO says they brick printers that use third-party ink because of 'hackers'. (9to5mac.com)
HP CEO says they brick printers that use third-party ink because of ‘hackers’.::HP is pushing over-the-air firmware updates to its printers, bricking them if they are using third-party ink cartridges. But don’t…
Google adds Android, iOS simulation to AI IDE Project IDX (www.theregister.com)
iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find (gizmodo.com)
iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find::Security researchers say apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and countless others collect data in surprising ways.
Samsung’s $1,300 phone might someday have fees for AI usage (arstechnica.com)
Samsung’s $1,300 phone might someday have fees for AI usage::Samsung says Galaxy S24 AI features are “free until the end of 2025.”
Netflix wants to retire basic ad-free plan in some countries, shareholder letter says (www.cbsnews.com)
Netflix will implement the change in Canada and the U.K. in the second quarter of the year before “taking it from there,” the letter said....
X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad (mashable.com)
X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad::undefined
OpenAI went back on a promise to make key documents public (arstechnica.com)
The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar (electrek.co)
The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar::The Biden administration has updated the roadmap for solar development to 22 million acres of federal lands in the US West.
Scientists Train AI to Be Evil, Find They Can't Reverse It (futurism.com)
Scientists Train AI to Be Evil, Find They Can’t Reverse It::How hard would it be to train an AI model to be secretly evil? As it turns out, according to Anthropic researchers, not very.
NYC Mayor Calls Social Media an 'Environmental Toxin,' Announces It on Social Media (gizmodo.com)
NYC Mayor Calls Social Media an ‘Environmental Toxin,’ Announces It on Social Media::Mayor Eric Adams says we should compare social media to guns and cigarettes, but don’t think that’s going to stop him from tweeting.
PlayStation has blocked hardware cheating device Cronus Zen, others may follow (arstechnica.com)
US judge rejects NSO's attempt to dismiss Apple lawsuit (www.theregister.com)
Google search is losing the fight with SEO spam, study says (arstechnica.com)
I guess we all kinda knew that, but it’s always nice to have a study backing your opinions.
Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source (futurism.com)
"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.