Pope Francis: How we deploy AI will be ‘true measure of our humanity’ (thenextweb.com)
Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find (arstechnica.com)
Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find::The train manufacturer accused the hackers of slander.
AI models propagate false race-based medical information, Stanford researchers find (stanforddaily.com)
A group of Stanford researchers found that large language models can propagate false race-based medical information.
The growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warning (arstechnica.com)
The FTC is reportedly looking into Microsoft’s $13 billion OpenAI investment (www.engadget.com)
The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill (www.theverge.com)
Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash (www.techdirt.com)
Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash::Automakers are increasingly obsessed with turning everything into a subscription service in a bid to boost quarterly returns. We’ve noted how BMW has embraced making heated seats and other features already in your car a...
Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised | A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon's motion to dismiss lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised | A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon’s motion to dismiss lawsuit::A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon’s motion to dismiss lawsuit.
HP Smart app mysteriously appears on non-HP Windows PCs | Microsoft is investigating (www.techspot.com)
HP Smart app mysteriously appears on non-HP Windows PCs | Microsoft is investigating::undefined
Federal judge vows to investigate Google for intentionally destroying chats (www.theverge.com)
Unity Software to cut 3.8% of staff in 'company reset' (www.reuters.com)
Unity Software to cut 3.8% of staff in ‘company reset’::Videogame software provider Unity Software will eliminate 265 jobs or 3.8% of its global workforce and end an agreement with a digital video effects company founded by the “Lord of the Rings” director as part of a “reset,” the company said on Tuesday.
Nothing Chats has already been pulled from Google Play over privacy issues (www.theverge.com)
US military gives Lockheed Martin $33.7 million to develop nuclear spacecraft (www.space.com)
US military gives Lockheed Martin $33.7 million to develop nuclear spacecraft::The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory just awarded $33.7 million to Lockheed Martin to advance the development of space nuclear propulsion and power tech.
An entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack (sea.mashable.com)
An entire state’s population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack::The attack impacts about 1.3 million people.
Epic lays out Google’s alleged “bribe and block” monopoly strategy in trial opening (arstechnica.com)
Bing Chat so hungry for GPUs, Microsoft will rent them from Oracle (www.theregister.com)
YouTube tests AI-generated comment summaries and a chatbot for videos (au.finance.yahoo.com)
YouTube announced two new experimental generative AI features today. Premium subscribers can soon try AI-generated comment summaries organized by topic, and a chatbot that answers questions about videos....
Workers are being overloaded with too many apps and chat services | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
Here's a breakdown of the cost of an EV battery (www.arenaev.com)
Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country (www.wired.com)
Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country::Tesla is failing to play by Swedish labor rules, unions claim. Now a strike that started with mechanics is beginning to spread.
AI bot capable of insider trading and lying, say researchers (www.bbc.co.uk)
The researchers behind the simulation say there is a risk of this happening for real in the future.
Marines Test Rocket-Carrying 'Robotic Goat' at Twentynine Palms (timesofsandiego.com)
The four-legged robot was armed with an M72 shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher in testing by the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command and scientists with the Office of Naval Research.
The Chief Ideologist of the Silicon Valley Elite Has Some Strange Ideas (www.nytimes.com)
Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide with ChatGPT (www.theverge.com)
Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide using AI as seen in a somewhat unsettling video posted by Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics used OpenAI’s ChatGPT API, along with some open-source large language models (LLM) to carefully train its responses. It then outfitted the bot with a speaker, added...
The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language (www.bbc.com)
The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language::As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution.
