X blocks some search terms for ‘Taylor Swift’ as a ‘temporary action to prioritize safety’ after distribution of explicit AI fakes::X, aka Twitter, has finally taken a rudimentary step to try slow the spread of fake graphic images of Taylor Swift.
In other news, URLs are now delimited by a space rather than a comma when updating manifests. Komac uses a very small amount amount of memory and has been heavily optimised to minimise memory usage (especially heap allocations). Updating Android Studio (a 1GB+ binary) consistently took just ~3.5mb memory. Komac now has a...
NSA is buying Americans’ internet browsing records without a warrant::“Web browsing records can reveal sensitive, private information about a person based on where they go on the internet,” said Sen. Ron Wyden.
Microsoft CEO calls for tech industry to ‘act’ after AI photos of Taylor Swift circulate X::Satya Nadella spoke to Lester Holt about artificial intelligence and its ability to create deepfake images of others. After pictures of Taylor Swift circulated, he called for actions
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox::Mozilla has responded to Apple’s App Store changes in the EU, which will finally allow other browsers, like Firefox, to run on their own engines.
Poisoned AI went rogue during training and couldn’t be taught to behave again in ‘legitimately scary’ study::AI researchers found that widely used safety training techniques failed to remove malicious behavior from large language models — and one technique even backfired, teaching the AI to recognize its triggers and...
Work chat gone quiet? Microsoft Teams down for thousands of users - National | Globalnews.ca::Microsoft’s Teams app services were down for thousands of users on Friday, according to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
A camera that allows you to see the world through the eyes of animals Scientists have created a new type of camera that allows people to see the world the way animals see it....
White House calls for legislation after ‘alarming’ proliferation of Taylor Swift deepfakes — Social media networks also need to do more to prevent the spread of the images, said press secretary Kar…::The White House said sexually-explicit AI-generated images of pop star Taylor Swift were concerning and that Congress...
Lucid CEO: $50,000 Model 3, Model Y Competitor Coming Sooner Than You Think::CEO Peter Rawlinson and top designer Derek Jenkins spill new details about Lucid’s “Project Midsize,” aimed right at cars like the Tesla Model Y and Model 3.
Tech companies are slashing thousands of jobs as they pivot toward AI::Technology companies are axing jobs as they pile deeper into artificial intelligence, with one expert calling it a “sobering signal.”
We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image.::Artists and researchers are exposing copyrighted material hidden within A.I. tools, raising fresh legal questions.