ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery are launching a new joint venture to create a sports streaming service this fall. The streaming service will include the companies' portfolios of sports networks, certain direct-to-consumer sports services, and sports rights. Continue Reading →
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In a first-of-this-scale AI heist, a scammer using deepfake technology walked away with more than $25 million from a Hong Kong firm. Continue Reading →
Hello. My name is Shelly. I'm a Chrome user. I've been off Google for nine days. (Hello, Shelly.) I did it. I replaced Google. Perplexity is now my default search engine. It's cathartic. I feel like my world has changed forever. The thing is… I don't miss Google. Not even a little bit. If you follow in my footsteps – not only will you not miss Google, there's a good chance you'll never look back. Continue Reading →
I'm going to ask Alexa, to ask Siri, to ask Jarvis, to ask Watson, to ask Claude, to ask Jasper, to ask Einstein, to ask ChatGPT if Rufus is a good name for a new generative AI-powered shopping assistant. Our friends at Amazon think it is. Continue Reading →
Yesterday's Senate hearing on child safety in social media saw CEOs from TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Meta (Facebook's parent company), Discord, and Snapchat face questions from lawmakers. The hearing focused on the impact of social media on children's safety and the bipartisan effort to more effectively regulate these platforms. Continue Reading →
The AI poisoning tool Nightshade, which protects digital artwork from being used to train generative AI models without permission, racked up more than 250,000 downloads in just five days. Continue Reading →
The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has informed OpenAI that it suspects ChatGPT of violating European Union privacy laws. Continue Reading →
ElevenLabs, an AI startup specializing in voice replication technology, has banned a user account responsible for creating an audio deepfake of President Biden. The deepfake featured a message urging people not to vote in the New Hampshire primary. Continue Reading →
Walking along the railroad tracks up to the main building at Birkenau was chilling. I was about to enter the largest of the 40 Nazi extermination camps and sub-camps that made up the Auschwitz complex, and its reputation preceded it. Continue Reading →
Deepfakes are all fun and games until a synthetic Taylor Swift starts promising free cookware on TikTok – then it requires Federal legislation. Continue Reading →