One of the new ad formats Google announced today will allow brands to link short-form videos they made—or ones they hired creators to film—to their advertisements in Google’s search engine. AI-generated text summaries of the clips will be included below. “I’ve got three Gen Z-ers at home, and watching them shop, it’s very video-based,” said… Continue reading Google Taps AI to Show Shoppers How Clothes Fit Different Bodies
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AI Is a Black Box. Anthropic Figured Out a Way to Look Inside
Last year, the team began experimenting with a tiny model that uses only a single layer of neurons. (Sophisticated LLMs have dozens of layers.) The hope was that in the simplest possible setting they could discover patterns that designate features. They ran countless experiments with no success. “We tried a whole bunch of stuff, and… Continue reading AI Is a Black Box. Anthropic Figured Out a Way to Look Inside
Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI Ripped Off Her Voice for ChatGPT
Last week OpenAI revealed a new conversational interface for ChatGPT with an expressive, synthetic voice strikingly similar to that of the AI assistant played by Scarlett Johansson in the sci-fi movie Her—only to suddenly disable the new voice over the weekend. On Monday, Johansson issued a statement claiming to have forced that reversal, after her… Continue reading Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI Ripped Off Her Voice for ChatGPT
Apple’s Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of ‘Deleted’
And even when it’s not a bug, there’s the simple fact that your photos are stored on both your device and someone else’s cloud. You do not own that cloud. You rent it from giant tech companies, every month, often for a fee, and the way that cloud operates isn’t remotely local. You can still… Continue reading Apple’s Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of ‘Deleted’
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Can Appeal His Extradition to the US, British Court Says
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the United States, a British court has said. Two judges at the High Court in London today said Assange can officially challenge his extradition order from the United Kingdom in the long-running dispute over the leaking and publication of military secrets. Following a two-hour hearing, at… Continue reading WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Can Appeal His Extradition to the US, British Court Says
There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine
Since it was first identified in 1983, HIV has infected more than 85 million people and caused some 40 million deaths worldwide. While medication known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, can significantly reduce the risk of getting HIV, it has to be taken every day to be effective. A vaccine to provide lasting protection has… Continue reading There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine
The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner
This has done little to deter a growing list of other business moguls who have also expressed interest in acquiring the app, which has been under government scrutiny in the US for four years over alleged national security concerns stemming from its Chinese ownership. One of them is former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said… Continue reading The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner
OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded
In July last year, OpenAI announced the formation of a new research team that would prepare for the advent of supersmart artificial intelligence capable of outwitting and overpowering its creators. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist and one of the company’s cofounders, was named as the colead of this new team. OpenAI said the team would… Continue reading OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded
Amazon Is Hosting a Massive Book Sale
Is there anything better than lounging in the sun, reading a fantastic book? I think not. Now is an excellent time to stock up on books for the summer, because Amazon has a huge book sale running through May 20. Ebook prices start at $1, while print books are going for as low as $5.… Continue reading Amazon Is Hosting a Massive Book Sale
How Twitch Streamers Could Shape the 2024 Elections
Leah Feiger: Yes, the royals are globalist, conspiracy is well trodden, but always good. Makena Kelly: Yeah. Haunted portrait. Leah Feiger: Haunted portrait, OK, that’s actually a really good one. I didn’t even think about that one as related to conspiracies. Hasan Piker: Yeah, it wasn’t bad at all. Leah Feiger: I like that one.… Continue reading How Twitch Streamers Could Shape the 2024 Elections