“We’re going to partner with Microsoft to figure out if there are ways using our archive of material to create a sort of gen AI detection system in order to counter the emerging threat that gen AI will be used for terrorist content at scale,” Hadley says. “We’re confident that gen AI can be used… Continue reading Here’s How Violent Extremists Are Exploiting Generative AI Tools
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GM’s Cruise Rethinks Its Robotaxi Strategy After Admitting a Software Fault in Gruesome Crash
In August 2016, WIRED visited the San Francisco offices of a young startup recently snapped up by a surprising buyer. General Motors acquired three-year-old Cruise for a reported $1 billion in hopes the straitlaced Detroit automaker could coopt the self-driving technology tipped to disrupt the auto industry. Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt—a scrappy Twitch cofounder who… Continue reading GM’s Cruise Rethinks Its Robotaxi Strategy After Admitting a Software Fault in Gruesome Crash
Humane’s Ai Pin is a $700 Smartphone Alternative You Wear All Day
Unmissable Wearable With its housing carved from a single chunk of aluminum, Humane’s device is closer to a brooch, a tin of mints, or a cigarette packet clipped in half than the sleeker items that adorn politicians’ lapels or baseball fans’ caps. No one standing a distance away is going to miss it. Chaudhri says… Continue reading Humane’s Ai Pin is a $700 Smartphone Alternative You Wear All Day
Hollywood Actors Strike Ends With a Deal That Will Impact AI and Streaming for Decades
After 118 days on the picket lines, the longest such strike in Hollywood’s history, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Both sides were mum about the terms of the deal Wednesday night, but it comes following a long… Continue reading Hollywood Actors Strike Ends With a Deal That Will Impact AI and Streaming for Decades
Best iPhone Deals (2023): Carrier Deals, Unlocked iPhones
Finding a deal on an iPhone can be tricky. Apple rarely slashes prices on its hardware, unlike other brands. But that doesn’t mean they’re nonexistent. With Black Friday around the corner, carriers are offering some steep discounts on iPhones, though you have to jump through some hoops to nab them. We’ve listed them here in… Continue reading Best iPhone Deals (2023): Carrier Deals, Unlocked iPhones
The GOP Presidential Debate Is Livestreaming on Rumble, Home to White Nationalist Nick Fuentes
Fuentes compared the Hamas attack to the Holocaust, claiming both were created to “elicit a certain emotional response [to give the government] the popular mandate to do whatever it is the government wants to do.” While it portrays itself as a free speech network, Rumble does have specific policies in place against racism and antisemitism.… Continue reading The GOP Presidential Debate Is Livestreaming on Rumble, Home to White Nationalist Nick Fuentes
New Jersey Keeps Newborn DNA for 23 Years. Parents Are Suing
The Institute for Justice, a libertarian nonprofit, and the parents behind the lawsuit claim there’s no reason for the state to keep samples that long. “The New Jersey Department of Health has unilaterally determined that it can keep and store the unused blood from every baby born in New Jersey,” the lawsuit alleges. In the… Continue reading New Jersey Keeps Newborn DNA for 23 Years. Parents Are Suing
Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It
Max, the streaming service formerly known as HBO Max, has lost 700,000 subscribers in the past three months. Despite the huge drop, streaming revenue at Max, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, were up 5 percent—with a 30 percent year-on-year jump in advertising revenue. These numbers raise a big question for the streaming industry:… Continue reading Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It
Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 Seeks to End Warrantless Police and FBI Spying
In 1763, the radical journalist and colonial sympathizer John Wilkes published issue no. 45 of North Briton, a periodical of anonymous essays known for its virulent anti-Scottish drivel—and for viciously satirizing a British prime minister until he quit his job. The fallout from the subsequent plan of the British king, George III, to see Wilkes… Continue reading Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 Seeks to End Warrantless Police and FBI Spying
YouTube’s Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law
When YouTube detects an ad blocker or other privacy tool that blocks ads as part of its functions, you’ll see a warning stating that “Ad blockers violate YouTube’s Terms of Service” or “Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube.” There are a few different versions of this message, including some that entirely prevent you from… Continue reading YouTube’s Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law