Credit: Stanford University New advancements in AI are transforming many aspects of our society. At the forefront of this development are powerful machine learning algorithms known as foundation models. The…
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Executive fired from TikTok’s Chinese owner says Beijing had access to app data in termination suit
This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. A former executive at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has accused the tech giant of serving as…
Brazil’s internet bill row, explained
Companies like Telegram, whose logo is pictured here on a smartphone, and Google say their business is threatened by a new bill in Brazil aimed at regulating disinformation online. Messaging…
Google is giving its dominant search engine an artificial-intelligence makeover
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Google on Wednesday disclosed plans to infuse its…
Google answers ChatGPT challenge with Bard expansion
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the Google I/O keynote session at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. Google on Wednesday said it is…
Musk says inactive Twitter accounts being purged
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk on Monday announced that Twitter is canceling accounts that haven’t been used for a long time. The move comes as Musk tries to ramp…
Twitter-like Bluesky creates invite envy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As influencers and celebrities fret over chaos at Twitter, a new platform called Bluesky is being hyped as a promising alternative. Bluesky was created by Twitter’s…
NYC transit agency ends Twitter alerts, says it’s unreliable
The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Agency, which for 14 years…
Canada public broadcaster CBC quits Twitter over ‘government-funded’ label
The CBC said Twitter’s new label for the Canadian broadcaster puts into question its ‘impartial and independent’ journalism. Canada’s public broadcaster CBC and its French-language version Radio-Canada said Monday they…
Deepfake porn could be a growing problem amid AI race
Australian Noelle Martin poses for a photo Thursday, March 9, 2023, in New York. The 28-year-old found deepfake porn of herself 10 years ago when out of curiosity one day…
