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How AI is getting better at finding security holes
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (1089+ words) AI lab Anthropic announced this week that it had developed a powerful new model the company believes could "reshape cybersecurity." It said that its latest model, Mythos Preview, was able to find "high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major operating…...
What's next for Meta in the wake of trial losses and layoffs?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (952+ words) Meta has had a tough few weeks. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram has lost two pivotal court cases, laid off hundreds of people and taken steps that appear to amount to a U-turn on the Metaverse, a virtual…...
How will two landmark social media verdicts reshape how we use this technology?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (77+ words) Two landmark verdicts this week could reshape the way social media works. Aza Raskin, a co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, explains the implications of the courts' decisions. How will two landmark social media verdicts reshape how we use…...
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2+ week, 1+ day ago (14+ words) The whistleblower who thinks change is coming to social media: Here & Now Anytime'NPR...
Open AI's Sora app may be going away, but its legacy will be the spread of AI video slop
2+ week, 2+ day ago (144+ words) Barely six months after its launch, Open AI is ending an app that could generate AI video at the click of a button. Open AI's Sora app may be going away, but its legacy will be the spread of AI…...
Open AI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns
2+ week, 3+ day ago (328+ words) FILE - The Open AI logo is displayed on a cellphone with an image on a computer monitor generated by Chat GPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption SAN FRANCISCO " Open AI is shutting down its…...
What happens when teens help design social media (TRH+): TED Radio Hour
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (138+ words) As a teenager, Maximilian Milovidov struggled with compulsive social media use. Now he's a youth advocate advising tech companies and policymakers on how to make online spaces safer. He believes bans and fines won't fix social media, and in this…...
Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over 'woke AI' concerns
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (436+ words) NPR These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the NPR Services and to enable you to use some of their features. For example, these cookies allow NPR to remember your registration information while you are logged…...
Did social media break a generation " or just change it?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (505+ words) TED Radio Hour'NPR Did social media break a generation " or just change it? Is tech rewiring childhood or exposing what's already broken? Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, and a Gen Z advocate debate social media bans, attention and what "fun" looks…...
Do the people building the AI chatbot Claude understand what they've created?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (77+ words) Anthropic is one of the world's most powerful AI firms. New Yorker'writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus explains how they're trying to make chatbot Claude more ethical, and the implications of AI's widening use. Do the people building the AI chatbot Claude understand…...