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CATS ON THE MOON? GOOGLE'S AI TOOL IS PRODUCING MISLEADING RESPONSES THAT HAVE EXPERTS WORRIED
Ask Google if cats have been on the moon and it used to spit out a ranked list of websites so you could discover the answer for yourself. Read more at:https://www.magzter.com/stories/technology/AppleMagazine/CATS-ON-THE-MOON-GOOGLES-AI-TOOL-IS-PRODUCING-MISLEADING-RESPONSES-THAT-HAVE-EXPERTS-WORRIED
OPENAI FORMS SAFETY COMMITTEE AS IT STARTS TRAINING LATEST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL
OpenAl says it's setting up a safety and security committee and has begun training a new AI model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot. Read more at:https://www.magzter.com/stories/technology/AppleMagazine/OPENAI-FORMS-SAFETY-COMMITTEE-AS-IT-STARTS-TRAINING-LATEST-ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-MODELO
AI Music
THE PITCH FOR THE NEXT FRONTIER IN ENHANCED DIGITAL AUDIO
AUTHORITIES ARREST MAN ALLEGEDLY RUNNING "LIKELY WORLD'S LARGEST EVER" CYBERCRIME BOTNET
An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade, amassing at least $99 million in profits by reselling access to criminals who used it for identity theft, child exploitation and financial fraud including pandemic relief scams.
MORE PEOPLE MAKE 'NO-BUY YEAR' PLEDGES AS OVERSPENDING OR CLIMATE WORRIES CATCH UP WITH THEM
A 35-year-old Brooklyn resident gave up buying new clothes. A 22-year old in San Diego swore off retail therapy at Target. A 26-year old in England banned carbonated drinks from her shopping list. Read more at:https://www.magzter.com/stories/technology/AppleMagazine/MORE-PEOPLE-MAKE-NOBUY-YEAR-PLEDGES-AS-OVERSPENDING-OR-CLIMATE-WORRIES-CATCH-UP-WITH-THEM
AMAZON GETS FAA APPROVAL ALLOWING IT TO EXPAND DRONE DELIVERIES FOR ONLINE ORDERS
Federal regulators have given Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program, the company announced Thursday.
SONY SAYS FOCUS IS ON CREATIVITY, WITH GAMES, MOVIES, MUSIC, SENSORS, IP, AND NOT GADGETS
Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it's focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry.
TECH TIP: WANT TO TURN OFF META AI? YOU CAN'T, BUT THERE ARE SOME WORKAROUNDS
If you use Facebook, WhatsApp or Instagram, you've probably noticed a new character pop up answering search queries or eagerly offering tidbits of information in your feeds, with varying degrees of accuracy.
EV MAKER TESLA BREAKS GROUND ON MEGAPACK ENERGY STORAGE BATTERY FACTORY IN SHANGHAI
Electric vehicle maker Tesla has begun construction of a factory in Shanghai to make its Megapack energy storage batteries, Chinese state media reported Thursday.
EV MAKER TESLA BREAKS GROUND ON MEGAPACK ENERGY STORAGE BATTERY FACTORY IN SHANGHAI
Electric vehicle maker Tesla has begun construction of a factory in Shanghai to make its Megapack energy storage batteries, Chinese state media reported Thursday.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS ILLEGAL MONOPOLY BY TICKETMASTER AND LIVE NATION DRIVES UP PRICES FOR FANS
The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America — squelching competition and driving up prices for fans.
SONY SAYS FOCUS IS ON CREATIVITY, WITH GAMES, MOVIES, MUSIC, SENSORS, IP, AND NOT GADGETS
Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it’s focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry.
CORN, MILLET AND ... ROOFTOP SOLAR? FARM FAMILY'S NEWEST CROP SHOWS CHINA'S SOLAR ASCENDANCY
Shi Mei and her husband earn a decent enough living by growing corn and millet on their small farm in eastern China’s Shandong province. In 2021, they diversified by investing in solar energy — signing a contract to mount some 40 panels on their roof to feed energy to the grid.
TAIWAN IS SELLING MORE TO THE US THAN CHINA IN MAJOR SHIFT AWAY FROM BEIJING
Whether it’s tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China — the world’s No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary.
AI COMPANIES MAKE FRESH SAFETY PROMISE AT SEOUL SUMMIT, NATIONS AGREE TO ALIGN WORK ON RISKS
Leading artificial intelligence companies made a fresh pledge at a mini-summit this week to develop AI safely, while world leaders agreed to build a network of publicly backed safety institutes to advance research and testing of the technology.
UN SECURITY COUNCIL REJECTS RUSSIA-BACKED RESOLUTION ON BANNING WEAPONS IN SPACE
The United States said this week that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponizing space, a possible future global trend that members of the United Nations Security Council condemned even as they failed to pass a measure against it.
FOR SOME DIGITAL DETOX, LOOK TO THE LATEST IN CRAFT KITS
Digital diversions may have us tethered to tech, but screen fatigue is real.
'IF,' IMPERFECT BUT CHARMING,MAY HAVE US ALL CHECKING UNDER BEDS FOR OUR OLD FRIENDS
How do you make a kid’s movie that appeals not only to the kids, but the adults sitting next to them? Most movies try to achieve this by throwing in a layer of wink-wink pop culture references that’ll earn a few knowing laughs from parents but fly nicely over the heads of the young ones.
NEW CARS IN CALIFORNIA COULD ALERT DRIVERS FOR BREAKING THE SPEED LIMIT
California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the country should it become law.
IS THAT 'HER'? OPENAI PAUSES A CHATGPT VOICE AFTER SOME SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE SCARLETT JOHANSSON
OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some users said it sounded like Scarlett Johansson, who famously voiced a fictional, and at the time futuristic, AI assistant in the 2013 film “Her.”
AVERAGE US VEHICLE AGE HITS RECORD 12.6 YEARS AS HIGH PRICES FORCE PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM LONGER
Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older, hitting a record average age of 12.6 years in 2024 as people hang on to their vehicles largely because new ones cost so much.
LAURYN HILL'S CLASSIC 'MISEDUCATION' ALBUM TOPS APPLE MUSIC'S LIST OF BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
Let the debate begin. Who has the best music albums ever? Apple Music certainly has an idea.
NVIDIA'S PROFIT SOARS.UNDERSCORING ITS DOMINANCE IN CHIPS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Nvidia on Wednesday overshot Wall Street estimates as its profit skyrocketed, bolstered by the chipmaking dominance that has made the company an icon of the artificial intelligence boom.
CYBERSECURITY LABELING FOR SMART DEVICES AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE CHOOSE ITEMS LESS LIKELY TO BE HACKED
Consumer labels designed to help Americans pick smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking could begin appearing on products before the holiday shopping season, federal officials said this week.
FCC TO CONSIDER RULES FOR AI-GENERATED POLITICAL ADS ON TV AND RADIO, BUT CAN'T TOUCH STREAMING
The head of the Federal Communications Commission introduced on Wednesday a proposal to require political advertisers to disclose when they use content generated by artificial intelligence in broadcast television and radio ads.
USING AI, MASTERCARD EXPECTS TO FIND COMPROMISED CARDS QUICKER, BEFORE THEY GET USED BY CRIMINALS
Mastercard said this week that it expects to be able to discover that your credit or debit card number has been compromised well before it ends up in the hands of a cybercriminal.
Mac + iPad
THE VERY BEST FEATURES OF BOTH PLATFORMS WORKING TOGETHER
Q&A: CIA'S CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST'S CAUTIOUS EMBRACE OF GENERATIVE AI
Knowledge advantage can save lives, win wars and avert disaster.
THE FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE BUYING YOUR FIRST USED TESLA
It's a good time to be in the market for a used Tesla. Tesla's significant price cuts over the past year on its new cars have caused the prices of used Teslas to drop significantly.
SENATORS URGE $32 BILLION IN EMERGENCY SPENDING ON AI AFTER FINISHING YEARLONG REVIEW
A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a new report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address the risks” of the quickly developing technology.