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Source: Meta is paying several top creators millions of dollars each over multiple years for nonexclusive use of their likeness in its text-based AI characters (Sahil Patel/The Information)

Sahil Patel / The Information: Source: Meta is paying several top creators millions of dollars each over multiple years for nonexclusive use of their likeness in its text-based AI characters — Meta Platforms’ decision to create artificial intelligence characters based on the likeness of some of the most famous people …

Bing’s AI image generator tries to block ‘twin towers’ prompts, but it’s not working

The real World Trade Center in 1980. | Photo by Jack Mecca / Getty Images After some users of Bing’s DALL-E 3 integration found a loophole in the tool’s guardrails and generated art featuring several beloved animated characters and the Twin Towers, Microsoft seems to have blocked prompts like ‘twin towers’ and ‘world trade center’

Q&A with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati about joining OpenAI, copyright challenges, AI regulation, competition, safety challenges, DALL-E 3, the future of AI, and more (Fortune)

Fortune: Q&A with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati about joining OpenAI, copyright challenges, AI regulation, competition, safety challenges, DALL-E 3, the future of AI, and more — Murati talks with Fortune about the ultra-high stakes in the generative AI revolution. — Mere moments before Mira Murati …

Sony confirms server security breaches that exposed employee data

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Sony is sending out notices to some current and former Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) employees warning that their personal information was compromised in a system breach that occurred in May. The letters went out to about 6,800 affected individuals, as reported by Bleeping Computer. The publication also received

Q&A with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati about joining OpenAI, copyright challenges, AI regulation, competition, safety challenges, DALL-E 3, the future of AI, and more (Fortune)

Source: Meta is paying several creators millions of dollars over multiple years for nonexclusive use of their likeness in its AI chatbots (Sahil Patel/The Information)

Sahil Patel / The Information: Source: Meta is paying several creators millions of dollars over multiple years for nonexclusive use of their likeness in its AI chatbots — Meta Platforms’ decision to create artificial intelligence characters based on the likeness of some of the most famous people on the planet is paying off handsomely—for the

A Steam Deck refresh could be coming soon

Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Valve appears to have pushed a new Steam Deck through the FCC’s certification process without anybody noticing. No one noticed until now because Valve snuck the device through using its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip vendor. The refreshed Steam Deck could have more to it than just a new Wi-Fi

Elon Musk is stonewalling the SEC, and now he’s getting sued

Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Elon Musk over his refusal to testify in an investigation into Musk’s purchase of Twitter stock in 2022. According to the SEC’s complaint, Musk was scheduled to appear for testimony on September 15th after receiving a subpoena. However, “two

Some 4chan users are running a coordinated campaign to flood the internet with racist images created using Bing’s text-to-image generator powered by DALL-E 3 (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: Some 4chan users are running a coordinated campaign to flood the internet with racist images created using Bing’s text-to-image generator powered by DALL-E 3 — 4chan users are coordinating a posting campaign where they use Bing’s AI text-to-image generator to create racist images that they can then post across the

The best Google Pixel 8 alternatives: 5 phones to consider before you buy

Google has officially launched the Google Pixel 8 series! These will undoubtedly be some of the most exciting devices of 2023. The vanilla Pixel 8, especially, will offer a lot of bang for your buck, especially in the camera department. However, you might have been hoping for a bit more from Google this year. If

Forza Motorsport looks and feels like Forza but with an RPG hiding under the hood

Image: Microsoft The new Forza Motorsport’s strengths are in the sections you can’t see with your eyes, like better physics, AI, and audio. Continue reading…

Microsoft’s C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code reaches GA

C# Dev Kit, a Visual Studio Code extension for “editor first” C# development, has reached general availability, Microsoft announced on October 4. The extension leverages C# language services and helps developers manage and test their C# code. An integrated solution explorer handles project management chores, while tests in XUnit, NUmit, and bUnit will be discovered

Google Pixel 8 Pro vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max: Which should you buy?

The Google Pixel 8 Pro is the best Pixel that Google has ever made. Similarly, the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are the best iPhones that Apple has ever made. For people stuck deciding between the best of the best, what phone should they prefer? Let’s compare the Google Pixel 8 Pro

Google Pixel Watch 2 vs Fitbit Sense 2: Which should you buy?

Falling under the same Google umbrella, the latest Pixel Watch 2 and Fitbit Sense 2 directly compete for a place on shoppers’ wrists. They’re also both in their second generation, though one smartwatch seems to be improving its line while the other feels like a step backward. Find out more in our Google Pixel Watch

Neat Soldering Station Design Has Workshop & Portable Versions

The warm and rather stinky heart of any hacker’s lair is the soldering station, where the PCB meets the metal (solder). A good soldering station lets you get on with the business of building stuff without worrying about piffling details like temperature and remembering to turn the thing off. The AxxSolder is a neat design

Filing: the US SEC sues Elon Musk to force him to testify in its probe into his Twitter takeover in 2022, after Musk failed to appear for testimony in September (Austin Weinstein/Bloomberg)

Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg: Filing: the US SEC sues Elon Musk to force him to testify in its probe into his Twitter takeover in 2022, after Musk failed to appear for testimony in September — – Agency says that billionaire failed to appear last month — Musk attorney says that his client testified multiple times

After many long years, the ‘Check for Updates’ page gets redesigned for Pixels

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Android 14 QPR1 beta 2 shows a revamped Google Pixel “Check for Updates” page. Gone is the dull, text-heavy page with a colorful, helpful page in its place. This will likely roll out to Pixels in December with that month’s Feature Drop. On your Google Pixel phone right

We built the $150 Xbox 360 made of Lego-like Mega bricks

A white Xbox 360 with a hard drive, controller, and a “copy” of Halo 3 — you build them all with bricks. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Have I mentioned recently that I have the best job in the world? This week, I spent three and a half hours building an Xbox

Docker ties up with Neo4j, LangChain, and Ollama to launch Gen AI Stack

Docker, the software platform for building applications based on containers, has partnered with Neo4j, LangChain, and Ollama to release Gen AI Stack, designed to provide a one-stop platform that will allow developers to not only create applications but incorporate generative AI into them as well. To read this article in full, please click here

Epic is changing Unreal Engine’s pricing for non-game developers

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Fortnite developer Epic Games is changing the way it charges people who use its creation tool Unreal Engine sometime next year — but only for a subset of users, according to CEO Tim Sweeney (via Game From Scratch). Game developers using Unreal Engine won’t be affected and will

How Nvidia, Intel, and Qualcomm are pushing back against the Biden administration’s plans for further crackdowns on their sales of semiconductor tech to China (New York Times)

New York Times: How Nvidia, Intel, and Qualcomm are pushing back against the Biden administration’s plans for further crackdowns on their sales of semiconductor tech to China — Nvidia, Intel and Qualcomm are campaigning to protect their businesses before further crackdowns on the sale of semiconductor technology to Beijing.

The iRacing team is making a NASCAR racing sim for consoles

Image: iRacing iRacing, known for its simulation racing game for PC, has acquired the rights from Motorsport Games to make a NASCAR racing sim for consoles, according to a Thursday press release. NASCAR and iRacing already work together on virtual races within iRacing that have “thousands of people participating daily,” the press release says, and

Samsung announces mobile driver’s licenses for Samsung Wallet

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Samsung will bring mobile driver’s licenses and state IDs to Samsung Wallet on smartphones. Iowa and Arizona will be the first states to offer a mobile version of their driver’s license to residents. Samsung is working with the TSA on a test program to accept mobile driver’s licenses at

Google Pixel 8 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra: Which should you buy?

When you think of Android, chances are that you picture a Google or Samsung smartphone before anything else. Indeed, the two companies offer some of the best hardware and software combinations money can buy. Now that both companies have officially revealed their flagship smartphones for 2023, we can finally pit them against each other. In

Lucid’s under-$80,000 base Air Pure EV is now available to order

Lucid is finally ready to ship a lower-end offering for customers who are interested in the automaker’s electric Air sedan. The new Lucid Air Pure RWD brings the line’s starting price down to $77,400 — the entry price announced by the automaker in 2020 — with 410 miles of range on a single charge when

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