Mapping the misuse of generative AI
New research analyzes the misuse of multimodal generative AI today, in order to help build safer and more responsible technologies.
Read MoreNew research analyzes the misuse of multimodal generative AI today, in order to help build safer and more responsible technologies.
Read MoreRob Thubron reports via TechSpot: It’s a sad case of another day, another round of mass layoffs at a game studio. On this occasion, Destiny developer Bungie has announced it is letting go of 220 employees, or 17% of its workforce. CEO Pete Parsons said the eliminations were due to “financial challenges,” which isn’t going
Read MoreSubway cars have a tough life. Moving people through a city efficiently underground every day and night takes a toll on the hardware. To keep things running efficiently, NYC rebuilds its cars every six years. The enormous job of refurbing a subway car back to factory spec happens in one of two yards, either in
Read MoreCameron Adams, co-founder of Canva, said that two Australian companies are joining forces to bring ‘world-first breakthroughs’ in AI and creativity. Read more: Canva snaps up Australian AI start-up Leonardo
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Delta Air Lines has hired prominent attorney David Boies to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft following an outage this month that caused millions of computers to crash, leading to thousands of flight cancellations. CrowdStrike shares fell as much as 5% in extended trading on Monday after
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A new Pixel 8 Pro mod allows users to dramatically boost the screen’s PWM rate. Some people are sensitive to screens with a low PWM rate, resulting in headaches, eye strain, and nausea. This mod requires some advanced tinkering that can result in a bricked phone if you don’t
Read MoreBack in the early 90s the world was almost graced with an arcade version of Lemmings, but after a few board revisions it was abandoned in 1991. Now the folk over at UK-based [RMC – The Cave] on YouTube have managed to not only get their mitts on a nearly finished prototype board, but have
Read MoreThe LimeGlider and LimeBike, currently in pilot programs, have smaller frames and wheels and are equipped with throttles.
Read MoreAI characters in Instagram. | Meta Meta is opening up the ability for anyone in the US to create AI versions of themselves in Instagram or on the web, with a new tool called AI Studio. The pitch is that creators and business owners will use these AI profiles to talk to their followers on
Read MoreThe Apple HomeKit compatible Logitech Circle View Doorbell is still alive and buzzing. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple HomeKit users can breathe a sigh of relief. Logitech’s Circle View Doorbell and Circle View Camera, an indoor/outdoor security camera, are still being manufactured and sold — despite a comment from Logitech’s CEO
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: California’s “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act” (a.k.a. SB-1047) has led to a flurry of headlines and debate concerning the overall “safety” of large artificial intelligence models. But critics are concerned that the bill’s overblown focus on existential threats by future AI
Read MoreThe Circle to Search functionality of Google Lens is showing up in the latest Chrome and ChromeOS betas. We’re not yet seeing it on all devices, but Google’s formal what’s-new announcement makes clear it’s incoming. PC/Mac users may want to pin the option to their toolbar for easier access. Google introduces features and services all
Read MoreFilming for the next season of The Morning Show is well underway, with onlookers capturing a dramatic scene where star Jennifer Aniston gets soaked in oil. Jennifer Aniston in oil – image credit GC Images The context of the scene isn’t clear, but it appears that Aniston’s character Alex Levy is attending or walking through
Read MoreApple has released updates for its current-gen operating systems, with the builds of iOS 17.6, iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, and macOS Sonoma 14.6 now available to install. iOS 17.6 has been released Following five rounds of betas, including a batch of release candidates, Apple has released the updates for its current-generation operating systems.
Read MoreWhile Activity Rings are a staple for fitness enthusiasts, there might be times when you need to pause them. Here’s how you can do it in watchOS 11. How to pause Activity Rings in watchOS 11 The Activity Rings on the Apple Watch are a great way to keep track of your daily movement, exercise,
Read MoreAmazon paid nearly $1 billion to acquire the live-video startup Twitch Interactive in 2014. A decade later, the retail giant has received little financial return from one of its bigger acquisitions. WSJ: Known for hourslong broadcasts of videogame play, Twitch remains unprofitable despite periods of explosive popularity, according to current and former employees knowledgeable about
Read MoreAs you probably know by now, I switch phones — a lot. It goes with the territory as a reviewer. But the important part is I get to pick out the things I like and don’t like about every flavor of Android under the sun. And, even though there are more versions of Android than
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The latest version of the Oura app for Android has revealed an upcoming feature that will help users track their meals. The feature will also utilize AI to identify meal items. Oura will use the meal and meal times data to help users figure out how their meals affect
Read MoreCredit: Lil Katz / Android Authority The iPhone 16 series may launch without Apple Intelligence features, as the company has reportedly pushed them to iOS 18.1. Apple may start beta testing iOS 18.1 and its AI additions as soon as this week, with the public release to follow in October. Some Apple Intelligence features won’t
Read MoreFounded last year, the NovaUCD-based start-up raised €500,000 in a pre-seed round last month to deploy its SaaS platform across Ireland, Germany and the UK. Read more: Better Futures: A virtual assistant for engineers to adopt AI faster
Read MoreThe BiVACOR THA hooked up with the CTO Dianiel Timms in the background. (Credit: BiVACOR) Outside of the brain, the heart is probably the organ that you miss the most when it ceases to function correctly. Unfortunately, as we cannot grow custom replacement hearts yet, we have to keep heart patients alive long enough for
Read MoreThe Python Software Foundation’s board “was alerted to a defect in our bylaws that exposes the Foundation to an unbounded financial liability,” according to a blog post Friday: Specifically, Bylaws Article XIII as originally written compels the Python Software Foundation to extend indemnity coverage to individual Members (including our thousands of “Basic Members”) in certain
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Drive could soon be able to save scanned documents as JPEG files in addition to its current ability to save them as PDFs. This would give Google Drive better feature parity against dedicated document scanner apps like Microsoft Lens. The feature has been spotted rolling out to devices.
Read MoreThere’s an old saying in the amateur radio community that when it comes to antennas all you need is a piece of wet string. This may be a little fanciful, but it’s certainly true that an effective antenna can be made with surprisingly little in the way of conductor. It’s something [Evan Pratten VZ3ZZA] demonstrates
Read MoreNo R-rated film has ever earned as much in its opening weekend, reports the Hollywood Reporter — a whopping $205 million. (The previous record was $133.7 million, set in 2016 by the original film Deadpool…) It’s also the very R-rated film ever released by Disney… [Deadpool actor Ryan] Reynolds has his own theory about its
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