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Mark Zuckerberg gives impromptu apology at child safety Senate Hearing
In an unscripted scene during tense testimony Wednesday, Meta Platforms Inc chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg stood before a packed Senate hearing room and apologised directly to the families of children who were victims of sexual…
Elon Musk judge rules ‘unfathomable’ pay deal made Tesla CEO overpaid
In throwing out Elon Musk’s US$55bil (RM260.17bil) Tesla pay deal, a Delaware judge began her legal opinion with a simple question: “Was the richest person in the world overpaid?”
After about a year’s consideration and 200 pages of legal…
Could AI help shift attitudes on issues like climate change?
To what extent can AI software such as ChatGPT influence Internet users’ opinions on hot topics such as the climate crisis or the Black Lives Matter movement? To find out, researchers in the US conducted an experiment involving 3,000…
This tool protects online images from being scraped to train generative AI
Unveiled in the fall and now available for download, Nightshade is a tool capable of ‘fooling’ the artificial intelligence models currently used for automatic image generation. The idea is to help artists prevent their work from being…
Universal Music’s licensing agreement with TikTok set to expire
(Reuters) - Universal Music Group's agreement with TikTok will expire on Jan. 31 and the companies have not agreed on new terms, which will mean the music label will cease licensing content to TikTok and TikTok Music services, it said on…
TikTok tests feature that could make all videos shoppable
TikTok is testing a feature that could make all posts shoppable, the social media company’s latest move to create a multi-billion-dollar US ecommerce business.
The new feature uses technology to identify objects in a video automatically.…
AI startup ElevenLabs bans account blamed for Biden audio deepfake
The creator of an audio deepfake of US President Joe Biden urging people not to vote in last week’s New Hampshire primary has been suspended by ElevenLabs, according to a person familiar with the matter. ElevenLabs’ technology was used to…
Apple home devices, car veteran exits for top Rivian product role
An Apple Inc veteran who led work on home devices and helped start efforts to develop an electric vehicle is leaving for Rivian Automotive Inc, marking yet another senior departure for the iPhone maker.
DJ Novotney, a vice president of…
Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media. Her fans are fighting back
NEW YORK: Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix.
Sexually explicit and abusive fake images…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO calls for billionaires to give away more and soon
The CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has a message: Hey billionaires, give away more of your money to address inequality and do it soon.
Mark Suzman made the call in his annual letter released Thursday that led with the story…