Last week, Universal Music Group (UMG) pulled their catalog from TikTok. In an instant, videos that once were soundtracked to the voices of Taylor Swift and Post Malone fell silent. And now, not even the artists themselves can share their music on the app.
In an open letter published last week, UMG placed the bulk of the blame on concerns about artificial intelligence. “TikTok is allowing the platform to be flooded with AI-generated recordings—as well as developing too
Artificial intelligence has the potential to change the world. By many measures, it already has. But while policymakers and political leaders worry about the impact of generative AI tools like ChatGPT on their population, and the leaders of the companies behind the tech worry their innovation is about to be trampled upon by regulation, some are concerned about the deeper issues.
Starting today, delegates are gathering in Slovenia at the second Global Forum on the Ethics of AI organi
Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen, and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch says.
The U.S.-based nonprofit linked some of the world’s largest car manufacturers to aluminum allegedly produced with forced labor by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region and other parts of the country.
China is accused
From the moment I popped my SIM card into Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra, I couldn’t wait to stop using it again.
It’s not because I prefer the iPhone—I toggle between iOS and Android for fun and research purposes—or because the S24 Ultra is a bad phone. The real culprit is Samsung’s other flagship, the Galaxy Z Fold5, which I bought in October.
At this point, I’m well past the new gadget honeymoon phase and am clear-eyed about
If you’ve heard anything about the relationship between Big Tech and climate change, it’s probably that the data centers that power our online lives use a mind-boggling amount of power. And some of the newest energy hogs on the block are artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. Some researchers suggest that ChatGPT alone might use as much power as 33,000 U.S. households in a typical day, a number that could balloon as the technology becomes more widespread.
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ChatGPT now lets you create new AI bots. If you have a paid subscription you can make your own bot for specialized tasks or search the ChatGPT store for others’ creations. Read on for useful bots and steps to make a new one.
Notable bots to try
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Anyone who has played video games knows that they do one thing well: Keep score. At any given moment, players know what level they’re on, how many points or kills or badges they’ve earned, and how far they must go to win.
Oh, and they’re fun.
That sophistication—and a bit of that fun—may soon be coming to school assessments.
Educators and developers are increasingly looking to the digital world of games and simulations to make t
A former CIA software engineer, Joshua Schulte, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for his convictions related to the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history and possession of child sexual abuse images and videos. Schulte, aged 35, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court for his role in the embarrassing public release of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017. The so-called Vault 7 leak revealed CIA hacking activities involving Apple and Android smartphones for overseas spying
Twenty years ago today, in the Kirkland House dormitory of Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg rolled out a social network for students at the school. The site ran on a single server, which cost Zuck $85 per month to keep running.
Within a week, more than 650 students had joined what was then called “The Facebook.” In the fourth quarter of last year, the company averaged 3.07 billion monthly users.
Zuckerberg’s company, which, of course, is now called