The content creator behind a viral video storm over AI-generated influencers has confirmed that she indeed did authorize the company Arcads to use her likeness in a generative video tool that was then deployed to create a video advertising hygienic wipes.
Earlier this week, a video went viral showing a woman ranting about “stanky body odor” while sitting in the front se
Americans, in case you haven’t heard, are obsessed with short-form videos. The average TikTok user in the U.S. spends 97 minutes per day on the platform. YouTube users, meanwhile, spend a little under 90 minutes on the video sharing site; Instagram users dedicate over 30 minutes a day to scrolling the Meta-owned network.
Despite all that success, a significant per
Are you human?
It’s an increasingly important question, and one that’s getting harder to answer.
With its squiggly letters, the old CAPTCHA, the Completely Automated Public Turing Test To distinguish Computers from Humans, was developed in the early 2000s to stop malicious bots from creating new email accounts and was later used, somewhat ironically, to train machines to “read” garbled text. But g
Less than a year after Sega recognized a group of its workers as a union, the group has ratified its first contract with the company—the first with a major publisher in the industry.
The contract, which was ratified Tuesday, will cover 150 workers who are members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and includes a number of protections, ranging from higher salaries to Just Cause protections in the event of layoffs.
“This is a watershed moment for workers i
The most revealing moment of Ronna McDaniel’s first—and, it turns out, only—time as an NBC News political analyst came at the very end of her appearance on Meet the Press.
After a ">tense line of questioning from moderator Kristen Welker over her past as head of the Republican National Committee, McDaniel shot back “I represent 50% of this country, whether you like it or not.”
McDaniel won’
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The San Francisco-based company Databricks announced on
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Candor is a great new site that helps others get to know you beyond your job title. Answer icebreaker-style questions about when you’re at your best, what you’re curious about,
Roughly a year ago, the online learning nonprofit Khan Academy launched Khanmigo—an experimental AI tutor designed to give students one-on-one guidance without doing their homework for them.
In that time, the limited access pilot has expanded to roughly 65,000 students across more than 53 school districts, with plans to expand to anywhere from 500,000 to
With more than a dozen new categories, Fast Company’s sixth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list is aiming to be more comprehensive than ever. Here are six reasons why you should apply.
1. Brand exposure. Every company selected as a finalist will be featured in the summer issue of the magazine and on fastcompany.com.
Not only have I had the privilege of working in and covering Silicon Valley for the past 40 years, but I was also born here. I remember what it was like when it was called the “Valley of Heart’s Delight.” Back then, the entire valley was orchards of apricots, peaches, and cherries and fields of strawberries. In fact, at that time, the area’s primary business was fruit-packing canneries that processed these fruits and made jams and jellies. The summer mornings of my ch