‘A.I. Obama’ and Fake Newscasters: How A.I. Audio Is Swarming TikTok 12-10-2023
TikTok accounts are spreading falsehoods with the help from A.I.-generated voices.Lees verder op New York Times
As Red States Curb Social Media, Did Montana’s TikTok Ban Go Too Far? 12-10-2023
Montana is at the forefront of a wave of new tech laws passed by Republican-led states. Some give parents control over their children’s social media accounts.Lees verder op New York Times
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Closest Friends Become His Foes in Courtroom Clash 12-10-2023
The FTX founder’s criminal trial has made clear just how much his inner circle has turned against him.Lees verder op New York Times
In a letter to Thierry Breton, X CEO Linda Yaccarino says X has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, labeled tens of thousands of posts, and more (Reuters) 12-10-2023
Reuters: In a letter to Thierry Breton, X CEO Linda Yaccarino says X has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, labeled tens of thousands of posts, and more — Oct 12 (Reuters) – The X social media platform has removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts and taken action to remove or label tens … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Everything You Need to Know About NameDrop for the Apple Watch – CNET 12-10-2023
Share contact information with the flick of your wrist (or really the tap of your Apple Watch).Lees verder op Cnet
October Prime Day 2023: Sign Up for Amazon Prime and Take Advantage of Remaining Deals – CNET 12-10-2023
Amazon’s sale might’ve ended yesterday, but there are ongoing deals you can still get — for now. You’ll need a Prime membership if you want to get in on the action.Lees verder op Cnet
Investigation: instant loan app scams push people in India and other countries into a spiral of debt, driving many to suicide after shame and blackmail (BBC) 12-10-2023
BBC: Investigation: instant loan app scams push people in India and other countries into a spiral of debt, driving many to suicide after shame and blackmail — A blackmail scam is using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across India and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cleanlab, which sells data labelling tools for more accurate AI training data, raised a $25M Series A led by Menlo Ventures and TQ Ventures at a $100M valuation (Alex Konrad/Forbes) 12-10-2023
Alex Konrad / Forbes: Cleanlab, which sells data labelling tools for more accurate AI training data, raised a $25M Series A led by Menlo Ventures and TQ Ventures at a $100M valuation — The startup based on a popular open-source project for fixing data problems in AI models now counts cloud heavyweight Databricks as an investor and partner. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sources: OpenAI plans to unveil major developer updates on November 6, like memory storage in its tools and vision capabilities to analyze and describe images (Reuters) 12-10-2023
Reuters: Sources: OpenAI plans to unveil major developer updates on November 6, like memory storage in its tools and vision capabilities to analyze and describe images — OpenAI plans to introduce major updates for developers next month to make it cheaper and faster to build software applications based … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Automattic expands ActivityPub support to WordPress.com hosted sites, letting blog owners reach 13.3M users across the fediverse, including Mastodon's 1.8M MAUs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 12-10-2023
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Automattic expands ActivityPub support to WordPress.com hosted sites, letting blog owners reach 13.3M users across the fediverse, including Mastodon’s 1.8M MAUs — Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plugin that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse … Lees verder op Tech Meme