Google Makes It Easy to Deepfake Yourself
…This selfie-capture style will feel familiar to anyone who signed up for the Sora app, which OpenAI launched last year as an AI-first social media platform where people can generate…
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…The company also announced its new Googlebook platform: AI-first laptops powered by various Android technologies, but it’s very different from a Chromebook. Google won’t share too many specifics yet…
Meta Copies Snapchat’s Homework Again With ‘Plus’ Features for Instagram and Facebook
…mimicking other social media platforms’ successes—specifically, Snapchat. “Loving husband, father of four boys, VP Product @ Meta” reads Evan Spiegel’s tongue-in-cheek LinkedIn profile. Spiegel, the cofounder and CEO of…
The Pro-Iran Meme Machine Trolling Trump With AI Lego Cartoons
…producing, and editing each video using AI tools. (The group would not reveal which AI tools it was using.) The videos quickly took hold on platforms like TikTok, X, and Instagram. “People…
Former OpenAI Staffers Warn That xAI’s Poor Safety Record Could Complicate SpaceX’s IPO
…The latter case prompted at least 37 US attorneys general to send a letter demanding that Musk’s AI lab take steps to protect women and children on its platform. Hedley says…
Gen Z Is Pioneering a New Understanding of Truth
…New York University professor and media critic Scott Galloway has been blunt about the way AI and algorithmic platforms are reshaping truth for Gen Z. He argues that AI-powered platforms like…
The Race Is on to Keep AI Agents From Running Wild With Your Credit Cards
…platforms merchants, payment providers and others across sectors will need to be able to realistically adopt and support the protocols at scale. Looking at the pace of development in agentic AI, Pablo…
The Pope’s Warnings About AI Were AI-Generated, a Detection Tool Claims
…Researchers have found AI slop everywhere online. It undermines journalism and social platforms alike. Text generated at least in part by AI accounts for more than a third of all new websites…
AI Agents Are Coming for Your Dating Life
…the platform whose value depends on their continued singlehood? There’s also the ick-factor: Might people be repulsed by the idea of outsourcing decisions about their romantic life to AI? The…
Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything
…long believed that AI poses new challenges and opens new opportunities in cyber defense.” Those who maintain components of internet infrastructure and firms that develop foundational tech platforms also seem enthusiastic about…