… He said the mixture of “ads plus AI is sort of uniquely unsettling,” and it raised questions about who may be influencing a chatbot’s answers. “I kind of think of ads as like a last resort for us for a business model,” he said. “I would do it if it meant that was the only way to get everybody in th… …
… With access to your email and messages, the AI agent can attempt tasks tailored to your workload. …
… Business email compromise, tech and customer support scams, personal data breaches, and confidence or romance scams, make up the other most common crime reports. Crimes mentioning AI led to $893 million in losses. …
… WIRED: Nick, there was a lot of concern a few years ago that AI was going to cannibalize Google, but the business has continued to do better than ever. How is AI changing Google’s ads business? …
… The neutered release of Claude Fable 5 hints at Anthropic’s business tension of wanting to release a Mythos-class AI model for general use before the tech industry has resolved the cybersecurity concerns of these models. …
… Recently, employees at Meta petitioned against the rollout of tracking software on their laptops to train AI systems, and the company later allowed for more exemptions from the initiative. The Meta workers have also been frustrated over the use of mass layoffs to free up cash for AI projects. …
… This could allow operators to know precise locations of objects, their shape and size, how fast they're moving, and what kind of materials they may be made of. “There's a lot of discussion around using the 6G infrastructure when it's deployed to detect the presence of drones flying through the air,… …
… The plaintiffs say they’d sooner drop the suit than submit to harassment and doxing from Musk’s online supporters. xAI’s lawyers, however, claim that since the deepfakes will remain under seal, there’s “nothing inherently stigmatizing” about naming the people in them. …
… AI Panic Meta is not alone in cutting jobs while spending lavishly on AI services and infrastructure. Block, Coinbase, and Cloudflare have all laid off thousands of employees, citing AI as a catalyst for the restructuring. …
… He's painting his own picture. Zoë Schiffer: Yeah. Yeah, thank you. I really tried to land that. Yeah, he's the one giving the Kool-Aid to everyone else. Leah Feiger: But you can't separate that from how successful that's going for him business-wise. …