How science fiction and fantasy publishers are dealing with AI tools' role in the industry and with the trust crisis due to AI-generated content becoming common — Science fiction and fantasy authors are struggling with AI-generated media — and formulating strategies to deal with it.
A look at LUUM, a California eyelash studio using robots with computer vision to apply eyelash extensions and planning to sell its $60K robots to other studios — Is this technology a safe alternative for busy people who dream of semi-permanent wispy lashes?
LinkedIn, which launched a skills-matching feature in February 2023, says 45%+ of recruiters on the social network now search for candidates using skills data — As the world of work transforms, LinkedIn is betting that the way employers hire and the way people find jobs will also radically change in the years and decades ahead.
In a test, researchers find that 90%+ of 1,008 jokes generated by GPT-3.5 were not new but rather the same 25 jokes likely learned during the model's training — When tested, “Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes.” — On Wednesday, two German researchers …
As major US banks abandon crypto companies during an expanding crackdown, a look at the emergence of smaller regional US lenders and Swiss, Asian, and UK firms — Two months after the collapse of Silvergate Capital Corp. and Signature Bank, a new banking landscape for crypto companies …
Analysis of NHTSA data: Tesla's FSD and Autopilot were involved in 736 US crashes since 2019, far more than systems from all other car makers combined — Tesla's driver-assistance system, known as Autopilot, has been involved in far more crashes than previously reported
An interview with Jinman Han, head of Samsung's US chip business, on the chip shortage during the pandemic, geopolitics, its $17B fab in Taylor, Texas, and more — WATCH NOW — How Samsung became the world's second biggest advanced chipmaker — Samsung's brand is everywhere.
Nigeria's SEC orders that Binance halt operations in the country, deeming them illegal as the local unit is “neither registered nor regulated by the Commission” — The order against Binance Nigeria Limited follows U.S. SEC allegations that the exchange had violated federal securities laws.
A comparison between US data and 5,100 Stable Diffusion-generated images related to job title and crime finds the tool amplifies gender and racial stereotypes — Heather Hiles, chair of Black Girls Code — At Canva, whose visual communication platform has 125 million active users …
The Dutch government asks TikTok to allow researchers access to the functioning of the platform, with plans to analyze how the algorithm functions — The Dutch government asked ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok to allow researchers access to the functioning of the social media platform in a bid to protect users online.
The Khan Lab School trials Khanmigo, an AI chatbot developed by Khan Academy to simulate one-on-one tutoring, one of the first such experiments in the US — Proponents see the tools as a way to automatically customize academic support. They could also make children test subjects for A.I. experiments.
Spotify is testing a new feature called Your Offline Mix, which will automatically save a mix of users' recently played songs for offline listening — / The playlist is described in the app as ‘a mix of recently played songs for when the vibe is high but your connection is low.’
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg : Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves ...
