By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business By any standard, John August is a successful screenwriter. He’s written such films as “Big Fish,” “Charlie’s Angels” and “Go.” But even he is concerned about the impact AI could have on his work. A powerful new crop of AI tools, trained on vast troves of data online, can
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, BOSTON DYNAMICS, FOX NEWS SUNDAY By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business By any standard, John August is a successful screenwriter. He’s written such films as “Big Fish,” “Charlie’s Angels” and “Go.” But even he is concerned about the impact AI could have on his work. A powerful new crop of
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Kelly Microsoft is rolling out the new AI-powered version of its Bing search engine to anyone who wants to use it. Nearly three months after the company debuted a limited preview version of its new Bing, powered by the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, Microsoft is opening it up to all users without a
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Facebook-parent Meta of violating its landmark $5 billion privacy settlement and called for toughening up restrictions on the company, after alleging Meta has improperly shared user data with third parties and failed to protect children as it has promised. The proposal to update the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn The days of having to think up new passwords that aren’t “password123” may be coming to an end — at least on your Google accounts. Google on Wednesday began rolling out support for passkeys, an alternative sign-in method for apps and websites that the company says is meant to serve as an
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple and Google are working together on a new industry-wide effort to help limit the risk of Bluetooth devices like AirTags being used for unwanted tracking after a number of reports about these products enabling stalking. The companies announced a joint proposal on Tuesday for a new technical specification
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Hackers have seized on worldwide interest in the artificial intelligence-powered tool ChatGPT in an effort to break into people’s devices, Facebook owner Meta revealed in a security report Wednesday, equating the phenomenon to the surge in cryptocurrency scams. Meta’s security team said it found hackers software that claimed
Continue ReadingCNN, REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, YOUTUBE, GOP, MIDJOURNEY, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, UKRAINE ALWAYS, NEWSFROMINDIAHERE, TIM BOUCHER By Samantha Kelly Microsoft is rolling out the new AI-powered version of its Bing search engine to anyone who wants to use it. Nearly three months after the company debuted a limited preview version of its new Bing, powered by
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Facebook’s parent company Meta announced Wednesday that it has taken down a network of more than 100 China-based accounts that posed as organizations in the US and Europe and pushed pro-Beijing talking points. The Facebook and Instagram accounts, which included a fictitious news organization and posed as a
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Korn Geoffrey Hinton, also known as the “Godfather of AI,” decided he had to “blow the whistle” on the technology he helped develop after worrying about how smart it was becoming, he told CNN on Tuesday. “I’m just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us,” Hinton
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN TikTok is about to lose a key safety executive as the app faces growing pressure from lawmakers and threats of a ban in the United States. TikTok’s Head of US Data Security Trust and Safety Eric Han is set to leave the company next week. His departure was confirmed to CNN
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Korn Geoffrey Hinton, also known as the “Godfather of AI,” decided he had to “blow the whistle” on the technology he helped develop after worrying about how smart it was becoming, he told CNN on Tuesday. “I’m just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us,” Hinton
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn Geoffrey Hinton, also known as the “Godfather of AI,” decided he had to “blow the whistle” on the technology he helped develop after worrying about how smart it was becoming, he told CNN on Tuesday. “I’m just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us,” Hinton told
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Twitter said Tuesday it will permit public institutions such as transit agencies and the National Weather Service to post large volumes of automated tweets for free, provided that the accounts doing so are “verified gov or publicly owned services.” The announcement marks another sudden pivot in Twitter’s attempts to charge institutional
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Some of the internet’s biggest adult websites, including Pornhub, are now blocking access to Utah users over a new age verification law that takes effect on Wednesday. Pornhub and other adult sites controlled by its parent, MindGeek, began blocking visitors with Utah-based IP addresses this week. Now, instead of seeing adult
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN Some of the internet’s biggest adult websites, including Pornhub, are now blocking access to Utah users over a new age verification law that takes effect on Wednesday. Pornhub and other adult sites controlled by its parent, MindGeek, began blocking visitors with Utah-based IP addresses this week. Now, instead of seeing
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Korn Geoffrey Hinton, who has been called the ‘Godfather of AI,’ confirmed Monday that he left his role at Google last week to speak out about the “dangers” of the technology he helped to develop. Hinton’s pioneering work on neural networks shaped artificial intelligence systems powering many of today’s products. He worked
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Uber on Tuesday reported revenue of $8.8 billion for the quarter ending in March, a 29% increase from the same period last year and beating Wall Street’s estimates. The company’s continued strength comes despite lingering recession fears and stands in stark contrast to the slowing growth at other tech companies. It
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn Geoffrey Hinton, who has been called the ‘Godfather of AI,’ confirmed Monday that he left his role at Google last week to speak out about the “dangers” of the technology he helped to develop. Hinton’s pioneering work on neural networks shaped artificial intelligence systems powering many of today’s products. He worked part-time
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey backtracked Saturday on his earlier endorsement of Elon Musk as the right choice to lead the company, speaking out against the billionaire who, for the past six months, has led Twitter through a series of largely self-inflicted crises. Asked on Bluesky, Dorsey’s new Twitter-like social media
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