A leading kids’ online safety advocate and the former U.S. surgeon general are pushing for voters to decide on AI chatbots, after Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar bill. SAN FRANCISCO — Former Biden administration U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and a leading kids online safety advocate announced they are filing a ballot initiative in California … Read more
PLA building five-layer seabed-to-space web to detect stealth subs, aiming to shift anti-sub warfare from reactive to predictive China is racing to make the Western Pacific “transparent” to submarines—pitting its expanding seabed-to-space surveillance web against the stealthiest arm of US sea power. This month, Defense One reported that China is rapidly advancing its “Transparent Ocean” … Read more
OpenAI has blocked users from making videos of Martin Luther King Jr. on its Sora app after the estate of the civil rights leader complained about the spread of “disrespectful depictions.” Since the company launched Sora three weeks ago, hyper-realistic deepfake videos of King saying crude, offensive or racist things have rocketed across social media, … Read more
A few years ago, Cory Doctorow coined a word that took the internet by storm. It appeared everywhere, including in our newsletter that analyzed why dating apps are breaking the hearts of their users. The American Dialect Society named it its word of the year in 2023. Merriam-Webster even added it to its dictionary — … Read more
Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost AI-generated images of extreme poverty, children and sexual violence survivors are flooding stock photo sites and increasingly being used by leading health NGOs, according to global health professionals who … Read more
Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’ Experts have warned of the perils of relying on a small number of companies for operating the global internet after a glitch at Amazon’s cloud computing service brought down apps and websites around the world. The affected platforms included … Read more
Users of generative AI video app were able to recreate the Breaking Bad actor’s likeness without his consent, which OpenAI called ‘unintentional’ Bryan Cranston has said he is “grateful” to OpenAI for cracking down on deepfakes of himself on the company’s generative AI video platform Sora 2, after users were able to generate his voice … Read more
The latest update to Garmin’s class-leading Fenix adventure watch adds something that could save your life: phone-free communications and emergency messaging on 4G or via satellite. The latest update to Garmin’s class-leading Fenix adventure watch adds something that could save your life: phone-free communications and emergency messaging on 4G or via satellite. The Fenix 8 … Read more
Union says growing numbers of its members have made complaints about infringements of copyright in AI material The performing arts union Equity has threatened mass direct action over tech and entertainment companies’ use of its members’ likenesses, images and voices in AI content without permission. The warning came as the union said growing numbers of … Read more
Company says rules similar to US ‘parental guidance’ film rating will be applied to teenagers’ accounts Instagram is to adopt a version of the PG-13 cinema rating system to give parents stronger controls over their teenagers’ use of the social media platform. Instagram, which is run by Meta, will start applying rules similar to the … Read more