Social media firm boss says he will sue media watchdog that said ads were being placed alongside antisemitic content Elon Musk has said he will be filing a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against Media Matters and others, after major US companies paused their adverts on his social media site over concerns about antisemitism. Media watchdog Media Matters …
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The iPhone maker had been one of the social network’s biggest advertisers, spending as much as $100m a year Apple will pause all its advertising on X, formerly Twitter, two days after owner Elon Musk tweeted his enthusiastic agreement with an antisemitic post, according to a report in Axios. Apple’s ads had run beside tweets …
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AI firm’s board said Altman was ‘not consistently candid in his communications with the board’ and had lost its confidence OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman was fired for lying to the board of his company, according to an announcement issued Friday. A statement from the company reads, “Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review …
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The X owner tweeted that a post about Jewish people hating white people was ‘the actual truth,’ prompting backlash Two days after X owner Elon Musk tweeted his full-throated agreement with an antisemitic post, Joe Biden excoriated the billionaire’s “abhorrent” post. A statement from the White House issued Friday reads: “We condemn this abhorrent promotion …
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In response to criticism that Azure AI Speech was simply a ‘deepfakes creator’, Microsoft said it had implemented safeguards Microsoft announced its latest contribution to the artificial intelligence race at its developer conference this week: software that can generate new avatars and voices or replicate the existing appearance and speech of a user – raising …
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The Bluey TV show has blossomed into a cultural phenomenon, not least because of its frank, empathic take on parenting. But how to replicate that in a children’s video game? Following Peppa Pig’s capable reign as the most bearable option for overwhelmed parents looking for respite from the gaudy assault that is preschooler TV, a …
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This painstaking reproduction of one of the earliest and most beloved games consoles is light on games, but heavy on nostalgic kick The Atari 2600 is, for a certain generation of gamers, the most nostalgia-igniting console ever made. From its wood veneer fascia to its chunky carts and the legendary CX40 joystick, the machine evokes …
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Center for Countering Digital Hate files motion to dismiss claim by X, formerly Twitter The anti-hate speech group being sued by Elon Musk’s X has accused the company of lodging a claim “riddled with legal deficiencies” and trying to intimidate and censor it, amid growing pressure over the platform’s pro-Nazi content and its owner’s support …
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My creation was well received – the BBC described it as ‘netlicks’ During the pandemic, Tokyo’s bustling Meiji University campus stood still. My students were confined to their homes, appearing only as small figures on my screen during Zoom lectures on human-computer interaction. I spent the days in my lab, looking for ways to pass …
After years of reluctance, company announces iPhones will support RCS messaging standard Apple plans to adopt a messaging standard that will allow for a smoother texting experience between iPhones and Android devices, long a point of contention with rival Google. For years, Apple has refused to make its products play nice with devices not designed …
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