Okta's stock closes down 11.57% after the cybersecurity company said a hacker accessed its support system using a stolen credential and viewed client files
- Cybersecurity firm Okta said an unidentified hacker had accessed the company's support system and viewed client files.
SCOTUS pauses a ruling banning Biden administration officials from contacting social media platforms about misinformation and agrees to hear the DOJ's appeal
The court agreed to hear the administration's appeal, setting the stage for a major ruling on what the government may do to encourage sites to delete asserted misinformation.
Google, Meta, Intel, Amazon, Siemens, and others pull out of Web Summit 2023, after the event's co-founder and CEO, Paddy Cosgrave, accused Israel of war crimes
he's totally fu*ked: Google pulls out of Web Summit over Cosgrave's Israel-Hamas comments https://www.irishtimes.com/... Adrian Weckler / @adrianweckler : Google and Stripe have pulled out of the Web ...
Twitch now lets creators simulcast across any live streaming service, with caveats, and adds doxxing and swatting to its Off-Service Conduct enforcement list
Previously, streamers could simulcast on mobile platforms like TikTok and Instagram, but as of Friday, Twitch is significantly broadening …
Paddy Cosgrave steps down as CEO of Web Summit, which plans to appoint a new CEO and the show, due to start on November 13 in Lisbon, will go ahead as planned
Paddy Cosgrave has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer of Web Summit after his remarks following attacks …
Bugs in the ChatGPT app reveal internal natural language prompts shared between DALL-E 3 and ChatGPT, including some commands written in all-caps for emphasis
Politeness and emphasis play a surprising role in AI-model communications. — Not long after OpenAI first unveiled …
Why LLMs, which don't induce an algorithm that computes multiplication, still don't truly understand multiplication no matter how much data they are trained on
Some Reply Guy on X assured me yesteday that “transformers can multiply”. Even pointed me to a paper, allegedly offering proof.
A look at Discord's new Warning System, which limits users' behavior based on their violation instead of relying on strikes, and avoids permanent bans
Most platforms ban their trolls forever. Discord wants to rehabilitate them — Today, let's talk about how the traditional platform justice system …
Doug Bowser on how Nintendo Account may help Switch users move to the next console, Nintendo's game development approach, why Nintendo has no unions, and more
“Everyone has the right to form a union, and certainly in the future, wherever it takes us, we'll respect that.” — https://www.inverse.com/... #nintendo X: Mat Piscatella / @matpiscatella : 👀 “Our ...
Google expands consumer and merchant credit features on Google Pay in India, launches new generative AI-based visual and local capabilities in Search, and more
Country Head & Vice President, Google India — With India looking at a billion connected people in the near future …
The FCC unanimously approves a petition by Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others for access to the 6GHz band for Wi-Fi tethering for AR and VR headsets
and @Qualcomm is working to bring those many benefits to the public asap. #TeamQualcomm Geoffrey Starks / @geoffreystarks : Consumers deserve wireless products that are innovative, efficient, affordab...
Filing: the US SEC drops charges alleging Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Chairman Chris Larsen aided and abetted the company in violating securities laws
How High Can It Soar? PYMNTS.com : SEC Drops Claims Against Ripple Executives Bhushan Akolkar / Coinspeaker : SEC Clears Ripple Executives of All Charges in Lawsuit, XRP Price Shoots Benson Toti / Bit...
Elon Musk says X plans to launch two new premium tiers: a lower cost tier with all the features but no reduction in ads, and a more expensive tier with no ads
And It Could Be a Problem for Elon Musk's Subscription Plan Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology : Exclusive Data: Twitter Is Shrinking Under Elon Musk Nadeem Sarwar / SlashGear : Musk Teases Twitter Subs...
Research: ChatGPT, GPT-4, Bard, and Claude had instances of promoting harmful, inaccurate, race-based content when responding to nine medical questions
As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors' notes and analyze health records …
Nvidia Research announces Eureka, an AI agent powered by GPT-4 that autonomously writes reward algorithms to teach robots to perform complex skills like a human
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IBM researchers unveil a “brain-inspired” NorthPole chip prototype that removes the need to frequently access external memory while consuming vastly less power
In recent years, the surge in interest in Artificial Intelligence … X: Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff : Remember when you read this, because this is going to be a very big deal “The cores are wired tog...
London-based Samaya AI unveils an AI tool that suggests better Wikipedia references for citations the tool identifies as unlikely to support associated claims
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A profile of Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino, who became the stablecoin operator's unofficial frontman on social media and has been appointed as CEO from December 2023
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Q&A with Chris Cox on Meta's plans to incorporate generative AI into its apps, making AI chatbots with personality, like a Snoop Dogg dungeon master, and more
Chief Product Officer Chris Cox on the ways artificial intelligence can improve group chats and why Meta is creating AI chatbots with personalities
A look at Cameo's peak during the pandemic and subsequent fall due to its trouble recruiting big stars, CEO Steven Galanis' unfocused management style, and more
the service that lets you request a personalized video from Dr. Pimple Popper or Dennis Rodman—was valued at $1 billion in 2021. All it had to do was keep growing. What could go wrong? https://www.nyt...
A look at the Allen Institute for AI's plan to build “open” generative AI model OLMo; the nonprofit research center is led by former Apple ML leader Ali Farhadi
The nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, led by a respected computer scientist who sold his company to Apple, is trying to democratize cutting-edge research. X: @stevelohr , @vore_jm , @dataengines , @al...
Hugging Face confirms “regrettable accessibility issues in China”, after a report says the country fully blocked access to the AI model platform on September 12
https://www.semafor.com/... X: Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : Hugging Face confirmed to me that it's been blocked in China. It will be interesting to see what impact this has on AI development there h...
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