Meta launches quote post controls for all Threads users, who can allow quotes from everyone on Threads, only the people they follow, or disable quote posts
Threads users can now exert more control over who can quote their posts. — This builds on a feature that already allows Threads users …
US Air Force plans a fleet of 1,000+ AI-controlled jets, the first of them operating by 2028; some AI versions already beat human pilots in air-to-air combat
With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower.
DEX Screener: the value of decentralized social platform Friend.tech's native token, the Friend, fell ~98% to below $2 after making its trading debut on May 3
- “No one can figure out the tokenomics,” Delphi's Rinko says — Friend.tech's growth has been driven in part by trading bots
Some teen users of Character.AI's chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots
Teens are opening up to AI chatbots as a way to explore friendship. But sometimes, the AI's advice can go too far. Mastodon: @ajsadauskas@aus.social and @mindful@mas.to . Bluesky: @hypervisible.bsky....
A profile of ElevenLabs, whose founders seem unprepared for how its impressive AI voice cloning tech can change the internet and unleash political chaos
My voice was ready. I'd been waiting, compulsively checking my inbox. I opened the email and scrolled until I saw a button that said, plainly, “Use voice.”
Some researchers are training AI models on headcam footage from infants and toddlers, to better understand language acquisition by both AI and children
Could a better understanding of how infants acquire language help us build smarter A.I. models? — We ask a lot of ourselves as babies.
As CS students experiment with AI coding tools, professors say courses need to focus less on syntax and more on problem solving, design, testing, and debugging
Professors are shifting away from syntax and emphasizing higher-level skills — Generative AI is transforming the software development industry.
How role-playing with an AI chatbot can help prepare for difficult conversations with family, friends, and colleagues, such as for terminating an employee
Role-playing with an AI conversationalist can prepare you to handle difficult subjects with family, friends and colleagues
Microsoft outlines security principles and goals tied to executive compensation packages, following a scathing US Cyber Safety Review Board report in April 2024
expanding Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative Tom Krazit / Runtime : Microsoft wants to be judged on security Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Microsoft Says It Is Prioritizing Security Again The Official Mi...
Biden is expected to sign the REPORT Act next week; the bipartisan bill targets child sextortion online through new CSAM reporting requirements and more
Jordan DeMay, a 17-year-old who died by suicide in 2022, is one of a growing number of teens targeted by financial sextortion.
How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label
the hardest part Mastodon: @fuxoft@kompost.cz : This music video's visuals were created using AI. Substantial number of “artists” (whatever that is) can now go kill themselves, they are not needed an...
Crypto startups embrace open-ended, rolling funding rounds that quickly lift valuations, as crypto funds seek to deploy unspent cash raised in 2021 and 2022
- Startups are embracing so-called open-ended funding rounds — Venture funds are seeking to deploy previously static cash
Tens of thousands of overworked employees have left their jobs at China's largest tech companies in recent years, as the industry lost its growth momentum
- As of the end of 2023, China's BAT - Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent - had a combined total of 364,477 employees, a drop of nearly 25,000 from a year before X: @jeff4malaysia and @tomorrownook X: Jeff Oo...
A look at Runway's second International AI Film Festival, which it says grew from 300 short-video submissions in 2023 to 3,000 in 2024 with 10 finalists chosen
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Q&A with Nick Bostrom on his book Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World, which considers a future in which AI solves all of humanity's problems
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A look at the US and EU's dueling approaches to rein in Big Tech, splitting tech companies' attention by miring them in separate legal and enforcement battles
The West's key regulators are now fully on the offensive against Apple, Google and other giants they see as monopolies. Threads: @marks.wiki . X: @tomhebertdc Threads: Mark Davis / @marks.wiki : In 5 ...
Ukraine unveils an AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson called Victoria Shi, who will make official statements “written and verified by real people”
https://www.theguardian.com/ ... #news #TechNews #technology #ai X: @rferl : Ukraine's new, AI-generated virtual spokesperson told RFE/RL's @rayfurlong that she will free up time for human diplomats ...
As chipmakers move into or expand in the region around Germany's Dresden, skeptics say more government subsidies, skilled workers, and end customers are needed
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia :
Filing: CRM software maker Freshworks acquires Connecticut-based Device42, which helps companies manage their IT infrastructure and had raised $38.5M, for $230M
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Dom Nicastro / CMSWire.com : Major Shift at Freshworks: New CEO and $230M Tech Acquisition The Hindu BusinessLine : Freshworks acquires Device42 f...
Sources: Swedish PE firm EQT acquires a “significant majority” stake in WSO2, valuing the enterprise API and identity management company at “more than” $600M
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A look at AI companies gathering data from real people to create “digital twins”, to use as fashion models, focus group members, or clinical trial participants
creating digital twins to predict how diseases progress, which speeds up the whole process and helps more people https://www.wsj.com/... @brox_ai : Brox is in the @WSJ today in article by @IsabelleBis...
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a simple, reliable, and smartly priced AI gadget, whereas Humane's AI Pin and the Rabbit R1 are more akin to science projects
I think form factors that blend into existing use cases like headphones/glasses and working with your phone instead of trying to replace it are key. … JoannaStern / @joannastern@mastodon.world : The t...
Defense lawyers question the accuracy and reliability of Cybercheck, an AI tool used in thousands of US cases to identify suspects' locations and other details
How can this be? — Because law enforcement stacks the deck, and judges allow it, while legislatures ignore the injustices. — https://www.nbcnews.com/... CivicWhitaker / @civicwhitaker@mastodon … :...
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