OpenAI removes a ChatGPT feature that let users make their conversations discoverable by Google and other search engines, calling it a “short-lived experiment”
But ChatGPT Is Changing the Game Pieter Arntz / Malwarebytes : OpenAI kills “short-lived experiment” where ChatGPT chats could be found on Google Tom Warren / The Verge : Bing made Google dance and th...
PayPal's Honey extension for Chrome has lost ~4M users from its peak of 20M after a viral December 2024 YouTube video accused Honey of employing shady tactics
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Microsoft will make Recall an opt-in feature, encrypt its search index database, and require Windows Hello authentication and proof of presence to view timeline
enhancing Recall's security and making it an opt-in decision Jacob Siegal / BGR : Microsoft's changes AI Recall feature after intense criticism C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : Microsoft finally r...
OpenAI pulls ChatGPT's Sky voice after users compared the sound to Scarlett Johansson, saying Sky is an actress' voice and wasn't chosen to be an “imitation”
and she's not happy they might have anyway Liv McMahon / BBC : ChatGPT to lose voice over Johansson similarity OpenAI : How the voices for ChatGPT were chosen Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : ChatGPT disable...
The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue
community responds Gaurav Girotra / Tech in Asia : NYT files copyright suit against OpenAI, Microsoft Jacob Oliver / CryptoSlate : New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringem...
Nothing pulls its Sunbird-based iMessage app Nothing Chats from the Play Store after a researcher found messages are not E2EE, attachments are public, and more
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
US v. Google: Apple's Eddy Cue sent Tim Cook a presentation in 2013 that declared “Android is a massive tracking device” and detailed Google's privacy practices
Here is the latest slides we have on privacy. Still a lot more work to do but good start. Tom Warren / The Verge : ‘Android is a massive tracking device.’ Ernestas Naprys / Cybernews.com : Apple call...
Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program, first introduced in June 2009, and remove legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1, 2023
Ahead Of Twitter's Looming Verification Rollback Muskaan Saxena / TechRadar : Twitter's blue-check doomsday date is set and it's no April Fool's joke Megan Ellis / MakeUseOf : Twitter to Start Removin...
Google confirms that AI-generated content isn't against its Search guidelines, but using AI content to manipulate search results ranking violates its policies
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Tweetbot, Twitterrific, Fenix, Talon, and other third-party Twitter apps are broken; Twitter has given no explanation and developers say they haven't heard back
Last night at about 7:30pm PST, Twitterrific customers started … Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Tweetbot and other Twitter apps still broken as Elon Musk stays silent Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Twitter a...