OpenAI says it paused Sora's ability to generate videos resembling MLK Jr. at the request of his estate, after some users created “disrespectful depictions”
OpenAI responded, but is it enough? Mary Cunningham / CBS News : OpenAI blocks Sora 2 users from using MLK Jr.'s likeness after “disrespectful depictions” Katrina Morgan / WUSA : OpenAI takes away abi...
People are using ChatGPT for unsparing assessments of their looks, with many also asking the chatbot to create plans to “glow up” their appearance
because it's brutally honest: ‘I guess I needed to hear it’ Amanda Caswell / Tom's Guide : I use ChatGPT every day — here are 5 features it desperately needs Bluesky: J. Offir, PhD / @joffirphd : Don'...
Microsoft blocks the term “Disney” from Bing Image Creator over copyright concerns raised by a viral trend where users created Disney film posters of their pets
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : X: @kantrowitz , @brianroemmele , @cristinacriddle , and @mrgunn Forums: r/technews , r/StableDiffusion , and Ars OpenForum See also Mediagazer X: Alex Kantrowitz...
A look at the Internet Archive, as the preservation project grows from 2TB in 1997 to ~100PB now, and issues with scraping paywalled news sites and social media
Within the walls of a beautiful former church in San Francisco's Richmond district, racks of computer servers hum and blink with activity. Tweets: @brianroemmele and @ftmag Tweets: Brian Roemmele / @b...
When trying to address problems that social media may cause for young people, lawmakers focus on Facebook and largely ignore TikTok, which most teens use
YouTube is the undisputed master of this strategy.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal : Of, for that matter, the rest of the media where we have a very long and well documente...
Behind the rise of viral earworms on TikTok, whose musical DNA and culture of repetition often leads to the same songs being reused again and again in videos
Gen Z's favorite video app is a blessing in a pandemic. But why does so much of it sound the same? — I downloaded TikTok in April, a month into COVID isolation. Tweets: @brianroemmele , @brianroemm...
A look at so-called Russian, encrypted, or “white” SIMs, used by criminals to spoof phone numbers, add voice manipulation to calls in real-time, and more
Criminals use so-called Russian, encrypted, or white SIMs to change their phone number, add voice manipulation to their calls … Tweets: @josephfcox , @brianroemmele , @lorenzofb , @kevincollier , @jos...
A look at China's AI telemarketing software market, which touts “voice bots” that dial ~3,000 numbers/day, even blocked ones, and flexibly respond to questions
Maria Siow / South China Morning Post : Tweets: @sub8u and @brianroemmele Tweets: Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u : AI is taking over the telemarketers' role, and it is a nightmare all-round for consumers!...