A profile of Wikipedia as it faces myriad challenges, including attacks from Elon Musk and the far right, reduced traffic due to AI, and a legal battle in India
A profile of Wikipedia as it faces myriad challenges, including attacks from Elon Musk and the far right, reduced traffic due to AI, and a legal battle in India
As the website turns 25, it faces myriad challenges from regulators, AI, the far right and Elon Musk
India's digital transformation has exposed citizens to scams like “digital arrests”, where victims are coerced into transferring funds under false accusations
She races into her bedroom, shuts the door behind her, then falls to the checkered-tile floor. The only place to hide is beneath the bed.
X's new About This Account feature reveals that some top accounts, including many MAGA influencers, are based in countries like Russia, India, and Nigeria
ROLE PLAY — A new feature on Elon Musk's X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
An investigation finds rampant caste bias in ChatGPT and Sora; a researcher also finds caste bias in Sarvam AI, which touts itself as a sovereign AI for India
When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in Bengaluru, India, in March, he wanted to make sure …
Watchdogs say fraudsters are extorting small businesses for hundreds of dollars each by posting or threatening to post phony one-star reviews on Google Maps
Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on Google Maps. Then they're asked to pay up. X: @dealbook . LinkedIn: Kay Dean and Naina Hiranandani . Bluesky: @...
Filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk talked to Mark Zuckerberg in February about backing a $97.4B OpenAI bid, but neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed a letter of intent
for less than $100B: filings John Quintet / iPhone in Canada : Elon Musk Asked Mark Zuckerberg to Fund OpenAI Takeover: Filings Swastika Das Sharma / Livemint : Elon Musk wanted Mark Zuckerberg to joi...
A look at the impact of AI voice cloning on India's dubbing and voiceover sector, as artists demand consent, credit, and fair pay amid a lack of laws for AI use
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The Trump Organization teases the $499 “T1 Phone”, a gold phone “designed and built” in the US, and Trump Mobile, an MVNO that uses AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile
The President Launches a Mobile Carrier and a $500 ‘T1’ Android Phone Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register : Florida man expands crypto empire with new wireless service and phone Joseph Gedeon / The Guar...
Sarvam AI's 24B-parameter LLM for Indian languages Sarvam-M receives only 334 downloads in two days on Hugging Face, raising concerns about AI efforts in India
Much of Sarvam's criticism comes from comparing it to OpenAI or DeepSeek, while the problem the company is trying to solve is fundamentally different.