ChatGPT told a teen who died by suicide to call for help 74 times over months but also used words like “hanging” and “suicide” very often, say family's lawyers
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Sauron, which is touting a waiting list of tech CEOs and VCs for its home security system that incorporates drones and facial recognition, raised a $18M seed
By incorporating drones, facial recognition and high-tech sensors, Sauron aims to super-charge home security … Bluesky: @stephencsmith , @willoremus.com , @siracusa.mastodon … , @thorinklosowski.com ,...
Google explains AI Overviews' viral mistakes and updates its systems, including “better detection for nonsensical queries” and limiting satire and humor content
Google scales back AI search answers after it told users to eat glue https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nitasha Tiku / @nitashatiku : breaking non-trump news from @GerritD. Google says it's scaling d...
Scammers are using sample videos of influencers with modest social media presence to create AI deepfake ads that often push offensive products and ideas
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas X: @robleathern , @nitashatiku ...
Sources detail what happened at OpenAI in the build-up to Sam Altman's firing; some board members believed that Altman was trying to pit them against each other
the OpenAI chief scientist who helped fire Sam Altman then backtracked—should jump ship for xAI or Tesla Rachel Metz / Bloomberg : OpenAI's Altman Ouster Was Result of Drawn-Out Tensions Gary Marcus /...
A history of Vine's failure to build relationships with its top creators, who Vine leadership resented for gaming the app's ranking algorithm and their humor
and a deeper understanding of who ultimately controls a social product. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Herb Scribner / @herbscribner : This is a great look at the downfall of Vine by @TaylorLore...
A history of Vine's failure to build relationships with its top creators, who Vine leadership resented for gaming the app's ranking algorithm and their humor
The wildly popular video app's contentious relationship with its own power users offers a cautionary tale for social platforms X: @herbscribner , @enahpets , @washingtonpost , @katienotopoulos , @gerr...
Hundreds of Twitter employees post farewell messages and salute emojis in Slack and tweets, announcing their resignations after Elon Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum
Plus: The GOP releases the moral idiocy … Happy Friday. Oliver Darcy / CNN : Inside Twitter as ‘mass exodus’ of staffers throws platform's future into uncertainty Stephen Warwick / iMore : Is Twitter ...
Interview with founders of Character.ai, who say they left Google's LaMDA project to let users experiment with large language models through the use of chatbots
The creators of Google's LaMDA have launched the chatbot startup Character.ai, which is open for anyone to try Tweets: @tsimonite , @timnitgebru , @damianpaletta , @drewharwell , @catherineflick , @to...
A look at the Islamic world's debate over cryptocurrencies, seen as gambling by some, as millions of people in Indonesia and the Middle East invest in crypto
and where the line is between a reasonable investment and pure gambling/speculation. “Lo and behold, there is a coin called WifeDoge.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Deepa...