Meta-owned Instagram plans to release a text-based app that will compete with Twitter and may debut as soon as next month, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Facebook parent is testing the product with influencers and some creators, according to the report. The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. …
Read More »Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build moon lander
A team led by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin won a coveted NASA contract to build a spacecraft to send astronauts to and from the moon’s surface, NASA’s chief announced on Friday, capping a high-stakes contest. NASA’s decision will give the agency a second ride to the moon under its Artemis program, after it awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX $3 billion …
Read More »Apple bans employees from using ChatGPT
Apple has cracked down on some workers’ use of ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence tools because its wary of leaks as the iPhone maker produces its own AI-powered tech. According to documents leaked to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is concerned that workers who use ChatGPT and Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot — which uses AI to generate software code — would …
Read More »ChatGPT wrote my graduation speech — then I went off-script to blast school
Caps off to this kid. A daring Nebraska high school graduate shocked audiences Sunday when he went off-script from his admin-approved commencement speech that was penned by ChatGPT. It started like any inspirational address — until a few lines in. “I don’t know about y’all, but I hated school,” Grand Island Senior High School graduate Kenny Morales said to the …
Read More »TikTok users file lawsuit to block Montana ban
Five TikTok users, who also create content posted on the short-video app, filed suit in US District Court in Montana late Wednesday seeking to block the state’s new ban on the Chinese-owned platform. Montana Governor Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed legislation to ban TikTok in the state, effective Jan. 1. The five users seek to block the law, which makes it unlawful for the …
Read More »Ex-Google exec warns AI will view humans as ‘scum’
A former executive at Google said that artificial intelligence-powered machines could one day view humans as “scum” and could create “killing machines” similar to the ones depicted in a sci-fi movie starring Will Smith. Mo Gawdat, who held the position of chief business officer for Google’s clandestine research-and-development arm X, said that he is fearful of a future scenario in …
Read More »TikTok hiring again after imposing a freeze: sources
TikTok quietly slowed its US hiring this spring as it faced heat in Washington over security concerns — but the wildly popular app has lately started handing out job offers again, The Post has learned. The renewed hiring at TikTok — which for some insiders has become a leading indicator for the state of a US clampdown on Chinese spying …
Read More »Hyundai, Kia agree to $200M settlement over car thefts: lawyers
Hyundai Motor and Kia agreed to a consumer class-action lawsuit settlement worth more than $200 million over rampant car thefts of the Korean automakers’ vehicles, lawyers for the owners said on Thursday. In February, the Korean automakers said they would offer software upgrades to 8.3 million US vehicles without anti-theft immobilizers to help curb increasing car thefts using a method popularized on …
Read More »Supreme Court protects Twitter, Google from liability in terrorism lawsuits
The US Supreme Court on Thursday refused to clear a path for victims of attacks by militant organizations to hold social media companies liable under an anti-terrorism law for failing to stop the groups from using their platforms, handing a victory to Twitter. The court in a separate case involving Google sidestepped a bid to weaken legal protections for internet firms. The justices in a …
Read More »If phone unlocks itself you could be hacked by ‘GhostTouch’
Even phone hackers can work remotely these days. Researchers from NordVPN have been warning smartphone users to be careful of crafty cybercriminals, claiming they’re using a new technique that allows them to unlock certain smartphones from a distance. Typically, when phones are hacked it’s done so by installing malware on the device through a charging cable. Researchers say smartphone users should …
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