On Tuesday, eBay updated its User Agreement to explicitly ban third-party “buy for me” agents and AI chatbots from interacting with its platform without permission, first spotted by Value Added Resource. On its face, a one-line terms of service update doesn’t seem like major news, but what it implies is more significant: The change reflects...
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Elon Musk’s Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions of Sexualized Images, New Estimates Show
Over nine days, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.
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Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health”
The project developer for one of the Internet’s most popular networking tools is scrapping its vulnerability reward program after being overrun by a spike in the submission of low-quality reports, much of it AI-generated slop. “We are just a small single open source project with a small number of active maintainers,” Daniel Stenberg, the founder...
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TikTok Strikes Deal to Create New U.S. Entity and Loosen App’s Ties to China
The Chinese parent company of the popular video app said a group of non-Chinese investors would create an American TikTok to avoid a federal ban.
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The Drama at Thinking Machines, a New A.I. Start-Up, Is Riveting Silicon Valley
Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab is the artificial intelligence industry’s latest drama.
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‘We are the missing piece’: 5 Black woman coaches see fresh opportunity in Unrivaled
When the second season of the Unrivaled basketball league tipped off on Jan. 5, it did so with five of its eight teams being led by Black women. It’s a striking display of representation for Black female head coaches at the professional level – especially when compared with other women’s basketball leagues like the WNBA....
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Gluten-Free Vegan Zucchini Fritters
These gluten-free vegan Zucchini Fritters are delightfully crispy and an absolute cinch to make, perfect for pairing with your favourite dipping sauces and toppings! Serve them as a side, make them a light main dish, or fry them up for a fun party appetizer! Along with Zucchini Muffins and Zucchini Bread, zucchini fritters are one of the classic...
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Hoophall Classic: 2027 Player Evals
Earlier I took a look at lesser known prospects who participated at last weekend’s Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass., who could be big-time college players, and today I break down my 2027 player evals from the event. Davion Thompson, 6’3 PG – Link Academy (MO): Lefty guard that has high level craft and skill. Knows...
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(BPRW) Alcorn’s SBDC to host second AI business accelerator cohort graduation
(Black PR Wire) The Alcorn State University Small Business Development Center will host the Mississippi AI Business Accelerator Second Cohort Graduation on Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. at the Mississippi Center for Innovation and Technology in Vicksburg, Miss. The …