Enlarge (credit: Thomas Barwick via Getty) The latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence could lead to the automation of a quarter of the work done in the US and eurozone, according to research by Goldman Sachs. The investment bank said on Monday that “generative” AI systems such as ChatGPT, which can create content that is indistinguishable...
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Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Chills Start-Up Funding
Two weeks after the bank failed, the fallout has hit the start-up market as investors pull back further and fear has risen.
Lyft Co-Founders to Resign; David Risher Is Named CEO
Lyft has been slow to bounce back from early pandemic problems even as the business of its much bigger rival, Uber, has improved.
Immaculate AI images of Pope Francis trick the masses
Enlarge / An AI-generated photo of Pope Francis wearing a puffy white coat that went viral on social media. (credit: @skyferrori on Twitter) Over the weekend, an AI-generated image of Pope Francis wearing a puffy white coat went viral on Twitter, and apparently many people believed it was a real image. Since then, the puffy...
Biden’s executive order limits government’s use of commercial spyware
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order barring many uses by the federal government of commercial spyware, which has been increasingly used by other countries in recent years to surveil dissidents, journalists, and politicians. The signing of the executive order came as administration officials told journalists that roughly 50...
Hobbyist builds ChatGPT client for MS-DOS
Enlarge / A photo of an IBM PC 5155 portable computer running a ChatGPT client written by Yeo Kheng Meng. (credit: Yeo Kheng Meng) On Sunday, Singapore-based retrocomputing enthusiast Yeo Kheng Meng released a ChatGPT client for MS-DOS that can run on a 4.77 MHz IBM PC from 1981, providing a unique way to converse...
Twitter source code was leaked on GitHub shortly after Musk’s layoff spree
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Future Publishing) Portions of Twitter’s source code recently appeared on GitHub, and Twitter is trying to force GitHub to identify the user or users who posted the code. GitHub disabled the repository on Friday shortly after Twitter filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notice but apparently hasn’t provided...
Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on millions of devices
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Android apps digitally signed by China’s third-biggest e-commerce company exploited a zero-day vulnerability that allowed them to surreptitiously take control of millions of end-user devices to steal personal data and install malicious apps, researchers from security firm Lookout have confirmed. The malicious versions of the Pinduoduo app were available in third-party...
(BPRW) McDonald’s, Gen.G, and the Black Collegiate Gaming Association Come Together to Host the HBCU+ College Network, a Summit for HBCU Students Interested in the Gaming and esports Industries
(Black PR Wire) McDonald’s tapped global esports organization Gen.G and the Black Collegiate Gaming Association (BCGA) to present the HBCU+ College netWORK Summit. This event will facilitate conversations and connections by introducin…