Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person talking to a secret robot therapist. (credit: Ars Technica) On Friday, Koko co-founder Rob Morris announced on Twitter that his company ran an experiment to provide AI-written mental health counseling for 4,000 people without informing them first, The Verge reports. Critics have called the experiment deeply unethical...
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Report: Apple plans to use its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip in future iPhones
Enlarge / The iPhone 14 Pro. (credit: Apple) For years now, Apple has wanted to replicate its success in processors with its own in-house cellular modems. The company spent $1 billion to buy Intel’s modem technology in 2019, and since then the company has perennially been just a year or two away from replacing Qualcomm’s...
Messenger billed as better than Signal is riddled with vulnerabilities
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Academic researchers have discovered serious vulnerabilities in the core of Threema, an instant messenger that its Switzerland-based developer says provides a level of security and privacy “no other chat service” can offer. Despite the unusually strong claims and two independent security audits Threema has received, the researchers said the flaws completely...
Facebook’s Bridge to Nowhere
The tech giant had already remade the virtual world. For a brief period, it also tried to make it easier for people in the Bay Area to get to work. Then it gave up.
A.I. Turns Its Artistry to Creating New Human Proteins
Inspired by digital art generators like DALL-E, biologists are building artificial intelligences that can fight cancer, flu and Covid.
The Hottest Gen Z Gadget Is a 20-Year-Old Digital Camera
Young people are opting for point-and-shoots and blurry photos.
Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person’s silhouette. (credit: Ars Technica) On Thursday, Microsoft researchers announced a new text-to-speech AI model called VALL-E that can closely simulate a person’s voice when given a three-second audio sample. Once it learns a specific voice, VALL-E can synthesize audio of that person saying anything—and do it in...
(BPRW) MALICK L. MANGA AND BILL HALEY, JR, ALEX HALEY’S GRANDSON, WILL BE VISITING THE GAMBIA TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE AWARDING WINNING BOOK, “ROOTS.” THE SEVEN MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES SURROUNDING THE BOOK AND ITS ONGOING CULTURAL PHENOMENON IS BEING REVISITED THROUGH A SERIES OF INITIATIVES.
(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES, CA – Malick L. Manga and Bill Haley, Jr., Alex Haley’s grandson, will be visiting The Gambia to celebrate and acknowledge the awarding winning book, “Roots.” The seven milestone anniversaries surrounding the
‘Alexa, Why Do We Keep Buying You?’
With questions swirling about the utility of voice assistants, we asked readers how they use one of the most popular, Amazon’s Alexa. Here’s what they answered.
The Hottest Gen Z Gadget Is a 20-Year-Old Digital Camera
Young people are opting for point-and-shoots and blurry photos.