Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Mac malware that steals passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data has been spotted circulating through Google ads, making it at least the second time in as many months the widely used ad platform has been abused to infect web surfers. The latest ads, found by security firm Malwarebytes on Monday,...
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AI-generated Al Michaels to provide daily recaps during 2024 Summer Olympics
Enlarge / Al Michaels looks on prior to the game between the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on September 14, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (credit: Getty Images) On Wednesday, NBC announced plans to use an AI-generated clone of famous sports commentator Al Michaels‘ voice to narrate daily streaming video recaps of...
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When the Terms of Service Change to Make Way for A.I. Training
Tech companies have been making subtle and not-so-subtle changes to their rules for better access to data for building A.I. We took a look at some of them.
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Consulting Firms Are the Early Winners of the AI Boom
Rattled by tech’s latest trend, businesses have turned to advisers at Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey and KPMG for guidance on adopting generative artificial intelligence.
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Landlords Have Started Using A.I. Chatbots to Manage Properties
Artificial intelligence is doing everything from helping landlords communicate with tenants to managing energy use.
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AI-Generated Al Michaels to Deliver Paris Olympics Highlights
NBC will offer a customized, daily highlight reel with A.I.-generated narration that sounds like the longtime broadcaster.
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Biden Administration in Social Media Case
The case, one of several this term on how the First Amendment applies to technology platforms, was dismissed on the ground that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue.
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Critical MOVEit vulnerability puts huge swaths of the Internet at severe risk
Enlarge A critical vulnerability recently discovered in a widely used piece of software is putting huge swaths of the Internet at risk of devastating hacks, and attackers have already begun actively trying to exploit it in real-world attacks, researchers warn. The software, known as MOVEit and sold by Progress Software, allows enterprises to transfer and...
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Toys “R” Us riles critics with “first-ever” AI-generated commercial using Sora
Enlarge / A screen capture from the partially AI-generated Toys “R” Us brand film created using Sora. (credit: Toys R Us) On Monday, Toys “R” Us announced that it had partnered with an ad agency called Native Foreign to create what it calls “the first-ever brand film using OpenAI’s new text-to-video tool, Sora.” OpenAI debuted...
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Microsoft Teams Bundle Hit With E.U. Antitrust Charges
The tech giant has been accused of stifling competition by packaging its video conferencing app with other tools like Word and Excel.