Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards | Getty Images) Since the launch of its latest AI language model, GPT-4o, OpenAI has found itself on the defensive over the past week due to a string of bad news, rumors, and ridicule circulating on traditional and social media. The negative attention is potentially a sign that OpenAI has entered...
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(BPRW) Center for Journalism & Democracy Awards Nearly $200,000 to 10 HBCU Student Newsrooms
(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON – The Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University will award nearly $200,000 to 10 student newsrooms at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through its inaugural New…
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Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way
The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration.
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Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91
He invented DRAM, the technology that allowed for the faster and higher-capacity memory storage that is the basis for modern computing.
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Financial institutions have 30 days to disclose breaches under new rules
Enlarge (credit: Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require some financial institutions to disclose security breaches within 30 days of learning about them. On Wednesday, the SEC adopted changes to Regulation S-P, which governs the treatment of the personal information of consumers. Under the amendments, institutions must notify individuals...
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(BPRW) Tech Visionary and Trailblazing Innovator Edwige A. Robinson to Address Graduates at DeVry University’s Commencements
(Black PR Wire) LISLE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Edwige A. Robinson will deliver the keynote address at DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management Commencement Ceremonies on Sunday, June 9. Robinson…
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Voice Actors Sue Company Whose AI Sounds Like Them
Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they’re suing. The company denies it did anything wrong.
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EU Investigates Facebook and Instagram Over Addictive Effects on Children
The American tech giant’s platforms, Facebook and Instagram, may “exploit the weaknesses and inexperience of minors,” the European Commission said.
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Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | the-lightwriter) An Arizona woman has been accused of helping generate millions of dollars for North Korea’s ballistic missile program by helping citizens of that country land IT jobs at US-based Fortune 500 companies. Christina Marie Chapman, 49, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, raised $6.8 million in the scheme, federal prosecutors said...
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Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running
Enlarge (credit: The Serial Code/YouTube) It’s amazing, and a little sad, to think that something created in 1989 that changed how people used and viewed the then-nascent Internet had nearly vanished by 2024. Nearly, that is, because the dogged researchers and enthusiasts at The Serial Port channel on YouTube have found what is likely the last...