With Shopify, Mercari and other retailers rolling out chatbots to help buyers, this holiday shopping season is the first to be powered by A.I.
TikTok Quietly Changes User Terms Amid Growing Legal Scrutiny
Some lawyers say the changes could make it more difficult to bring legal action against the company.
GM’s Cruise Cuts About 25 Percent of Its Workers
The embattled self-driving car subsidiary of General Motors faces an uncertain future after California regulators shut down its robot taxi service in the state.
My Not-So-Perfect Holiday Shopping Excursion With A.I. Chatbots
With Shopify, Mercari and other retailers rolling out chatbots to help buyers, this holiday shopping season is the first to be powered by A.I.
Pro-China YouTube Network Used A.I. to Malign U.S., Report Finds
Content from at least 30 channels in the network drew nearly 120 million views and 730,000 subscribers since last year.
State Dept.’s Fight Against Disinformation Comes Under Attack
The Global Engagement Center has become the focus of Republican-led criticism that the U.S. government coerces social media platforms into removing offensive content.
UniFi devices broadcasted private video to other users’ accounts
Enlarge / An assortment of Ubiquiti cameras. (credit: Ubiquiti) Users of UniFi, the popular line of wireless devices from manufacturer Ubiquiti, are reporting receiving private camera feeds from, and control over, devices belonging to other users, posts published to social media site Reddit over the past 24 hours show. “Recently, my wife received a notification...
Cheating Fears Over Chatbots Were Overblown, New Research Suggests
A.I. tools like ChatGPT did not boost the frequency of cheating in high schools, Stanford researchers say.
Chatbot Hype or Harm? Teens Push to Broaden A.I. Literacy
Students at a New Jersey high school want to widen A.I. discussions beyond dueling tropes of tech magic and doomsday panic.
Political Debate Is Rife on TikTok. Politicians? Not So Much.
Very few politicians, including the top candidates for president, are on the hugely popular video app — perhaps ceding much of the political discussion to others.