Enlarge / A poison dart frog rendered as a 3D model by Magic3D. (credit: Nvidia) On Friday, researchers from Nvidia announced Magic3D, an AI model that can generate 3D models from text descriptions. After entering a prompt such as, “A blue poison-dart frog sitting on a water lily,” Magic3D generates a 3D mesh model, complete...
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(BPRW) Color Of Change Launches “Black Tech Agenda Scorecard” to Rank Congressional Efforts in Tech Policy
(Black PR Wire) NATIONWIDE — Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, recently launched their “Black Tech Agenda Scorecard” as a way to analyze ongoing Congressional efforts in tech policy
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(BPRW) Disney Awards $1 Million In Grants To Support Youth In STEM And The Arts In Honor Of Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
(Black PR Wire) BURBANK, Calif., – In honor of the November 11 theatrical debut of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Disney is hosting community screenings of the film across the country and awarding $1 milli
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Elon Musk Reinstates Trump’s Twitter Account
Mr. Musk, who had asked Twitter users about whether to bring back the former president to the service, said, “The people have spoken.”
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Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Theranos Fraud
Ms. Holmes was convicted in January of four counts of wire fraud for deceiving investors with claims about her blood testing start-up Theranos.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave
Mr. Musk sent emails on Friday asking to learn about Twitter’s underlying technology as key infrastructure teams have been decimated.
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Ticketmaster’s Parent Company Said to Face Justice Department Investigation
The inquiry predates the botched presale of Taylor Swift tickets this week and is said to focus on whether Live Nation has abused its power in the live music industry.
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FTX’s Unraveling and Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Twitter Employees
Sam Bankman-Fried’s DMs go public, and Congress announces an investigation. Tech’s nightmare November continues.
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What Employees Does Twitter Need, Anyway?
The many departures have set off a wave of hand-wringing about whether the site can continue to operate well.
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New Meta AI demo writes racist and inaccurate scientific literature, gets pulled
Enlarge / An AI-generated illustration of robots making science. (credit: Ars Technica) On Tuesday, Meta AI unveiled a demo of Galactica, a large language model designed to “store, combine and reason about scientific knowledge.” While intended to accelerate writing scientific literature, adversarial users running tests found it could also generate realistic nonsense. After several days...