The Texas attorney general brought the cases in 2022 under state laws.
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New Lego-building AI creates models that actually stand up in real life
On Thursday, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University unveiled LegoGPT, an AI model that creates physically stable Lego structures from text prompts. The new system not only designs Lego models that match text descriptions (prompts) but also ensures they can be built brick by brick in the real world, either by hand or with robotic assistance....
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OpenAI Hires Instacart Chief Fidji Simo to Run Business and Operations
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, said he hired Instacart’s Fidji Simo to join in a new role as chief executive of applications.
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Uber Revenue Is Up 14%, Despite Economic Fears
The company also predicted that business in the current quarter would be stronger than Wall Street had predicted.
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NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages
Meta had sued the firm, NSO Group, for using its spyware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, dissidents and others.
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How to Use A.I.-Powered Writing Tools on Your iPhone and Android
Artificial intelligence software — some already free on your device — can quickly compose and edit documents. But be sure to check its work.
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Elon Musk’s xAI in New Funding Talks
The discussions follow those of rival OpenAI, which recently closed a funding round that valued it at $300 billion.
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AI use damages professional reputation, study suggests
Using AI can be a double-edged sword, according to new research from Duke University. While generative AI tools may boost productivity for some, they might also secretly damage your professional reputation. On Thursday, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a study showing that employees who use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude,...
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Fidji Simo joins OpenAI as new CEO of Applications
On Wednesday, OpenAI announced that Instacart CEO Fidji Simo will join the maker of ChatGPT as “CEO of Applications” later this year, according to a company blog post. Simo, who has served on the company’s board since March 2024, will oversee business and operational teams while continuing to report directly to Altman in the newly...
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DOGE software engineer’s computer infected by info-stealing malware
Login credentials belonging to an employee at both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Government Efficiency have appeared in multiple public leaks from info-stealer malware, a strong indication that devices belonging to him have been hacked in recent years. Kyle Schutt is a 30-something-year-old software engineer who, according to Dropsite News,...