Day: February 27, 2024
Apple Abandons Plans for Electric Car Development
Apple has scrapped its plans for an electric car with self-driving capabilities after nearly a decade of development. The company informed employees of the decision in an internal meeting, with some members of the team being reassigned to roles within its artificial intelligence division. Kevin Lynch, who worked on the car project, will now report […]
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OpenAI Requests Dismissal of Certain Claims in Lawsuit Against The New York Times
OpenAI submitted a motion in federal court on Monday seeking to dismiss key aspects of a lawsuit filed by The New York Times Company. The Times accused OpenAI and Microsoft of using its articles without permission to train A.I. technologies like ChatGPT, claiming that these technologies are now competing with the news outlet as a […]
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Sam Bankman-Fried Requests Light Sentencing and Plans to Challenge Verdict on Appeal
Since Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud last year, he has hired a new lawyer known for courtroom showmanship. A group of sympathetic law professors has pushed for a reappraisal of his actions. And his parents have turned for help to former employees of FTX, the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange he founded. From a federal detention […]
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Feeling Brave? Challenge TikTok to Guess Your Age.
Cherri Gervais first got gray hairs as a teenager. “It’s genetic,” she said. Her hair color, a striking shade of silver, caught the attention of people on TikTok when she asked them to guess her age in a recent video. The guesses varied widely. Many were accurate, or close, Ms. Gervais said. (She turned 34 […]
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New Child Safety Laws Target Instagram and Facebook Subscriptions
The New Mexico attorney general, who last year sued Meta alleging that it did not protect children from sexual predators and had made false claims about its platforms’ safety, announced Monday that his office would examine how the company’s paid-subscription services attract predators. Attorney General Raúl Torrez said he had formally requested documentation from the […]
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