November 21, 2024

How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models

OpenAI is once again lifting the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. Last month the company shared the results of an investigation that looked at how often ChatGPT produced a harmful gender or racial stereotype based on a user’s name. Now it has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful…

July 2023

Google starts the GA rollout of its Privacy Sandbox APIs to all Chrome users

July 20, 2023
Google continues the rollout of its Privacy Sandbox APIs — its replacement for tracking cookies for the online advertising industry. Today, right on schedule and in time for the launch of Chrome 115 into the stable release channel, Google announced that it will now start enabling the relevance and measurement APIs in its browser. This […]

The Download: US facial recognition, and battery ingredients

July 20, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Face recognition in the US is about to meet one of its biggest tests Just four years ago, the movement to ban police departments from using face recognition in the US was riding…

How to Craft an Emotional Marketing Message That Hits Home

July 20, 2023
Logic may guide decisions in marketing, but emotions win the heart. They are vital in today’s marketing if you want to stand out, be memorable and build lasting relationships, but it isn’t the easiest to do — so here are some tips to get started.

Are These 3 Asset Management Stocks Profitable Buys?

July 20, 2023
With sustained demand for optimal asset utilization and management, growing interest in ESG and alternative investments, and rapid digital transformation, the asset management industry enjoys numerous high-growth opportunities. Amid this,…

YouTube Premium individual plan now costs $2 more in the US

July 20, 2023
Just like many other streaming services, YouTube has increased the prices of its Premium plan for individuals in the U.S. from $11.99 per month to $13.99 per month. The price hike follows last year’s price bump in family plans in many countries. In the U.S. the family plan tariff went from $17.99 per month to […]

Want to know where batteries are going? Look at their ingredients. 

July 20, 2023
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. I was chatting with a group recently about which technology is the most crucial one to address climate change. With the caveat that we’ll definitely need a whole host of solutions to…

What happened when Nous.co hooked-up Generative AI to its users’ household bills

July 20, 2023
With the cost of living ever more painful, and Generative AI supposedly gunning for your job, at least — for the moment — it might be here to save you some money on your household bills. UK-based cost-of-living start-up Nous.co has now launched an OpenAI-powered assistant (combined with its own proprietary systems) to help its […]

TikTok expands research API to Europe and launches ads transparency library

July 20, 2023
TikTok has finally launched an ads transparency library — starting with data on ads and other commercial content running in Europe but with plans to expand that. Also today it’s announced expanded access to its research API to Europe. Both moves look intended to help the company comply with incoming requirements under the European Union’s […]