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Meta’s Oversight Board probes explicit AI-generated images posted on Instagram and Facebook

April 16, 2024

The Oversight Board, Meta’s semi-independent policy council, it turning its attention to how the company’s social platforms are handling explicit, AI-generated images. Tuesday, it announced investigations into two separate cases over how Instagram in India and Facebook in the U.S. handled AI-generated images of public figures after Meta’s systems fell short on detecting and responding […]

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AI was supposed to make police bodycams better. What happened?

April 16, 2024
On July 25 last year, in circuit court in Dane County, Wisconsin, a motion was filed to dismiss a criminal case as a result of what defense attorneys described as “institutional bad-faith actions” by a local police department. The evidence was unearthed, in part, because of artificial intelligence.  Attorney Jessa Nicholson Goetz had been preparing…

Google Wallet appears in India, with local integrations, but Pay will stay

April 16, 2024

Google Wallet will finally launch in India — nearly two years after its relaunch as a digital wallet platform in the U.S. — according to a preview of the app that the company accidentally posted on the Google Play store in the country. After TechCrunch spotted the listing for the app — which will let […]

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Microsoft’s $1.5B check for G42 shows growing US-China rift

April 16, 2024

As the Gulf region gains growing strategic importance for the tech war between the U.S. and China, Microsoft makes a big move into one of its richest oil countries. On Monday evening, Microsoft announced a $1.5 billion strategic investment in G42, the Abu Dhabi-based company that has become a major force in the United Arab […]

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Threads is finally testing a recent filter for search results

April 16, 2024

Meta-owned social network Threads is finally testing a “Recent” filter to sort search results by the latest. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted Monday that this is a limited test, and the feature is available to only a few people. “We’re starting to test this with a small number of people, so it’s easier to find […]

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Trump Media stock plummets again

April 16, 2024
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (TMGT) shares plummeted after the entity filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue 21 million shares. The parent company of…

Tesla trims workforce by 14,000

April 16, 2024
Electric automotive giant Tesla is cutting 14,000 jobs as sales have been slowing. Billionaire Elon Musk’s eco-friendly electric car company announced the redundancies, as reported by Elektrek. Musk cuts staff…