UK age assurance guidance for porn sites gives thumbs up to AI age checks, digital ID wallets and more

December 5, 2023

The UK’s Internet regulator has set out draft guidance for how porn sites will need to meet a newly introduced hard legal requirement to prevent children accessing adult content. So, yep, those years-in-the-making British age checks for porn sites are finally on the way. The watchdog intends this kind of bared flesh to be safety […]

Max Q: A Starlink terminal and a Kuiper terminal walk into a bar

December 4, 2023

Welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Why space parachutes are so hard, a new lawsuit alleging safety issues at Blue Origin, news from Loft Orbital, Relativity Space and more

Balancing AI Innovation with Ethical Oversight

December 4, 2023

It is clear that regulatory practices are a must — there is no exception.

Read the Full Memo Spotify’s CEO Sent Employees Announcing It Would Cut 17% of Its Staff: ‘Being Lean Is Not Just an Option but a Necessity’

December 4, 2023

The email arrived around 1 a.m. ET (7 a.m. local time in Sweden) on Monday.

Hawaiian Airlines Stock Soars Over 192% After $1.9 Billion Acquisition

December 4, 2023

Alaska Airlines announced that it had purchased the smaller airline on Monday.

Inside the 60-Year Friendship of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, Who Both Started Out Working in the Same Grocery Store

December 4, 2023

Munger died last week at age 99.

‘Animate Anyone’ heralds the approach of full-motion deepfakes

December 4, 2023

As if still-image deepfakes aren’t bad enough, we may soon have to contend with generated videos of anyone who dares to put a photo of themselves online: with Animate Anyone, bad actors can puppeteer people better than ever. The new generative video technique was developed by researchers at Alibaba Group’s Institute for Intelligent Computing. It’s […]

She Lost Her Job as a Disinformation Scholar at Harvard — and Claims Facebook May Have Had Something to Do With It

December 4, 2023

Dr. Joan Donovan alleges Harvard stopped her research after receiving donations from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Harvard denies the claim.

Bank Accidentally Deposits $86 Million Into Woman’s Account, Freezes Her Assets

December 4, 2023

The incident occurred at the Malaysian bank, Maybank.

Mastercard launches Shopping Muse, an AI-powered shopping assistant

December 4, 2023

Mastercard is launching a new generative AI shopping tool called “Shopping Muse” that is designed to help users get personalized product recommendations. The tool is powered by Dynamic Yield, a personalization company that was acquired by Mastercard in April 2022. Mastercard says the idea behind Shopping Muse is to “revolutionize how customers search for and […]

What you may have missed about Trump’s AI Action Plan