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Friday May 16, 2025. 12:40 AM
At its second annual Upfront 2025 event yesterday, Netflix announced that it has created interactive mid-roll ads and pause ads that incorporate generative AI. These new ad formats are expected to roll out in 2026. Ars Technica reports: '[Netflix] members pay as much...
Failure could've triggered a small explosion NASA has revived a set of thrusters on the nearly 50-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft after declaring them inoperable over two decades ago. …
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A lawyer representing Anthropic admitted to using an erroneous citation created by the company's Claude AI chatbot in its ongoing legal battle with music publishers, according to a filing made in a Northern California...
Thursday May 15, 2025. 11:25 PM
According to the Wall Street Journal (paywalled), Meta is delaying the release of its largest Llama 4 AI model, known as 'Behemoth,' over concerns that it may not be enough of an advance on previous models. 'It's another indicator that the AI industry's scaling strategy --...
The UAE and Saudi Arabia are investing billions in US AI infrastructure. The deals could help the US in the AI race against China.
AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat An attorney defending AI firm Anthropic in a copyright case brought by music publishers apologized to the court on Thursday for citation errors that slipped into a filing after using the biz's own AI tool,...
Longtime Slashdot reader mprindle writes: Nextcloud has been in an ongoing battle with Google over the tech giant revoking the All Files permission from the Nextcloud Android App, which prevents users from managing their files on their server. After a blog post and several...
The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight. And it's just the beginning.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, Telegram announced it had removed two huge black markets estimated to have generated more than $35 billion since 2021 by serving cybercriminals and scammers. Blockchain research firm Elliptic told Reuters...
Every shipment you make, every FLOP you generate, Uncle Sam will be watching you Proposed legislation gaining steam in Congress this week would require high-end GPUs and AI chips to include location-tracking safeguards to ensure US-designed components don't end up in nations ...
Surely Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric has nothing to do with it US immigration officials say they are winning the war on H-1B fraud – and say they've got the numbers to prove it.…
Uber's autonomous vehicle chief Andrew Macdonald predicted this week that the company will employ more human drivers in a decade despite aggressively expanding robotaxi operations. Speaking at the Financial Times' Future of the Car conference, Macdonald outlined a 'hybrid...
School districts across the United States were woefully unprepared for ChatGPT's impact on education, according to thousands of pages of public records obtained by 404 Media. Documents from early 2023, the publication reports, show a 'total crapshoot' in responses, with some ...
Scientists have successfully treated a 9.5-month-old boy with an ultra-rare genetic disorder using the world's first personalized gene-editing therapy. The patient, identified as KJ, has CPS1 deficiency -- a condition affecting just one in 1.3 million babies that prevents...
DragonForce-riding ransomware ring also has 'shiny object syndrome' so will likely move on to another sector soon Interview The same miscreants behind recent cyberattacks on British retailers are now trying to dig their claws into major American retailers' IT environments...
Lawmakers’ ongoing attempts to ban pornography in the US didn’t stop Pornhub from hosting its annual awards show last week. On Uncanny Valley, we discuss the fate of the porn industry.
Scientists were able to create a bespoke treatment for KJ Muldoon’s rare genetic disorder within six months. It could be a blueprint for potentially life-saving, gene-editing Crispr therapies.
Apple has implemented conspicuous warning labels featuring red exclamation marks on EU App Store listings that use external payment systems. The company's new tactic targets apps like Instacar, a popular Hungarian vehicle valuation tool with thousands of positive reviews,...
Expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen' Coinbase says some of its overseas support staff were paid off to steal information on behalf of cybercriminals, and the company is now being extorted for $20 million.…
The Japanese flagship headphones come with seven times the processing power, new drivers, and the best noise-canceling we’ve ever tested.
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