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 China Using AI to Create Anti-American Memes Capitalizing on Israel-Palestine, Researchers Find.

China Using AI to Create Anti-American Memes Capitalizing on Israel-Palestine, Researchers Find.

2024-01-05 Motherboard - Vice
The ISD (Institute for Strategic Dialogue), a British non-profit political advocacy organisation, recently released a new report concerning the actions of the CCP, the Communist Party of China. According to the document in question, the aforementioned party is spreading memes portraying Biden as a tyrant with warlike t...
 British Library hack: Customer data offered for sale on dark web.

British Library hack: Customer data offered for sale on dark web.

2024-01-04 BBC
During the last months of 2023, the website of the British Library, the UK's national library, was the target of a serious cyber attack. The latter was perpetrated by the ransomware group 'Rhysida', which publicly announced its intention to auction the stolen information. Subsequent investigations revealed that the at...
 EU takes action against Elon Musk's X over disinformation.

EU takes action against Elon Musk's X over disinformation.

2024-01-03 BBC
Given recent developments in the field, this kind of news is not exactly a bolt out of the blue. Between accusations of misinformation and the failure to remove terms related to the world of artificial intelligence-generated pornography, the social network originally known as Twitter is perpetually in the spotlight. I...
 Copyright claim against Tolkien estate backfires on Lord of the Rings fanfiction author.

Copyright claim against Tolkien estate backfires on Lord of the Rings fanfiction author.

2024-01-02 The Guardian
The 'Lord of the Rings' universe boasts a certain level of fame, honourably achieved, as well as a considerable community of fans and would-be successors. Such a saga can only change the world, leaving its mark and inspiring those interested in the content. Recently, fanfiction writer Demetrious Polychron opened a leg...
New York Times sues OpenAI for misuse of content

New York Times sues OpenAI for misuse of content

2023-12-29 Publishers Weekly
The famous newspaper is suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the use of journalistic content to train the ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing Chat (now Copilot) engines. In negotiations that lasted for months and later ceased, OpenAI insisted that the use of the Times' content fell under 'fair-use', as it served to generate transfo...
 Imran Khan: Pakistan ex-PM used artificial intelligence to campaign from jail.

Imran Khan: Pakistan ex-PM used artificial intelligence to campaign from jail.

2023-12-28 BBC
The misuse that certain individuals make of artificial intelligence never seems to reach rock bottom. Recently, the former Pakistani premier decided to use this rising star of technology to build and broadcast his campaign directly from prison. After being charged with corruption, Imran Khan was imprisoned for three y...
 Vans, Supreme owner VF Corp. says personal data stolen and orders impacted in suspected ransomware attack.

Vans, Supreme owner VF Corp. says personal data stolen and orders impacted in suspected ransomware attack.

2023-12-27 TechCrunch
VF corp, the parent company of Vans, Supreme and The North Face, recently reported a misfortune that occurred at the most influential time of the year. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, the company was the victim of a serious cyber attack. As a result of this unfortunate development, the companies involved are...
 Apple halts some Watch sales in the US.

Apple halts some Watch sales in the US.

2023-12-26 BBC
The Christmas season always brings news, whether positive or negative. Less than a week before the fateful day, the US has issued an order banning the sale and import of certain specific watches belonging to the Apple company. Recently, it was discovered that the latter had infringed the product's patent rights. More ...
 X Lags Behind TikTok, Meta In Restricting ‘Nudify’ Apps for Non-Consensual AI Porn.

X Lags Behind TikTok, Meta In Restricting ‘Nudify’ Apps for Non-Consensual AI Porn.

2023-12-22 Motherboard - Vice
During the first week of Decemberthe internet saw a spike in the popularity of artificial intelligence apps aimed at generating pornographic images- the individuals depicted, of course, never gave consent to the manipulation of their image in any way, compromising or otherwise.These kinds of apps are called "Nudify" an...
 Stormy Weather on a Starry Night: The Copyright Office Refuses Another AI-Generated Work.

Stormy Weather on a Starry Night: The Copyright Office Refuses Another AI-Generated Work.

2023-12-21 Internet & Technology Law
The year 2023 has repeatedly seen attempts to register Copyright protection on works completely, or partially, produced through artificial intelligence. The most famous example is undoubtedly the comic book "Zarya of the Dawn" by artist Kris Kashtanova, which came under the spotlight during the first months of the curr...
 Disney is about to lose its decades-long battle to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain.

Disney is about to lose its decades-long battle to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain.

2023-12-20 Business Insider
With the advent of the New Year, thousands of Copyrighted content will pass into being available for the public domain - current U.S. laws regarding Copyright declare that it must "expire" after 95 years from declaration. The Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie" was supposed to lose Copyright protection in 1984, Disney,...
 Spotify slashes staff to move faster into AI – and Wall Street loves it

Spotify slashes staff to move faster into AI – and Wall Street loves it

2023-12-19 CNN
The year 2023 was marked by frequent and significant job cuts, whether it was in giants or small businesses. Due to the advent of artificial intelligence, many employees lost their positions and were replaced by this rapidly growing technology. Between January, June and November Spotify laid off about 2290 people. The...
 Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Pushing Misinformation and Legitimizing Conspiracies

Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Pushing Misinformation and Legitimizing Conspiracies

2023-12-18 Motherboard - Vice
With the advent of December, Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk released his new artificial intelligence model, called Grok. The model in question is still in early access, and participation in this phase of the project is restricted to Premium+ users of X (formerly Twitter). Musk's entry into the famous artificial intel...
Gemini's demo video was fake? After the admission, Alphabet's shares fall.

Gemini's demo video was fake? After the admission, Alphabet's shares fall.

2023-12-15 Il Corriere della Sera
A few days ago, we published an introduction to a referenced article published by the BBC, dedicated to the recent release of Gemini, a new Google-branded AI. Today, we bring you an update on it. Nowadays, accuracy and transparency lie at the base of the average user's desire pyramid in the Internet world. A few days ...
 ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Giant To Shrink Human Workforce as It Goes All-in on AI.

‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Giant To Shrink Human Workforce as It Goes All-in on AI.

2023-12-14 Motherboard - Vice
The company behind the slogan "Buy Now, Pay Later," a phrase that is currently haunting any online payment process, came under the spotlight during the first days of December. Klarna, a Swedish fintech company, has recently gained worldwide attention by offering its payment processing services for the e-commerce indust...
 A year after ChatGPT’s release, the AI revolution is just beginning.

A year after ChatGPT’s release, the AI revolution is just beginning.

2023-12-13 CNN
ChatGPT has officially been around for a year. Following recent internal conflicts within the OpenAI company, CEO Sam Altman regained his position within the company, just in time to celebrate the service's birthday. Considering the remarkable development of artificial intelligence during this past year, it would almo...