Image Credits:SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP / Getty ImagesIn March, ChatGPT became the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for the first time, surpassing longtime leaders Instagram and TikTok. According to Appfigures, the app saw a 28% increase in downloads from February, reaching 46 million new installs—marking its biggest month yet. Instagram slipped to second place, with TikTok...
Image Credits: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty ImagesA group of copyright law professors has submitted an amicus brief supporting the authors suing Meta for allegedly using their e-books without permission to train its Llama AI models.Filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco Division), the brief criticizes...
Image Credits:Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for YoutubeOn Wednesday, YouTube announced the expansion of its pilot program aimed at identifying and managing AI-generated content that mimics the likeness, including faces, of creators, artists, and other prominent figures.The company also expressed its support for the NO FAKES ACT, legislation targeting AI-generated replicas that simulate...
The ear canal is well-suited to capturing signals that are difficult to access elsewhere on the bodyTECO, KITIf you're already putting something in your ear, why not let it keep tabs on your health while it's there? That’s the idea behind OpenEarable 2.0 — a pair of advanced earphones equipped with sensors that track...
Image Credits:NanoStockk / Getty ImagesA study that gained widespread attention a few months ago suggested that as AI becomes more advanced, it might develop its own “value systems” — potentially even prioritizing itself over humans. However, a newer MIT paper challenges that idea, concluding that AI doesn’t actually possess any consistent or meaningful values.According...
Image Credits:Jens Büttner/picture alliance / Getty ImagesMeta is launching Teen Accounts on Facebook and Messenger, providing a default experience with built-in safety features for younger users. Initially available in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada, the feature will expand to more countries over time.These accounts were first introduced on Instagram last September, following increased...
Image Credits:Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP / Getty ImagesThe Wikimedia Foundation, which oversees Wikipedia and several other crowdsourced knowledge projects, reported on Wednesday that multimedia download bandwidth from Wikimedia Commons has risen by 50% since January 2024.According to a blog post published Tuesday, this surge isn’t driven by human...
Image Credits:Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto / Getty ImagesOpenAI has faced multiple accusations of using copyrighted content without permission to train its AI models. A new paper from the AI Disclosures Project, an organization focused on AI transparency, makes a serious claim that OpenAI has increasingly relied on non-public, unlicensed books to train its advanced AI models.AI...
Credit: PixabayTikTok is shutting down its Instagram-like app, TikTok Notes, on May 8. The photo-sharing platform, which was launched for testing last year in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam, is being discontinued.Users of TikTok Notes are being informed of the decision and redirected to ByteDance-owned Lemon8, a move that makes sense given the similarities between...
Image Credits:Skylight SocialSkylight, a startup challenging TikTok with a more open alternative, is launching its mobile app to the public on Tuesday after just 10 weeks of development. Supported by Mark Cuban and other investors, Skylight joins a growing list of apps built on the AT Protocol—the same technology behind the social network Bluesky...
