The biggest AI companies agree to crack down on child abuse images
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Tech companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Amazon committed today to reviewing their AI training data for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and removing it from use in any future models. The companies signed on to a new set of principles meant…
Taylor Swift Shares Behind-the-Scenes Montage Recording ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
Taylor Swift spent quite a few fortnights creating her freshly released 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department, and the superstar gave fans a glimpse into her recording process with a brand new YouTube Short released on Tuesday (April 23). Soundtracked by the album’s lead single and Post Malone collaboration, “Fortnight,” the Short shows a…
Atlus’ new fantasy-meets-Persona RPG launches in October
Image: Atlus Metaphor: ReFantazio is the inscrutable name for Atlus’ next RPG project. The company launched a new trailer and a 30-minute video introducing players to the story, gameplay, and social elements of the game, and at first blush, it looks pretty damn intriguing. Check out the gameplay video below. Metaphor: ReFantazio is an action…
You don’t know your K-pop persona, do you?
Image: Spotify Spotify has launched a colorful personality quiz designed to help K-pop fans determine their persona. For those unfamiliar with the K-pop term or its Jungian roots, a “persona” refers to the distinct, public-facing role of each member of a band. The feature leans into K-pop’s status as a major area of growth in…
How 14 tribes plan to use the Biden administration’s solar grants
Cody Two Bears attends the Stand With Standing Rock Benefit at ABC Home & Carpet on December 15th, 2016, in New York City. | Photo by Mark Sagliocco / WireImage A coalition of 14 tribes received $135,580,000 for solar energy, part of a Biden administration program to help more households run on renewable energy. The…
Luminar starts shipping lidar for Volvo EX90 — while readying its next-gen sensor
Luminar’s new Halo lidar sensor is expected to be less than one inch thick. | Image: Luminar Luminar is shipping out orders of its lidar sensors to Volvo as the automaker is preparing to start production of its EX90 electric vehicles, the company said today. Volvo will use the laser sensor to enable safety and…
Tesla reveals a new Model 3 Performance with more horsepower and faster acceleration
Tesla On the cusp of what’s expected to be a very not-good earnings report, Tesla decided to shuffle its search results a bit with the reveal of the 2024 Model 3 Performance, with a specially tuned chassis and a 2.9 second 0–60 mph acceleration time. Interestingly, Tesla did not give this updated Model 3 the…
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses do the AI thing without a projector or subscription
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have been something of a pleasant surprise. They make videos, take photos, livestream and act as an adequate replacement for headphones, all while looking like a normal pair of sunglasses. However, everyone’s been waiting for the addition of multimodal AI after early access testing began in January. Now it’s here….
ChatGPT Plus can exploit zero-day security vulnerabilities — why this should concern you
GPT-4, OpenAI’s latest multimodal large language model (LLM), can exploit zero-day vulnerabilities independently, according to a study reported by TechSpot. The study by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers has shown that LLMs, including GPT-4, can execute attacks on systems by utilizing undisclosed vulnerabilities, known as zero-day flaws. As part of the ChatGPT Plus service, GPT-4…
Cum faci diferența între brânza din lapte și cea contrafăcută, plină de margarină
În zilele noastre, preocuparea pentru calitatea alimentelor pe care le consumăm este din ce în ce mai mare, având în vedere creșterea alarmantă a produselor contrafăcute prezente pe piață. Brânza, un aliment atât de iubit și consumat în întreaga lume, nu face excepție și deseori suntem înșelați cu brânză plină de margarină și alte ingrediente…
Tim Cook Clearly Hints at a New Apple Pencil For The OLED iPad Pro
Apple has just announced that it will be hosting its “Let Loose” in the first week of May where it will finally announce the upgraded iPad Air and iPad Pro models. Apple was originally expected to announce the new devices by the end of last year but saw fit to introduce the M3 series of…
As Mandisa death investigation proceeds, police are seeing no signs of foul play
Police are investigating the death of ‘American Idol’ veteran and Christian singer Mandisa, whose body was found in her home outside Nashville last Thursday.
