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On Wednesday, social network X (formerly Twitter) updated its privacy policy to say it will now allow third-party “collaborators” to train AI models on X data unless users opt out. X owner Elon Musk trained xAI's Grok AI chatbot on X user data, leading to an investigation by the EU's chief privacy regulator, but the company said the data could also be used by third parties. had not yet amended the policy to indicate that this could be the case. This addition to the policy suggests that X, like Reddit and various media organizations, is considering licensing data to AI…

WorldCoin, the “identity proof” crypto startup that scans people’s eyeballs co-founded by Sam Altman, announced Thursday that it has dropped “coin” from its name and is now simply “World.” The company also announced its next-generation iris scanning, Orb, and other tools at a live event in San Francisco. World co-founder and CEO Alex Branier said the startup's old name “doesn't work anymore” as the startup looks to expand its identity beyond its initial cryptocurrency mission. suggested that there may be. (Initially, eye scans were seen as a way to access World Coin, but founders say that never happened.) OpenAI CEO…

Microsoft has notified customers that security logs for some of its cloud products have been missing for more than two weeks, leaving network defenders without critical data to detect potential intrusions. According to a notice sent to affected customers, Microsoft announced that between September 2 and September 19, “there was a bug in one of Microsoft's internal monitoring agents that caused it to upload log data to an internal logging platform. At that time, some agents malfunctioned.” The notice states that the logging outage was not caused by a security incident and “only affected the collection of log events.” Business…

This week, OpenAI quietly published a statement on its website pledging not to use its patents offensively. OpenAI emphasized its commitment to the principles of “broad access” and “collaboration” and said it would only use patents in ways that support innovation. “We will not engage in any activity where a party threatens, asserts a claim, files a lawsuit, assists anyone else in such activity against us, or harms us or our users. Unless otherwise involved, we pledge to use our patents only defensively.” company. But experts say that claim is just whitewashing. In contrast to patent pledges, such as IBM's…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, one of the tech industry's biggest hype guys, wants you to know that he's passionate about generative AI, but even he doesn't know that generative AI's biggest proponents are I don't think I can accomplish what I say. And he (not surprisingly) blames Microsoft. A month after Salesforce's huge tech conference Dreamforce, Benioff endlessly touted, touted and praised AI (at least the AI ​​used in Salesforce's own products), it's now time to set expectations. I'm on tour. And he's badmouthing his biggest competitor and biggest rival, Microsoft. He recently appeared on the podcast “Rapid Response,” hosted…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Thursday that Prabhakar Raghavan, the company's head of search engine and advertising products, will be leaving his post. Raghavan will be replaced as chief engineer by longtime Google executive Nick Fox. “Prabhakar has decided that the time is right to take a major leap forward in his career,” Pichai said in a statement. “After 12 years leading teams across Google, he will return to his roots in computer science and take on the role of chief engineer at Google. In this role, he will work closely with me and Google leadership. Together, we will provide…

Federal authorities announced Thursday that they have arrested an Alabama man for his alleged involvement in the hacking of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission X accounts earlier this year. Eric Council Jr. was charged in connection with the SEC X account hack that occurred on January 9th. The account published a post falsely announcing that the commission had approved the listing of a Bitcoin ETF on the domestic stock exchange, and the number of posts increased. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, the price of Bitcoin increased by $1,000. According to…

ChatGPT is now available on Windows. Today, OpenAI announced that it has begun previewing a dedicated Windows app for ChatGPT, its AI-powered chatbot platform. Currently available only to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu users, the app is an early version and will be released ahead of a “full experience” later this year, OpenAI said. “The official ChatGPT desktop app lets you chat about files and photos,” OpenAI writes. “This app provides improvements to OpenAI's latest models, including access to OpenAI's newest and smartest model, OpenAI o1-preview.” Image credit: OpenAI The ChatGPT app for Windows can run on most Windows…

Apple Music on Thursday introduced a new feature that lets artists create playlists tied to setlists from recent concerts. The feature, named “Setlist,” serves as a promotional tool for musicians to interact with their fans. It lets artists turn setlists from a single show, residency, or entire tour into playlists that they can share with fans on Apple Music, display on their Shazam artist and concert pages, or post on social media. You can do it. The feature is easy to use. Artists must first upload an artist image to their profile for playlist cover art. You can then select…

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