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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick speaks at the CNBC Evolve conference November 19th in Los Angeles. Jesse Grant | CNBC Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will step down from his role as head of the video game company on Dec. 29, according to an internal memo from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer Wednesday. The leadership … Read more
(NewsNation) — OpenAI announced this week its board has the authority to reverse safety decisions made by its CEO and other company leadership, such as the release of new AI models. This move was laid out in a safety plan published by the artificial intelligence research organization Monday. The plan details what OpenAI is doing … Read more
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Earlier today, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick formally announced that Friday December 29th, 2023 will be his last day at Microsoft Gaming. Under Bobby’s watch, Activision Blizzard in its many incarnations has been an enduring pillar of video games. Whether it’s Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Candy Crush Saga or any number of other titles, his teams … Read more
Google plans to restrict the types of election-related questions its generative artificial intelligence (AI) products, including the AI-powered chatbot Bard, will return responses to ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The tech giant will begin restricting responses to such queries early next year “out of an abundance of caution on such an important topic,” it … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his combine call-in-show and annual press conference on December 14, 2023 in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked a question by what appeared to be an AI-generated “deepfake” of himself during a Q&A session with the public Thursday. Putin … Read more
(NewsNation) — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday adopted new rules to close the “lead generator” robocall loophole that has resulted in people becoming inundated with unwanted calls. One of the new FCC rules makes it clear that lead generators and comparison shopping websites must get consumer consent to receive robocalls and robotexts one … Read more
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The Sphere is the main character in Las Vegas right now. If you’re flying into the city from the right angle, half the plane sees it out the window and feels obligated to tell the other half what they’re witnessing. The woman on the flight next to me, who said she’d been to Vegas precisely … Read more
George Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer of Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., during a Bloomberg Technology television interview at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has had a banner year. The cybersecurity firm has seen its stock … Read more
Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was used incorrectly to identify potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers. The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission addresses charges that the struggling drugstore chain didn’t do enough to prevent harm to its … Read more
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Noah Baumbach, the Coen brothers, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh, Spike Lee, Terry Gilliam, Leos Carax, Ridley Scott — that’s the ever-growing catalog of directors Adam Driver has worked with. And with Ferrari, add Michael Mann to that list. To work with an auteur is to plug into their world. Driver isn’t exactly versatile … Read more
