Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Universal Music Group said on Wednesday that it will cease licensing its music to TikTok and accused the short-form video giant of bullying and intimidation in its contract negotiations. A music licensing agreement between UMG and TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, … Read more
Greenwash activists take part in the final day of four days of The Big One climate protest activities organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR) on 24 April 2023 in London, United Kingdom. Mark Kerrison | In Pictures | Getty Images The head of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative believes there is still a “real … Read more
PayPal will cut 9% of its global workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, CEO Alex Chriss wrote Tuesday in an internal letter to employees, which was viewed by CNBC. The cuts will affect both existing roles and job listings that PayPal had planned to hire for, and will take place over the course of the year, … Read more
Super Micro CEO Charles Liang. Source: Supermicro Shares of Super Micro Computer popped more than 5% on Tuesday, a day after the company handily exceeded estimates and raised its full-year revenue outlook in its fiscal second-quarter earnings report. Super Micro said revenue for the quarter came in at $3.66 billion, up from the $3.06 billion … Read more
Hulu ran an anti-Hamas ad that appears to be made using artificial intelligence to show an idealized version of Gaza—claiming this paradise destination could exist if not for Hamas. The 30-second spot, opening like a tourism ad, shows palm trees and coastlines. There are five-star hotels and children playing. People dance, eat, and laugh, while … Read more
Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) said in an op-ed Tuesday that he was “freaked out” by a briefing while serving on the board of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and called for guardrails on the development of “artificial general intelligence (AGI).” “At one point in my two years on the board of OpenAI, I experienced something that I … Read more
The United States Department of Justice has failed to convince a group of US lawmakers that state and local police agencies aren’t awarded federal grants to buy AI-based “policing” tools known to be inaccurate, if not prone to exacerbating biases long observed in US police forces. Seven members of Congress wrote in a letter to … Read more
With 10 months until Election Day, artificial intelligence is poised to change the nature of American politics — and the tech is so easy to use, even a reporter can do it. A recent robocall to New Hampshire residents featured a fake Joe Biden voice urging Democrats to skip Tuesday’s primary. He didn’t really say … Read more
NEW YORK — Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix. Sexually explicit and abusive fake images of Swift began circulating widely this week on the social media platform X. Her ardent fanbase of … Read more
Some members of the automotive press were bamboozled by a Toyota press release and accompanying conference last week. The story was that, in order to promote the company’s electrified offerings, Toyota had released an AI companion named Electra — an AI that immediately went off the rails and began talking about Toyota’s hesitancy to embrace … Read more
