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A fake image of the Pentagon on fire posted on Twitter today caused a brief dip in the U.S. stock market, which rebounded after officials had to explain that no such explosion had taken place. The image of smoke billowing from the …
DOJ charges former Apple engineer with stealing self-driving car technology for China
The Department of Justice today charged a former Apple Inc. engineer with stealing autonomous technology and giving it to a Chinese self-driving car company. The indictment, filed at federal court in the Northern District of California, alleges that Weibao Wang, who started …
The IRS is building a government-run system for tax preparation
The Internal Revenue Service has been working on a system for Americans to file their taxes in one place, for free, according to an article in The Washington Post today. The Biden administration wants Americans to have an alternative to tax preparation …
Italy’s antitrust watchdog begins probe into Apple’s app market dominance
Italy’s antitrust watchdog announced today that it has launched an investigation into Apple Inc. for what it believes could be the iPhone maker’s abuse of its dominant position in the app market, a probe that follows similar European antitrust probes into American …
Wendy’s teams up with Google to release an AI chatbot that takes orders
Wendy’s International Inc. is partnering with Google LLC in the creation of a chatbot-powered drive-thru, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Amid what has become a generative AI boom of late, it comes as no surprise that a fast-food chain is playing with the …
FTC wants to stop Meta from monetizing young people’s data
The Federal Trade Commission today shared some stern words with Meta Platforms Inc., accusing the company of breaching a child privacy protection order, adding that it’s time there was a “blanket prohibition” on Meta collecting the data of kids. The FTC, which …
Co-founders of LinkedIn and Google DeepMind release a chatbot designed to get you through your day
The California-based company Inflection AI released to the public today the Pi chatbot, a talkative AI that’s designed to give people advice and be a friend rather than merely a tool to enhance work. Pi (for “personal intelligence”) was launched in March …
Researchers use AI combined with MRI to decode human thoughts
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have been using artificial intelligence in combination with fMRI scans to translate brain activity into continuous text. The results were published today in the Nature Journal under the title, “Semantic reconstruction of continuous language …
Tesla defense lawyers say Elon Musk’s past statements about autopilot safety could be deepfakes
A California judge today said that Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk should be questioned under oath over his claims about the company’s autopilot safety, after Musk’s lawyers argued that those comments could be deepfakes. After crashes in Tesla vehicles where …
Bipartisan bill aims to ban kids under 13 from using social media
A bipartisan bill introduced today would stop anyone in the U.S. under 13 years of age from using social media as well as put limits on all young people from getting onto such platforms. The “Protecting Kids on Social Media Act,” is …