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Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the dead
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» TAIZHOU (CHINA) - At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son.
Polarised world threatens open internet: ICANN
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - After 25 years of keeping the internet strong and stable, the nonprofit ICANN -- responsible for its technical infrastructure -- is warning that increasingly polarised geopolitics could start cracking the foundations of the online world.
Fake AI porn leads to real harassment in US high schools
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - When Ellis, a 14-year-old from Texas, woke up one October morning with several missed calls and texts, they were all about the same thing: nude images of her circulating on social media.
X fails to pay Australian fine for abuse-related content
AFP, Published on 14/11/2023
» SYDNEY - The social media platform X has not paid a fine imposed for failing to outline its plans to stamp out content depicting child sexual abuse, Australia's internet safety watchdog told AFP on Tuesday.
Tech giants jockey for position at dawn of AI age
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Whether they sell smartphones, ads or computer chips, the heavyweights of Silicon Valley have everything to prove to investors looking to see who is best placed in the race to dominate the generative artificial intelligence market.
Did a computer write this? Book industry grapples with AI
AFP, Published on 23/10/2023
» FRANKFURT, Germany - From low-quality computer-written books flooding the market to potential copyright violations, publishing is the latest industry to feel the threat from rapid developments in artificial intelligence.
Tech breathes new life into endangered Native American languages
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» BLOOMINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Linguistics experts are turning to cutting-edge technologies to revitalize threatened Native American languages -- and rejuvenate generations of Indigenous tradition -- through new approaches such as children's books and smartphone apps.
Musk considers making all X users pay
AFP, Published on 19/09/2023
» PARIS - Elon Musk has sparked outrage among fans of his social media platform X by suggesting he might introduce a monthly fee for all users, in what would be the biggest shake-up since he took over the site then known as Twitter last October.
Musk rules by gut, says ex-Twitter exec
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: A fired Twitter product manager said Elon Musk ran the company newly renamed X by instinct not data, surrounded by sycophants with his mood changing unpredictably.
Musk launches xAI to rival OpenAI, Google
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» WASHINGTON: Elon Musk on Wednesday launched his own artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, as he seeks to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT -- a program he accuses of being politically biased and irresponsible.