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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.
TikTok sued by content moderator traumatised by graphic videos
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/12/2021
» NEW YORK: TikTok’s 10,000 content moderators are exposed to a regular diet of child pornography, rapes, beheadings and animal mutilation, according to a lawsuit filed against the video-sharing platform and its its parent, ByteDance Inc.
Ghosting around
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 25/10/2019
» Infiltrating enemy lines and leaving without a trace is the signature of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (or at least that's how it's supposed to be depending on how you play it). Its latest installment, Breakpoint, transports you from its predecessor's drug cartel-run Wildlands to the lush jungles, sandy beaches and urban landscapes of the island of Auroa. Sounds like paradise? Sure -- until bullets start flying.
WhatsApp curbs India service after lynchings
AFP, Published on 20/07/2018
» NEW DELHI: WhatsApp announced limits on the forwarding of messages by its 200 million Indian users in an effort to stop a spate of horrific lynchings and to assuage government threats of legal action in its biggest market.
Tesla 'on autopilot' crashes on German Autobahn
AFP, Published on 29/09/2016
» BERLIN - A Tesla electric car crashed into a tourist bus on a motorway in northern Germany, police said Thursday, with the driver claiming he had activated the car's autopilot system.
Dutch police closes probe into fatal Tesla crash
AFP, Published on 09/09/2016
» THE HAGUE - Dutch police closed a probe Friday into a fatal crash involving a Tesla, accepting the US electric car firm's findings that the Model S sedan was not on auto-pilot when it smashed into a tree.
Tesla on Autopilot was speeding before fatal crash: probe
AFP, Published on 27/07/2016
» WASHINGTON - The Tesla electric car driving in semi-autonomous mode when it crashed and killed its driver was speeding just ahead of impact with a tractor-trailer, a preliminary probe showed Tuesday.
Nissan rolls out auto-drive as Tesla system hit by probe
AFP, Published on 13/07/2016
» TOKYO - Nissan Wednesday rolled out new features that will let one of its minivans handle some driving on its own, as a similar system made by US-based Tesla is probed over crashes.
GM sees self-driving cars as gradual rollout
AFP, Published on 12/07/2016
» WASHINGTON - General Motors believes in autonomous vehicles as a safer mode of transport, and expects the technology to come more quickly than most people think, a top executive said Monday.
US probes second suspected Tesla Autopilot crash
AFP, Published on 07/07/2016
» NEW YORK - US highway safety officials said Wednesday that they are investigating a second crash of a Tesla car that may have been operating on the vehicle's pioneering self-drive Autopilot technology.