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OpenAI acquires technology talk show TBPN in surprise move
23+ hour, 50+ min ago (348+ words) April 2 (Reuters) - OpenAI, jostling "with Anthropic for enterprise customers, has bought TBPN, an online "tech talk show that has built a loyal Silicon Valley "following through interviews with industry CEOs. Entrepreneurs John Coogan and Jordi Hays, who started TBPN in…...
Survey shows Germans divided over AI's impact on future
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (284+ words) BERLIN: Public opinion in Germany is divided over the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a survey released on Wednesday that revealed both optimism and concern about the technology's future. The latest poll conducted for public broadcaster ARD found…...
A US$280mil crypto hack exposes a human weak link in DeFi
23+ hour, 46+ min ago (406+ words) Drift, a decentralised finance project built on the Solana blockchain, was hit by a hack that drained nearly US$300mil (RM1.21bil) in digital assets from the protocol, ranking it among the largest exploits in the history of crypto. "Earlier today, a malicious…...
AI machine sorts clothes faster than humans to boost textile recycling in China
2+ day, 41+ min ago (538+ words) ZHANGJIAGANG: In an industrial park in Zhangjiagang, a small city on China's east coast, a large humming and hissing machine feeds on piles of used clothes and sorts them. The novelty? It uses artificial intelligence to sort them by composition…...
Meet the new AI coworker who won't stop snitching to your boss
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (736+ words) The Slack messages began arriving at 5:47 am on a recent Monday. Three sales proposals had gone out the previous week and none of the team members had scheduled follow-ups. The reminders were crisp, professional and relentless " and they hadn't been…...
The AI video apps gaining ground after OpenAI declared Sora dead
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (316+ words) A week after OpenAI said it would'shutter'its artificial intelligence video generator, Sora, rival tools'like'Kling AI and RunwayML are already gaining ground. Kling AI, a video generator app owned by China's Kuaishou Technology, saw global weekly active users jump 4% to an…...
Brunei forum explores responsible use of AI
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (248+ words) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The School of Business and Economics at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBDSBE) hosted a forum titled "AI in Academia and Office: The Responsible Way Forward" yesterday at the Senate Room, Chancellor Hall, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. It provided a…...
Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from 'AI slop' videos
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (450+ words) In a letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of YouTube's parent company Google, children's advocacy group Fairplay expresses "serious concern" about the spread of AI-generated videos on both YouTube and YouTube Kids. The letter, which…...
WhatsApp says Italian surveillance company tricked around 200 users into downloading spyware
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (196+ words) WASHINGTON, "April 1 (Reuters) - Messaging service WhatsApp said an Italian "surveillance company tricked some 200 users into "downloading a bogus version of its popular app that was rigged to spy on its victims. In a statement, the Meta Platforms-owned "service said the…...
North Korean hackers suspected in Axios software tool breach
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (356+ words) Axios, a tool widely used to develop software applications, was compromised overnight, introducing a vulnerability in a key part of the internet's plumbing." Google's Threat Intelligence Group linked the compromise to a suspected North Korean hacking group. The hacked code…...