California Governor Gavin Newsom signed three landmark proposals to crack down on election deepfakes, banning the use of AI to create and circulate false images and videos in political ads close to Election Day. The laws, which take effect immediately, allow individuals to sue for damages over election deepfakes and require large online platforms to remove such content. A lawsuit has been filed in Sacramento to challenge two of the three laws.
PoliticsCalifornia | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 62 | 2024-09-19 09:10:48 AM |
23andMe's board of seven members, including Sequoia Capital's Roelof Botha and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, resigned en masse. The company, known for its mail-order DNA-testing kit, has never turned a profit since going public via merger with a SPAC in 2021. Its stock price fell to $0.30 after the resignation, but recovered slightly to $0.36 by midday Wednesday.
Business23andMe | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 51 | 2024-09-18 10:10:33 PM |
T-Mobile US Inc. outlined its growth ambitions for the next three years, forecasting higher profit fueled by customer gains and enhanced by new technologies, including artificial intelligence. The company is teaming up with OpenAI on a new platform, IntentCX, to deliver faster and more personalized customer service. Through the partnership, T-Mobile will have access to OpenAI's technology.
AIT-Mobile | Rating: 67 | 2024-09-18 09:10:30 PM |
Mars, a candymaking giant, plans to spend $1 billion over three years to hire 300 more tech workers and enhance its digital capabilities, including artificial intelligence, in its pet care division. The company will allocate 70% of the funds for hiring, upskilling, and bringing in third-party vendors, and the remaining 30% for emerging technologies such as generative AI, data management, and e-commerce.
BusinessMars | Rating: 53 | 2024-09-18 08:10:19 PM |
Runway, an AI video startup, has partnered with Lionsgate, a film and TV giant, to train an AI model using Lionsgate's vast catalog of content. The model will be used by Lionsgate's filmmakers and creatives for storyboarding and eventually generating effects like explosions. Lionsgate vice chair Michael Burns expressed excitement about the potential applications, stating it will save the studio money on production costs.
AILionsgate | Rating: 57 | 2024-09-18 07:10:37 PM |
Thomas Miller, a data scientist at Northwestern University, is predicting a landslide victory for Harris over Trump in the upcoming presidential election. The prediction is based on Miller's original methodology, which he used to accurately forecast the 2020 presidential race and the Georgia senatorial contests. The election is scheduled to take place in 48 days.
PoliticsHarris | Rating: 52 | 2024-09-18 01:10:46 PM |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed five AI-related bills, including three that deal with elections, placing new responsibilities on big online platforms like Facebook and limiting how studios can exploit performers' likenesses and voices. The bills expand the timeframe for illegal distribution of deceptive audio or visual media from 60 to 120 days before an election.
AICalifornia | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 62 | 2024-09-18 12:10:27 PM |
According to a Monster survey of over 1,000 workers, only 14% of employees consider punctuality as the most important workplace manner. The survey was conducted in August. The pandemic has changed the rules of work, allowing people to work from home or in an office, making it unclear what 'getting in late' really means.
WorkplaceNone | Rating: 50 | 2024-09-18 03:00:48 AM |
Amazon employees are criticizing the company's return-to-office policy, announced by CEO Andy Jassy, which requires employees to return to the office five days a week from January. The policy is considered stricter than pre-COVID times. Some employees are even considering leaving the company due to the mandate.
BusinessAmazon | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 51 | 2024-09-17 10:00:21 PM |
The world's leading AI scientists, including three Turing Award winners, signed an open letter urging governments to regulate AI technology before it's too late. They warned that any mistake or misuse could bring catastrophic outcomes for humanity, and that these outcomes could occur at any time due to the rapid pace of AI development.
AIAI | Rating: 62 | 2024-09-17 09:00:26 PM |