In case you missed it, in Dubai, the restaurant and delivery chain Dodo Pizza added a new ChatGPT-created pizza to its menu — and it’s flying off the shelves like hot cakes, according to the BBC. Spartak Arutyunyan, the head of menu development for the pizza franchise, leaned on ChatGPT …
Read More »YouTube to add tools to detect AI-generated faces and voices
YouTube is building tools to detect AI-generated likenesses of artists like actors and musicians, the company’s vice president of creator products Amjad Hanif wrote in a blog post this week. Hanif also repeatedly expressed that YouTube is “committed” to the responsible development of AI tools. The first of the new …
Read More »Scammers are using pictures of your home to amplify sextortion threats
As the tech landscape evolves, and the public’s awareness of digital attacks grows, scammers are harnessing every tool at their disposal — including Google Maps. A new sextortion scam (a form of financial coercion in which bad actors threaten to release personal, explicit images to the public) leverages publicly accessible …
Read More »OpenAI clarifies: No, "GPT Next" isn't a new model.
No, “GPT Next” is not OpenAI’s next big thing. Earlier this week, Tadao Nagasaki, the lead executive for OpenAI’s Japanese operations, shared a presentation at Japan’s KDDI Summit that seemed to imply a new model call “GPT Next” was imminent. But an OpenAI spokesperson has confirmed to Mashable that the …
Read More »YouTube extends limits to body weight and fitness videos for teens in Europe and UK
In an effort to curb teens from watching potentially harmful videos on YouTube, the streaming platform announced Thursday it will expand its limitation of repeated recommendations of videos that idealise specific body weights, types, and fitness levels for teenagers in Europe and the UK. It’s an extension of the same …
Read More »Spotify expands its 'daylist' playlist feature
Spotify is expanding its listening data-generated “daylist” to even more users, so I won’t be the only one playing something as niche as a “demure power ballad Wednesday morning,” “scream writer Monday evening,” or “laurel canyon classic folk Friday afternoon” playlist around here. The audio streaming company launched its personalised, …
Read More »Elon Musk's X / Twitter has a new TV app dedicated to watching videos
Elon Musk really wants X to compete with YouTube. Musk personally intervened to encourage MrBeast, YouTube’s biggest star, to start posting full videos on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Earlier this year, X CEO Linda Yaccarino claimed that X was becoming a “video first” platform. Now, X is taking …
Read More »National Public Data breach: Do this to find out if your Social Security number has been leaked
In what may be the most bonkers news we’ve heard in 2024, billions of Americans had their most personal, sensitive info swiped by hackers earlier this year — and the breach didn’t get disclosed until August. The devastating data leak at the hands of National Public Data is a nightmare, …
Read More »iOS 18.1 adds new Apple Intelligence ‘Clean Up’ tool: 3 things it can do for your photos
Apple dropped the iOS 18.1 beta 3 for developers — and it added a new Apple Intelligence feature to the mix: the AI-powered Clean Up tool. We’ve all been there. You take a photo, you’re excited to share it with friends or post it on social media, but there’s just …
Read More »Google Meet will now take notes for you
Google Meet will now take notes for you in meetings, with a new Gemini AI-powered feature rolling out. Announced Tuesday in a blog post, the “Take notes for me” feature is available to “select” paying Google Workspace users. The feature is similar to competitor offerings like Zoom Notes or OtterPilot, …
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