Here’s how AI experts think ChatGPT might help the military

(Washington Post) Pentagon officials were hanging on to every word as Matthew Knight, OpenAI’s head of security, explained how the latest version of ChatGPT had succeeded in deciphering cryptic conversations within a Russian hacking group, a task that human analysts had found challenging. “These logs were in Russian shorthand internet slang,” Knight said. “We had a Russian…

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How AI copyright lawsuits could make the whole industry go extinct

(Verge) The New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI is part of a broader, industry-shaking copyright challenge that could define the future of AI… There’s a lot going on in the world of generative AI, but maybe the biggest is the increasing number of copyright lawsuits being filed against AI companies like OpenAI and Stability AI. So…

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Google joins the C2PA, Adobe’s effort to label digital content

(Axios) Google is joining Microsoft, Meta and Adobe in supporting a standard for labeling media that can describe who created an image or video, when and how it was created, and the credibility of its source, the company announced today. Why it matters: With Android smartphones holding a 70% global market share, and 2.5 billion YouTube users, Google’s move gives…

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Oversight Board calls on Meta to rewrite ‘incoherent’ rules against faked videos

(TechCrunch) The Oversight Board, the external advisory group that Meta created to review its moderation decisions on Facebook and Instagram, issued a decision on Monday concerning a doctored seven-second video of President Biden that made the rounds on social media last year. The original video showed the president accompanying his granddaughter Natalie Biden to cast her ballot during early voting…

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Yes, the tech layoff surge you are feeling is real

(TechCrunch) Tech layoffs are accelerating, according to the data. The surge in staff cuts comes after reductions in human capital slowed so much in the back half of 2023 that we wrote that “tech layoffs are all but a thing of the past.” At the time, reported layoffs had been trending down for months and…

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Stuck in a Downturn, Startups Ghost Investors

(Bloomberg) Startups typically depend on serial infusions of funding from backers to get through their early years, and a so-called down round—raising money at a lower implied valuation than before—is a big black eye. So lately, companies have gotten increasingly creative at trying to avoid being considered less valuable, particularly when investors seek to unload…

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