Is Meta’s new Threads more than a Twitter copycat?  |  TechnologyNews

Is Meta’s new Threads more than a Twitter copycat? | TechnologyNews

Meta has officially launched Threads, its text-based rival to Twitter. The app went live on Wednesday on Apple and Android app stores in more than 100 countries although its release in Europe has been delayed over data privacy concerns. Despite that, within about 18 hours of its launch it had racked up more than 30 […]

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GPT-4 is old news: ChatGPT Code Interpreter plugin is redefining AI tech

GPT-4 is old news: ChatGPT Code Interpreter plugin is redefining AI tech

OpenAI’s sensational AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, has been creating waves on the internet ever since its launch in November 2022. Its super abilities have set off an AI race among the biggest tech companies in the world. Even as tech giants scramble to create the most innovative AI technology, developers around the world are exploring new […]

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ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones |  TechnologyNews

ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones | TechnologyNews

It’s been more than five months since OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, sparking excitement and alarm. ChatGPT is now a smartphone app, which can be good news for people who like to use the artificial intelligence chatbot and bad news for all the clone apps that have tried to profit from the technology. The […]

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Five key takeaways from OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman’s Senate hearing |  TechnologyNews

Five key takeaways from OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman’s Senate hearing | TechnologyNews

Sam Altman, the chief executive of ChatGPT’s OpenAI, tested before members of a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday about the need to regulate the increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology being created inside his company and others like Google and Microsoft. The three-hour-long hearings touched on several aspects of the risks that generative AI could pose to […]

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‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton warns about advancement of technology after leaving Google job |  Science & Tech News

‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton warns about advancement of technology after leaving Google job | Science & Tech News

An artificial intelligence trailblazer, dubbed the “godfather of AI”, has issued a warning about the technology he helped create. Geoffrey Hinton is the latest to join a growing list of experts who are sharing their concerns about the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence. Mr. Hinton went so far as leaving his job at Google to […]

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Panera Bread rolls out palm-scanning technology

Panera Bread rolls out palm-scanning technology

Panera Bread is rolling out palm scanners that will link customers’ handprints to their loyalty accounts — a move the company paints as convenient but that privacy advocates have decided. The biometric-gathering technology, developed by Amazon, will hit stores in the next few months, Panera said on Wednesday. The gadgets will help suggest menu items […]

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The tech watchdog that raised alarms about social media is warning about AI

The tech watchdog that raised alarms about social media is warning about AI

One of tech’s most vocal watchdogs has a warning about the explosion of advanced artificial intelligence: We need to slow down. Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, two of the co-founders of the Center for Humane Technology, discussed with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt their concerns about the emergence of new forms of AI that […]

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AI: New voice cloning technology allows scammers to impersonate anyone

AI: New voice cloning technology allows scammers to impersonate anyone

As artificial intelligence technology continues to advance, scammers are finding new ways to exploit it. Voice cloning has emerged as a particularly dangerous tool, with scammers using it to imitate the voices of people their victims know and trust in order to deceive them into handling over money. “People will soon be able to use […]

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