A group of 20 tech companies announced on Friday they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive artificial-intelligence content from interfering with elections across the globe this year. The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can create text, images and video in seconds in response to prompts,…
A viral video of a Costco customer returning a couch purchased over two years ago sparked online discussion about the wholesale retailer’s return policy and whether customers are abusing it. A woman named Jackie shared she bought a couch from Costco over two and a half years ago, in a video posted last week…
China’s cyberspace regulator said on Wednesday children under the age of 18 should be limited to a maximum of two hours a day on their smartphones, sending shares in tech companies tumbling. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it wanted providers of smart devices to introduce so-called minor mode…
Spotify Technology is considering adding full-length music videos to its app, which could help the streaming service better compete with Alphabet‘s YouTube and ByteDance‘s TikTok. The service has already begun talking to partners about the product, according to people familiar with the plan who asked not to be identified because…
Vietnam has told cross-border social platforms to use artificial intelligence (AI) models that can detect and remove “toxic” content automatically, the latest requirement in its stringent regime for social media firms, state media reported on Friday. Vietnam has repeatedly asked companies like Meta‘s Facebook, Google‘s YouTube and TikTok to coordinate…
Alphabet‘s Google said on Wednesday it is launching two new artificial intelligence-powered features for advertisers that will automatically find the best ad placements for brands across the tech company’s services. AI has dominated the tech industry in recent months as Google and other companies have developed novel chatbots that can…
Twitter has decided to leave the EU’s disinformation code, a voluntary pact that groups together the major social platforms, but “its obligations remain,” EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted Saturday. Launched in 2018, the EU’s code of practice on disinformation counts nearly three dozen signatories including the giants in the…
Italy’s data protection authority Garante plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top official said, as it ramps up scrutiny of the powerful technology after temporarily banning ChatGPT in March. Garante is among the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities which oversee…
Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of RUB 4 million (nearly Rs. 41 lakh) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp’s parent company Meta Platforms was last year banned in Russia as an “extremist”…
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Meta’s Facebook of misleading parents about protections for children and proposed tightening an existing agreement on privacy to include a ban on making money from minors’ data. Specifically, the FTC said Facebook misled parents about how much control they had over who their…
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