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OpenAI signs deal to train on Condé Nast content, surface stories in ChatGPT

OpenAI has inked a deal with Condé Nast — the publisher of storied outlets such as The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bon...

The Waymo robotaxi honking problem has been resolved for real this time

The great nightly Waymo honk-a-thon — in which the company’s robotaxis erupted into a chorus of honking at night’s end in a San...

Demand for AI is driving data center water consumption sky high

The AI boom is fueling the demand for data centers and, in turn, driving up water consumption. (Water is used to cool the...

Palantir CEO Alex Karp is ‘not going to apologize’ for military work

Data analytics company Palantir has faced criticism and even protests over its work with the military, police, and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement,...

A hellish new AI threat: ‘Undressing’ sites targeted by SF authorities

While the ethics of AI-generated porn are still under debate, using the technology to create nonconsensual sexual imagery of people is, I think...

Palo Alto Networks CEO apologizes for happy hour display featuring women with lampshades on their heads

Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is getting a lot of grief for a recent trade show event in which two women posed with...

FBI takes down ransomware gang that hacked dozens of companies

The FBI said Monday it seized the servers of a ransomware and extortion gang called Radar (aka Dispossessor). At the time of writing,...

What is AI good for, anyway? Maybe not summarizing

There’s a fascinating look by John Herrman over at NYMag today at one of the big proposed uses of AI: summarizing content. We...

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