In a major twist on traditional beauty pageants, the inaugural “Miss AI” pageant is showcasing contestants who exist solely in the digital realm, created using generative AI. Although the women may be purely digital, in the face of beauty pageants selecting transgender winners, Miss AI may be a refreshing return to traditional beauty standards.
The FTC is investigating whether Microsoft structured its recent deal with artificial intelligence startup Inflection AI to avoid a government antitrust review.
Joan Donovan, a supposed expert on “misinformation” and former research director at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center, has been accused of spreading misinformation about her departure from the once prestigious institution.
PragerU announced that its app had been reinstated to the Google Play Store hours after Google removed it claiming it promoted “hate speech.”
Former President Donald Trump said at a Silicon Valley fundraiser on Thursday that he would be a “crypto president,” while the Biden administration has been staunchly anti-innovation.
PragerU announced on Friday that Google took down its app from the Google Play Store, accusing the organization of “hate speech” over its documentary Dear Infidels: A Warning to America.
Tesla’s board chair, Robyn Denholm, is imploring the company’s shareholders to approve CEO Elon Musk’s massive $56 billion compensation package, hinting that failure to do so could lead to Musk’s departure from the electric vehicle giant.
Despite the U.S. government’s efforts to prevent advanced AI chips from falling into the hands of Chinese companies, some American corporations are finding ways to circumvent these restrictions. Oracle in particular has reportedly helped China’s TikTok by “renting” AI chips to the communist social media company.
A former OpenAI governance researcher has made a chilling prediction: the odds of AI either destroying or catastrophically harming humankind sit at 70 percent.
Singer Ray J said in a recent interview that he believes “more people would be going to college and getting an education and be successful” if he never made a sex tape with Kim Kardashian, adding that there might not have been any “OnlyFans” as well.
Senate Republicans on Thursday accused the Democrat majority at the FCC of acting as a “de facto arm” of the Biden campaign for advancing AI regulations during an election year, Breitbart News learned exclusively.
Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher is bullish about AI, saying the technology will enable people to create their own content that will compete with the movies and TV shows put out by the Hollywood studios.
Update: One of the authors of the original New York Times story upon which this article is based published a new piece insisting that porn addiction is not prevalent in the Amazon tribe he reported on.
In a recent interview, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan shared his vision for the future of work, where AI-powered digital twins will “revolutionize” how we collaborate and communicate.
NewsBreak, the most downloaded news app in the United States, has come under fire for publishing fake news stories generated by AI and its ties to China, raising concerns about the spread of misinformation and data privacy.
Federal regulators have reportedly reached an agreement to investigate the dominant roles played by Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia in the rapidly evolving AI industry.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit alleging he illegally sold $7.5 billion worth of company stock in the fourth quarter of 2022, knowing that the business would disappoint investors after promising an “epic end of year.”
A recent study by researchers from Princeton University and USC suggests that Meta’s algorithms for presenting educational ads exhibit signs of racial bias, particularly in the delivery of ads realated to for-profit universities and those with a history of predatory marketing practices.
A Russian cyber gang is believed to be behind a ransomware attack that disrupted London hospitals and led to operations being canceled.
A group of current and former employees from prominent artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI and Google DeepMind, have issued an open letter calling for increased transparency and protections for whistleblowers within the AI industry.
AT&T revealed on Tuesday that a “nationwide issue” that had affected many AT&T customers’ ability to make calls to other cell phone carriers has been “resolved.”
Microsoft has reportedly laid off more than a thousand employees from its Azure cloud business, with the cuts impacting teams such as Azure for Operators and Mission Engineering, according to people familiar with the situation.
Activision Blizzard is facing severe blowback after releasing a special cosmetic pack featuring LGBT-themed weapon and ammunition skins for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone. Bullets in the colors of the transgender pride flag have resulted in sharp criticism of the gaming company in the wake of trans mass shootings like the 2023 Nashville school shooting.
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has officially announced that it will allow the sharing of adult content on its platform, albeit with certain restrictions and guidelines in place. The platform is already plagued with pornbots spreading links to OnlyFans profiles and other XXX content, with an estimated 13 percent of all posts already consisting of pornographic content.
The decision by HBO/MAX to cancel a queer pirate show, “Our Flag Means Death,” ahead of pride month has drawn equal measures of anger and frustration from fans.
Decent parents do not leave their children alone with Disney.
Mike Flanagan, who spent the better part of a decade producing movies for Hollywood’s top studio, says it is “actively hostile to the idea of physical media.”
OpenAI, in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU), has announced the launch of ChatGPT Edu, a specialized AI platform that it claims will revolutionize the academic landscape.
As the race for artificial intelligence supremacy heats up, the world of AI research is being rocked by bitter rivalries, poaching sprees, and public spats between tech titans. The head of Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta AI research team recently attacked rival Elon Musk for his “crazy-ass conspiracy theories.”
GameStop shares skyrocketed Monday, fueled by speculation that Keith Gill, the man behind the company’s epic “meme stock” short squeeze in 2021, may have amassed a substantial stake in the video game retailer.
Big Media and Bigger AI are at it again to exclude views that don’t fit their narrative.
Tesla and CEO Elon Musk are pushing back against institutional investors who have expressed opposition to Musk’s disputed $58 billion compensation package from 2018.
An international law enforcement team has reportedly apprehended a Chinese hacker accused of running a massive botnet for nearly a decade, amassing at least $99 million in profits by selling access to cybercriminals.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved Amazon to expand its drone delivery program, with the company planning to “immediately” scale up operations.
AI removes everything that stops everyday people from creating their own movies and TV shows — the studio system, distribution issues, and mostly the cost.
Tesla CEO and X/Twitter owner Elon Musk slammed Thursday’s guilty verdict of former President Donald Trump, saying “great damage was done to the public’s faith in the American legal system,” adding, “anyone is at risk” now that “a former president can be criminally convicted over such a trivial matter.”
Google has announced that it will be restricting the use of its AI-generated search results, known as AI Overviews, after the tool produced a series of “odd, inaccurate or unhelpful” summaries that went viral on social media.
Helen Toner, a former OpenAI board member who helped remove CEO Sam Altman in November before he was promptly rehired, recently shared insights into the events that led to Altman’s firing.
In a move that may cost him friends and business opportunities, Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital and former Hillary Clinton supporter, has donated $300,000 to Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) is reportedly planning to introduce legislation that would ban smartphones in schools.
