Spotify Ejects Thousands of AI-made Songs in Purge of Fake Streams
Spotify has removed tens of thousands of songs from artificial intelligence music start-up Boomy, ramping up policing of its platform amid complaints of fraud and clutter across streaming services. In recent months the music industry has been confronting the rise of AI-generated songs and, more broadly, the growing number of Read more…
Scientists Find Link Between Photosynthesis and ‘Fifth State of Matter’
Inside a lab, scientists marvel at a strange state that forms when they cool down atoms to nearly absolute zero. Outside their window, trees gather sunlight and turn them into new leaves. The two seem unrelated — but a new study from the University of Chicago suggests that these processes Read more…
Facebook Has 3 Billion Users. Many of Them Are Old.
Facebook says it is not dead. Facebook also wants you to know that it is not just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years. From a report: Now, with the biggest thorn in its side — TikTok — facing heightened government scrutiny amid growing tensions between Read more…
DEF CON To Set Thousands of Hackers Loose On LLMs
This year’s DEF CON AI Village has invited hackers to show up, dive in, and find bugs and biases in large language models (LLMs) built by OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others. The collaborative event, which AI Village organizers describe as “the largest red teaming exercise ever for any group of Read more…




