CNN summarizes the issue. “A recent advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says there’s not enough evidence to determine whether social media is safe enough for children and adolescents when it comes to their mental health.” (Although a CNN news anchor points out that “Nearly all of the Read more…
The artificial intelligence chatbot asked the believers in the fully packed St. Paul’s church in the Bavarian town of Fuerth to rise from the pews and praise the Lord. The ChatGPT chatbot, personified by an avatar of a bearded Black man on a huge screen above the altar, then began Read more…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One of Alphabet’s Waymo autonomous cars has killed a pet dog. TechCrunch spotted the public report of the incident, which says one of the Waymo Jaguar I-Pace cars ran over a dog in San Francisco while in autonomous mode with a Read more…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a plan to employees on Thursday that will see it put generative AI text, image and video generators into its flagship products, such as Facebook and Instagram. At an all-hands meeting with workers on Thursday, Zuckerberg announced a range of technologies at various stages of Read more…
Louisiana lawmakers have passed a bill that would prohibit minors from creating their own social media accounts without parental consent, potentially impacting popular platforms like Instagram and online games such as Roblox and Fortnite. The bill, HB61, would ban “interactive computer services” from allowing people under 18 to sign up Read more…
GM has confirmed that it will adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its future electric vehicles, following in the footsteps of Ford. This is likely the next step in a domino effect that should solidify NACS as the new charging standard for electric cars in North America. When Read more…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t seem fazed by Apple’s introduction of the Vision Pro. In a companywide meeting with Meta employees today that The Verge watched, the CEO said Apple’s device didn’t present any major breakthroughs in technology that Meta hadn’t “already explored” Read more…