Disney has eliminated a small business unit focused on exploring the metaverse, part of its initial efforts to reduce its workforce by about 7,000 employees. About 50 workers were part of the group dedicated to “next-generation storytelling and consumer experiences.” Mike White, a former consumer products exec who had been Read more…
Artificial intelligence experts, industry leaders and researchers are calling on AI developers to hit the pause button on training any models more powerful than the latest iteration behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT. More than 1,100 people in the industry signed a petition calling for labs to stop training powerful AI systems for Read more…
The U.K. government on Wednesday published recommendations for the artificial intelligence industry, outlining an all-encompassing approach for regulating the technology at a time when it has reached frenzied levels of hype. In a white paper to be put forward to Parliament, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) will Read more…
A national association of current and former military digital security leaders is calling on Congress to establish a separate cyber service, arguing that the lack of one creates an “unnecessary risk” to U.S. national security. In a March 26 memorandum, the Military Cyber Professional Association urged lawmakers to establish a Read more…
Zoom is partnering with OpenAI to bring AI-generated summaries, message drafts, and more to the video conferencing app through its Zoom IQ AI-powered assistant. While Zoom IQ can already do things like create chapters and highlights for recorded meetings, Zoom’s giving the assistant even more features, including a way to Read more…
Facial recognition firm Clearview has run nearly a million searches for US police, its founder has told the BBC CEO Hoan Ton-That also revealed Clearview now has 30 billion images scraped from platforms such as Facebook, taken without users’ permissions. […] The company is banned from selling its services to Read more…
EU police force Europol on Monday warned about the potential misuse of artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT in phishing attempts, disinformation and cybercrime, adding to the chorus of concerns ranging from legal to ethical issues. “As the capabilities of LLMs (large language models) such as ChatGPT are actively being improved, the Read more…