If you’ve spent time on Facebook over the past six months, you may have noticed photorealistic images that are too good to be true
When you use Facebook Messenger these days, a new prompt greets you with this come-on: "Ask Meta AI anything." You may have opened the app to send a text to a pal, but Meta's new artificial-intelligence-powered chatbot is tempting you with encyclopedic knowledge that's just a few keystrokes away. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has planted its home-grown chatbot on its Whatsapp and Instagram services. Now, billions of internet users can open one of these free social media platforms and...
Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities claimed Devin Nunes would be ‘fired on The Apprentice’ amid stock trading rowThe CEO of Donald Trump’s social media empire was branded a “proverbial loser” whom the former president “would have fired on The Apprentice” by a trading firm owned by the billionaire Republican donor Ken Griffin on Friday.In an extraordinary statement, Citadel Securities accused Devin Nunes, chief executive of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), of trying to deflect blame for the...
Visa's CIO Don Hobson shares his vision for how generative AI will revolutionize the global payments landscape, from enhanced fraud detection to greater financial inclusion.
Tupac Shakur’s estate is threatening to sue Drake over his recent Kendrick Lamar diss track, calling what appears to be the use of an artificial intelligence-generated version of the late rapper’s voice a “blatant abuse” of his legacy. Drake released the track, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” on his Instagram page Friday, using AI software to generate verses emulating both Shakur and Snoop Dogg. In a cease-and-desist letter Wednesday, Howard King, an attorney who represents Shakur’s estate, requested...
The unique relationship between social media and AI continues to develop in interesting ways, with Reddit’s recent deal with Google allowing their AI to train on its content, and tech companies’ sudden interest in once-popular social media sites like Photobucket. But there is a question looming in the background of these deals: Even if AI companies can train their models on social media, is doing so really such a good idea? AI companies have largely relied on the internet, especially...
A mostly forgotten footnote in the development of modern transportation is that early railroad passengers were often locked into their carriages. In retrospect, it seems obvious that bolting people into combustible and accident-prone vehicles was a bad idea, but the railroad is a useful reminder that humans are not always good at anticipating the effects […]
Adobe has unveiled the latest version of its Firefly AI model, bringing some huge updates to Generative Fill in Photoshop. The Firefly Image model is the smarts behind Adobe Firefly and the generative AI tools that have rolled out in Photoshop over the last year. Today, Adobe announced the Firefly Image 3 model and all the upgrades and new features arriving with the beta. One of the key updates this time around is Reference Image, a feature that allows users to generate images in...
41% of Americans now expect brands to use gen AI to enhance customer service, with 58% saying online shopping has improved as a result.
Kristi Piehl shares how she stays challenged and innovative. Kristi Piehl, a former Emmy Award-winning TV news reporter, founded Media Minefield in 2010, a renowned PR agency known for its story-centric marketing approach. Under her leadership, it’s been named a Best Place to Work five times and Piehl herself recognized as one of Minnesota’s 500 […]
If it seems like the DDOT director’s account on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has gotten extra spicy recently, there’s a good reason: It’s an impostor. As […]
Children are more anxious than ever, and birthrates are lower than ever. Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has a new book out that overlaps with my new book about parenting, culture, low birthrates, and the epidemic of childhood anxiety. Haidt has a ton of critics, which is to say that a ton of commentators are arguing that […]