A hacker found a way to trick ChatGPT into ignoring its own guidelines and ethical responsibilities to produce instructions for making powerful explosives. By [@Techcrunch](
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Hacker tricks ChatGPT into giving out detailed instructions for making homemade bombs | TechCrunch
An explosives expert told TechCrunch that the ChatGPT output could be used to make a detonatable product and was too sensitive to be released.
The FDA announced that it has granted what it calls “the first over-the-counter hearing aid software device," thus approving the software that enables Apple's AirPods Pro 2's hearing-aid capability. Via [@Techcrunch](
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Apple AirPods Pro granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids | TechCrunch
The FDA on Thursday announced that it has granted what it calls “the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software device, Hearing Aid Featur...
Microsoft is laying off around 650 employees in its gaming division, months after the company laid off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees. Division CEO Phil Spencer said in an internal memo that the cuts are a result of "aligning our post-acquisition team structure" after Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard last year. More from [@theverge](
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Microsoft lays off 650 more Xbox employees
The cuts follow layoffs impacting 1,900 employees earlier this year.
Seven months after killing the ability to see old versions of websites through Google, the search engine is directly linking to cached versions of websites on the Wayback Machine. Via @npub1y4vq...5np4. #WaybackMachine #Google #Cache #Tech #Technology
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Google Teams With the Internet Archive to Revive Cache Feature
Google search results will now show users a direct link to the Wayback Machine to view previous versions of web pages.
In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, eight Democratic senators claim that AI summaries unfairly lift content from news outlets and other publishers without permission, directing internet traffic and associated ad revenue away from the original sources. By @npub1y4vq...5np4. #AI #Antitrust #Tech #Technology
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Senators Believe AI Summaries May Be an Antitrust Violation
The lawmakers say summaries further entrench the monopolies that companies like Google hold over online search, by lifting content from publishers ...
Meta's global privacy director admitted that the company scrapes photos and texts in all Facebook and Instagram posts from as far back as 2007, unless the user had set their posts to private. Further, she said that the company isn't offering Australians an opt-out option. Via @Engadget :press:. #DataPrivacy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Tech Technology
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Meta scraped every Australian user's account to train its AI
Meta scrapes all the photos and texts in all Facebook and Instagram posts in Australia since 2007, unless the user had set their posts to private, ...
During the second day of the tech giant's antitrust trial, a former ad exec testified about the grip Google's ad tool has on publishers: “I felt like they were holding us hostage." From [@theverge](
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Google dominates online ads, says antitrust trial witness, but publishers are feeling ‘stuck’
Google’s ad tools are hard to escape, one witness said.
During the second day of the tech giant's antitrust trial, a former ad exec testified about the grip Google's ad tool has on publishers: “I felt like they were holding us hostage." From [@theverge](
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Google dominates online ads, says antitrust trial witness, but publishers are feeling ‘stuck’
Google’s ad tools are hard to escape, one witness said.
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State and territory attorneys general are calling for Congressional regulation requiring warning labels on social media platforms, after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy earlier this year cited a 'mental health crisis' affecting America's youth. [@theverge](
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Nearly 40 states back surgeon general’s social media warning labels
They’d be similar to alcohol and tobacco warnings.