Being too nice online is a dead giveaway for AI bots, study suggests New "computational Turing test" reportedly catches AI pretending to be human with 80% accuracy.
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Researchers surprised that with AI, toxicity is harder to fake than intelligence
New "computational Turing test" reportedly catches AI pretending to be human with 80% accuracy.
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Commercial spyware “Landfall” ran rampant on Samsung phones for almost a year Targeted attack could steal all of a phone's data and activate camera or mic.
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Commercial spyware “Landfall” ran rampant on Samsung phones for almost a year
Targeted attack could steal all of a phone's data and activate camera or mic.
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FAA says commercial rockets must launch at night, citing government shutdown "The FAA is concerned with the system's ability to maintain the current volume of operations."
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The government shutdown is starting to have cosmic consequences
The FAA is concerned with the system's ability to maintain the current volume of operations."
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Higher prices, simpler streaming expected if HBO Max folds into Paramount+ The end of HBO Max is "certainly plausible."
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Higher prices, simpler streaming expected if HBO Max folds into Paramount+
The end of HBO Max is "certainly plausible."
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Elon Musk wins Tesla pay vote that could make him a $1 trillion man Tesla investors back Musk pay despite his busy schedule running other companies.
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Elon Musk wins $1 trillion Tesla pay vote despite “part-time CEO” criticism
Tesla investors back Musk pay despite his busy schedule running other companies.
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Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI Meta goosed its revenue by targeting users likely to click on scam ads, docs show.
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Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI
Meta goosed its revenue by targeting users likely to click on scam ads, docs show.
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“It’s only a matter of time before people die”: Trump cuts hit food inspections American inspections of foreign food facilities hit historic lows this year.
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“It’s only a matter of time before people die”: Trump cuts hit food inspections
American inspections of foreign food facilities hit historic lows this year.
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YouTube TV’s Disney blackout reminds users that they don’t own what they stream “This is a hard lesson for us all.”
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YouTube TV’s Disney blackout reminds users that they don’t own what they stream
“This is a hard lesson for us all.”...
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How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2 A new major Windows 11 release means a new guide for cleaning up the OS.
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How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2
A new major Windows 11 release means a new guide for cleaning up the OS.
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Why being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers The "beauty backfire effect" is especially strong in the fitness space.
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Why being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers
The "beauty backfire effect" is especially strong in the fitness space.
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