Scammers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to create and sell images of plants that do not exist. These fraudulent online listings target plant enthusiasts with pictures of exotic and impossibly perfect flowers or succulents, luring them with low prices. A blog post by the retailer Bob’s Market explains that customers who purchase these items may …
Generative AI tools are causing a significant drop in website traffic for news and book publishers, threatening their business models and the future of journalism. In an article for The Atlantic, author Alex Reisner reports that AI chatbots and search features keep users on their own platforms by summarizing content from other websites. This development …
Mark Zuckerberg has launched an aggressive campaign to catch up in artificial intelligence after Meta’s AI products underperformed at a company conference in April. The Facebook parent company is now spending billions and offering unprecedented compensation packages to compete with OpenAI and Google in developing “superintelligence.” According to reporting by Mike Isaac and Cade Metz …
Denmark plans to become the first European country to give citizens copyright protection over their physical appearance and voice. The Danish government announced it will amend copyright law to combat AI-generated deepfakes, according to Miranda Bryant reporting for The Guardian. Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said the legislation sends an “unequivocal message” that everyone has rights …
Alibaba has unveiled Qwen VLo, a new AI model that generates and modifies images from text prompts and existing visuals. The Chinese e-commerce giant introduced the technology as part of its aggressive expansion into AI services, according to Bloomberg reporter Luz Ding. The model can create images from text descriptions like “generate a picture of …
M.G. Siegler from Spyglass writes about his experience switching from Arc browser to the new AI browser Dia, citing its seamless AI integration as a key advantage. The Browser Company, which previously created the Arc browser for power users, has shifted focus to Dia to reach mainstream audiences. Dia resembles Chrome in appearance but features …
Fanfiction writers are mounting organized resistance against artificial intelligence companies that harvest their stories without permission. The conflict escalated in April when a user scraped 12.6 million fanfiction stories from Archive of Our Own and uploaded them to AI platform Hugging Face. The controversy was reported by journalist Decca Muldowney for The Verge. Writers discovered …
Scale AI faced significant spam and security problems while training Google’s Gemini chatbot between March 2023 and April 2024, according to internal documents obtained by Inc. magazine. The issues plagued the company’s “Bulba Experts” program, which was designed to use qualified specialists to improve Google’s AI system. The documents reveal that unqualified contractors flooded the …
Apple’s new AI features in macOS Shortcuts offer impressive capabilities but reveal significant reliability issues, according to recent testing by technology writers. Dan Moren and Jason Snell from Six Colors experimented with the “Use Model” action, which processes data through AI models running on devices, Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, or OpenAI servers. Snell attempted to …
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is winning over corporate customers at the expense of Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant, creating tension between the two partner companies. Bloomberg reporters Brody Ford and Shirin Ghaffary reveal how this competition is reshaping the enterprise AI market. Drugmaker Amgen initially planned to deploy Microsoft’s Copilot to 20,000 employees but switched to ChatGPT after …