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Maggie Harrison / Futurism: An investigation into AdVon, the company behind Sports Illustrated’s fake writers, finds its AI content and fake authors at the LA Times, Miami Herald, and more  —  Remember that AI company behind Sports Illustrated’s fake writers?  We did some digging — and it’s got tendrils into other surprisingly prominent publications. Source […]

Telegram on Monday announced that Stories are now available to all users. The tool was initially introduced to Premium subscribers last month and is now accessible to all users on the platform. This feature comes with certain tweaks and enhancements compared to the ones found on rival social media platforms. Alongside new privacy settings, the social

Ruth Olurounbi / Bloomberg: Nigeria’s Information Ministry says Binance CEO Richard Teng “made false allegations of bribery” against unnamed Nigerian officials, after a $150M bribe claim  —  – Government says allegation ‘lacks any iota of substance’  — Binance under pressure amid focus on crypto role in naira woes Source link

Alphabet’s Google will let users experiment with new features that display content created by artificial intelligence while they browse the web, as the company strives to maintain its edge in a market with new competitive threats. Earlier this year, Google released “search generative experience,” or SGE, in which users can try an experimental version of

William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Apple releases an iPad Pro ad, titled “Crush”, showing paints, toys, guitars, and more being crushed to reveal the device, drawing criticism on social media  —  The minute-long Apple ad showing art equipment and materials being crushed down into the new iPad Pro is being called heartbreaking, wanton, and creepy. Source

OpenAI unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI) image identification and detection tool on Tuesday. The AI firm announced the new tool highlighting the need to authenticate AI-generated content and to create awareness around it. The company has also formally joined the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) committee, which has created an open standard

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: DatologyAI, which aims to help researchers better curate AI training datasets, raised a $46M Series A led by Felicis, after a $11.65M seed in February 2024  —  For all that’s leaked about the sizes and architectures of the advanced large language models developed by OpenAI and its ilk … Source

Russia on Tuesday fined social media site Reddit for the first time for not deleting “banned content” that it said contained “fake” information about Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court. Reddit joins a list of sites under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow deems

Bloomberg: Chinese government data: foreign-branded smartphones shipments, most of which are iPhones, grew 12% YoY to 3.75M in March, reversing a 37% drop in early 2024  —  – The performance marks an improvement from the start of 2024  — The bounce emerged after Apple and its resellers cut prices Source link

India’s mobile phone manufacturing industry reportedly produced over 2 billion mobile phones cumulatively between 2014 and 2022, making it the second-largest mobile manufacturing country in the world. This growth can likely be attributed to a number of factors, including the government’s Make in India initiative, which has provided incentives for local manufacturing, and the increasing