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David Cassel / The New Stack: An interview with Linus Torvalds at the Open Source Summit North America on the XZ Utils exploit, open source development, RISC-V, AI, and more  —  Torvalds retains his lifelong love of open source development even in a world filled with upstream security issues, overhyped AI, and other people’s hardware […]

Google on Wednesday said it will mandate that political advertisements on its platforms disclose when images and audio have been altered or created using tools such as artificial intelligence (AI). The change to Google’s ad policy is to take effect in November, about a year ahead of what is likely to be a contentious US

Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: Court filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk’s claim that the company has abandoned its altruistic principles is “revisionist history” and a bid to boost his AI company  —  OpenAI says Elon Musk’s claim that the company has abandoned its altruistic principles in pursuit of profits is nothing more than … Source link

Elemental is headed to Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar on Wednesday, September 13. Pixar’s latest animated venture, set in a bustling city where anthropomorphic elements of nature live and breathe like regular humans, arrives 82 days after its slightly delayed theatrical opening on June 23 in India. In the US and elsewhere, the film was released

Nikkei Asia: SK Hynix partners with TSMC to develop next-gen HBM4 chips, which are critical for AI and slated for mass production in 2026, and advanced chip packaging tech  —  Asian chipmakers aim to supply next-generation high-bandwidth memory for Nvidia  —  SEOUL/TAIPEI — SK Hynix … Source link

UNESCO on Thursday published its first guidance on use of Generative AI (GenAI) for education, urging governmental agencies to regulate the use of the technology, including protection of data privacy and putting an age limit for users. Launched by Microsoft-backed OpenAI in November, GenAI chatbot ChatGPT has become the world’s fastest growing app to date,

Bloomberg: Filing: a group of FTX investors and customers agree to drop their claims against SBF if he cooperates in cases against celebrities and others who pushed FTX  —  – Pact would release crypto exchange co-founder from claims  — In return he would help them pursue celebrities who pushed FTX Source link

OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot launched in November, saw monthly website visits decline for the third month in a row in August, though there are signs the decline is coming to an end, according to analytics firm Similarweb. Worldwide desktop and mobile website visits to the ChatGPT website decreased by 3.2 percent

James Hunt / The Block: Bitcoin’s fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners’ block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020  —  – Bitcoin’s fourth halving event has completed, ushering in a new epoch for the network.  — Bitcoin’s block subsidy reward for miners has dropped from

Zoom Video Communications has met with regulators from the United States, European Union, and other jurisdictions to outline concerns about Microsoft’s alleged anti-competitive behavior, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The video conferencing platform has spoken with the US Federal Trade Commission, as well as competition enforcers from the EU, UK, and Germany over the past