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Dupe ChatGPT AI chatbot apps flood the Apple Store

05/24/202305/23/2023 John Montgallo

A nearly endless scroll of copycat applications has swamped the offerings for iPhone users. Though it made headlines when the Apple Store recently listed ChatGPT, iPhone users now struggle to find the original product as knockoff AI chatbot apps have flooded the marketplace. The names of the dupes are strikingly similar to that of the original, making it hard to know what to download. iPhone users scrolling through their search results as they look for OpenAI’s artificial intelligence application are finding themselves with dozens upon dozens of AI chatbot apps…

Microsoft gets EU approval for Activision Blizzard acquisition

05/17/202305/16/2023 John Montgallo

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The European Union regulators granted the $69 billion deal its approval this week. Regulators in the European Union have granted Microsoft their approval for its $69 billion acquisition of the Activision Blizzard gaming company. This deal is subject to remedies Microsoft offered in order to assuage concerns over antitrust issues. The European Union’s executive arm, the European Commission, has stated that Microsoft offered remedies that have overcome antitrust concerns in the cloud gaming ecosystem. These remedies had to do with permitting users to use any cloud streaming platform to stream…

This social media platform’s ‘security incident’ made private posts public

05/10/202305/09/2023 John Montgallo

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Twitter says the event that made private Circle tweets public was “immediately fixed.” In April, users discovered a bug on Twitter that would make public the private tweets by Twitter Circle feature users on the social media platform. Almost a month after the discovery was first reported, the company has now released a comment. According to the social media platform, it told affected users that the exposure that made the private tweets public was due to “a security incident” that occurred earlier in 2023. According to Twitter, the issue was…

‘Godfather of AI’ resigns from Google with worries about artificial intelligence

05/03/202305/02/2023 John Montgallo

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Nobel Prize of computing-winner Geoffrey Hinton expressed fear and regret over his work in AI. One of the “Godfathers of AI,” Geoffrey Hinton, has quit his job at Google in order to be able to speak openly about his concerns over the risks of artificial intelligence. Hinton won the Turing Award in 2018 with two other people for work leading to today’s AI. After having spent much of his life developing the foundational technology that has brought about the current artificial intelligence boom, Hinton has left his Google job so…

Twitter verification fail places the system’s weaknesses in the spotlight

04/26/202304/25/2023 John Montgallo

The system is experiencing widespread controversy after verifying a fake Disney Junior account. The Twitter verification process has been controversial since Elon Musk took ownership of the company and made it a paid service. Now, it is facing greater backlash after verifying a fake account that tweeted racial slurs. The fake Disney Junior account passed the Twitter verification process and proceeded to tweet explicit remarks and racial slurs, backed by its gold badge status. Despite having nothing to do with the Disney company or any of its brands, the account…