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YouTube says no to training OpenAI Sora artificial intelligence on its videos

04/16/202404/15/2024 Sam Lambert

Artificial intelligence - YouTube on screen No OpenAI

According to the video sharing platform, training AI with the videos breaks its terms of service Using YouTube videos to train Sora, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence text-to-video generator, would break the terms of service of the platform, according to Neal Mohan, YouTube’s CEO. This represents the first time the CEO has spoken on the subject Mohan used his first public comment on the subject to add that he did not have any firsthand knowledge of whether OpenAI had indeed trained its Sora artificial intelligence powered video creator with videos from the…

North American internet traffic took a dive during the eclipse

04/11/202404/10/2024 Sam Lambert

Internet traffic - Solar Eclipse - North America

Data collected during the period in which the eclipse was taking place showed a notable drop Throughout this week’s solar eclipse, there was a noticeable decease in the amount of internet traffic in the United States, Canada, and Mexico – all countries that were a part of the eclipse’s path of totality. The “Great North American Eclipse” took people voluntarily offline Data shared by Cloudflare showed that “The Great North American Eclipse” led to a decrease in internet traffic within affected countries. It fell by 8 percent in terms of…

4 Canadian school boards sue social media companies for $2.96B

04/02/202404/01/2024 Sam Lambert

The school boards have included several giants such as Meta Platforms and Snap in the suit Four school boards in Canada have filed a lawsuit against social media giants such as Meta Platforms and Snap for over $2.96 billion (CAD$4 billion. The lawsuit accuses the companies of causing harm to the school boards’ students. According to a statement released jointly by the four participating school boards, the products released and maintained by the social media companies have been “negligently designed for compulsive use, have rewired the way children think, behave,…

New Microsoft artificial intelligence unit hire is a co-founder of DeepMind

03/28/202403/27/2024 Sam Lambert

Artificial intelligence - People holding a hired sign

The technology giant has named Mustafa Suleiman director of the newly created consumer AI unit. Microsoft has taken a substantial step in strengthening its artificial intelligence side by naming one of Google’s DeepMind co-founders Mustafa Suleiman the director of the company’s new consumer AI unit. Suleiman was critical to DeepMind over a decade ago British entrepreneur Suleiman was a core participant in DeepMind’s founding in London in 2010 when it was first created. Suleiman will work under Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s guidance in taking the lead of a new artificial…

Gmail boarding passes and movie tickets can now be stored in Google Wallet

03/19/202403/18/2024 Sam Lambert

Google Wallet - Gmail app on phone update

In the mobile app’s latest update, support was added to draw these documents from Gmail Recent Google Wallet updates have given the mobile app the ability to support drawing travel boarding passes and movie tickets right out of a Gmail email account. The new feature for the app was originally announced in developer release notes Once Google Wallet has been updated, users will be able to automatically use the confirmation emails they receive for their boarding passes and movie tickets to import those documents into the app. Both boarding passes…