Microsofts Recall feature appears to capture sensitive information, test shows
One of the most unpopular new Windows features is doing a lot to earn that reputation. Microsoft Recall, which is an AI-driven tool that constantly screenshots your PC activity to build a searchable database of everything you’ve ever done, apparently can’t always filter out sensitive information like credit card and Social Security numbers. This is […]
Apple Intelligence appears to have falsely claimed that Luigi Mangione shot himself
Apple Intelligence allegedly misled BBC News readers and BBC News isn’t happy about it. Tweet may have been deleted In a story reported by BBC News itself, the outlet accused Apple’s suite of AI features (which includes the ability to summarize news headlines in push notifications) of writing and sending out a blatantly false push […]
How Nickel Boys uses first-person to tell a crucial story from a different perspective
Nickel Boys filmmaker, RaMell Ross, is joined by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Daveed Diggs, Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson to discuss how they used a first-person perspective with the camera to tell the story based off of Colson Whitehead’s novel, The Nickel Boys. Nickel Boys is now in limited theaters.
Watch Billie Eilish slay her Tiny Desk Concert
Way back in Aug. 2020, music superstar Billie Eilish performed a two-song set for NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series. Then, she and her brother Finneas couldn’t be at NPR’s actual offices due to COVID-19 safety concerns, but a printed background of the Tiny Desk set served as a surprisingly solid substitute. Revisit that moving […]
OpenAI brings video to ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode
ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode now has video and screenshare capabilities. The feature was last May with the release of GPT-4o, but only the audio modality has been live. Now users can chat with ChatGPT using a phone camera and the model will “see” what you see. SEE ALSO: OpenAI’s Sora is officially here In the […]
Why is ChatGPTs Santa Mode only for ages 13 and up?
ChatGPT‘s Santa Mode is restricted to age groups that might already be questioning Santa Claus’s existence. The Santa voice is for ages 13 and up according to a disclaimer. OpenAI debuted the seasonal Santa Mode as part of Thursday’s livestream, which also announced vision capabilities for ChatGPT. For ChatGPT Plus and Pro users, when using […]
Defense Department going big on generative AI to meet critical warfighter problems
Still aiming to become a global leader in AI, the United States announced it will be moving forward on initiatives to incorporate generative AI into the inner workings of the Department of Defense (DoD)— just as AI’s creators pitch their offerings to major defense contractors. Announced today, the office will be moving ahead with a […]
Kraven the Hunter is bad. But what if I love it?
Kraven the Hunter is an extraordinary creature. From its earliest reports, it was confounding, bringing together celebrated independent filmmaker J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, A Most Violent Year) and a superhero genre that seems to scoff at the grounded dramas that made this filmmaker’s name. Then came the red-band trailer, where the eponymous anti-hero swung around […]
What OpenAIs Sora means for the future of truth
There’s a story from the earliest days of cinema that seems applicable to Sora, the text-to-video creation tool launched by OpenAI this week. And given that Sora’s servers are struggling with demand, with many OpenAI subscribers still waiting to try it out, we’ve got time for stories. You probably know of Arrival of a Train […]
YouTube Kids app now actually looks like YouTube
Your small children being on YouTube is inevitable at this point. From experience, I know kids master how to swipe and scroll on touchscreens at just months old. This is why YouTube launched a YouTube Kids app for iPhone and Android devices back in 2015. Now, for the first time since that launch, YouTube Kids […]