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Meta wants AI characters to fill up Facebook and Instagram 'kind of in the same way accounts do,' but also had to delete a humiliating first run of its official bots

I'm all smiles over here.

PC Gamer · Jan 4, 2025

'I've been waiting over 4 hours in the cold': Zipcar's Black Friday-related car sharing outage left some users locked out of their rides like leg-using chumps

Nothing convenient about that.

PC Gamer · Dec 4, 2024

Conspiracy Theories Flood Social Media After Users Discover 'Creepy' ChatGPT Error

A peculiar ChatGPT glitch has sparked a wave of conspiracy theories after users found that the AI tool refuses to respond when certain names are mentioned.

Latin Times · Dec 2, 2024

LinkedIn already started training its AI on user data before updating ToS

Your data will be used to train LinkedIn’s AI, but the company didn’t update its terms of service until it was too late.

TechRadar · Sep 19, 2024

US firm Cox Media accused of listening to private conversations to help push targeted ads

In this Science segment we tell you about how new revelations by the investigative website 404 Media are set to affect the world of digital advertising. The American company Cox Media Group has privately admitted to developing an "active listening" software to eavesdrop on users' private conversations to better target…

France 24 · Sep 11, 2024

Yes, it sounds like a conspiracy theory. But maybe our phones really are listening to us

Big brands already know far too much about us. But Cox Media Group’s ‘Active Listening’ software adds a whole new layer of creepiness, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

"Is this even legal?" A leaked pitch reveals marketing agency uses 'Active Listening' software to eavesdrop on calls and push curated Facebook and Google ads

A marketing agency admitted it listens to user voice data using its “Active Listening” software via smartphone microphones and uses the data to channel the "right" Facebook and Google ads to target customers.

Windows Central · Sep 2, 2024

NVIDIA accused of scraping 80 years worth of videos daily to train AI models — what you need to know

A new report alleges that NVIDIA has been scraping videos from YouTube and Netflix to train AI models.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 6, 2024

Nvidia accused of scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of videos per day to train AI

A 404 Media report sourced through an anonymous former employee accuses Nvidia of scraping millions of videos without the proper permission to train its AI.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 6, 2024

Tracker company Tile hacked — police data provider says it faced "extortion" attempt following breach

Names, addresses and phone numbers were stolen and then used to try and extort Tile parent company Life360.

TechRadar · Jun 13, 2024