Google’s making the second generation of Imagen, its AI model that can create and edit images given a text prompt, more widely available — at least to Google […]
Google unveils MedLM, a family of healthcare-focused generative AI models
Google thinks that there’s an opportunity to offload more healthcare tasks to generative AI models — or at least, an opportunity to recruit those models to aid healthcare […]
Threads is getting its own fact-checkers to combat misinformation
Meta plans to launch direct fact-checking on Threads, with the aim to address misinformation on the app directly instead of referentially.
Why your favourite wellness influencer might be pivoting to climate denialism
The Institute of Strategic Dialogue investigated popular wellness influencers on Instagram who are pushing climate misinformation.
US indicts alleged Russian hackers for years-long cyber espionage campaign against Western countries
U.S. authorities have indicted two hackers linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for allegedly carrying out a years-long cyber espionage campaign targeting government officials. The Department of […]
Elon Musk’s 6 dumbest X / Twitter decisions of 2023
Here it is: Elon Musk’s worst decisions over at Twitter…err…X of 2023, from changing the app’s name to killing its API ecosystem.
Meta and IBM form an AI Alliance, but to what end?
Meta, on an open source tear, wants to spread its influence further and wider in the ongoing battle for AI mindshare. This morning, the social network announced that […]
Most users on X never see Community Notes correcting misinformation
Elon Musk’s X depends on Community Notes to fact-check misinformation on the platform. A Mashable investigation found that most users who view the misinformation don’t see those notes.
Elon Musk is now taking applications for data to study X — but only EU researchers need apply…
Lawmakers take note: Elon Musk-owned X appears to have quietly complied with a hard legal requirement in the European Union that requires larger platforms (aka VLOPs) to provide […]