🚀 Tech's AI Boost, Chatbot Controversies, EU's Tech Takedown
Today’s pick
How an AI 'gold rush' is reviving the tech industry. The recent surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology is boosting the tech industry after growth slowed across the sector earlier this year. By Rebecca Klar via The Hill
How an AI ‘gold rush’ is reviving the tech industry - Ted Hearn (@TedatPolicyBand)
Sexy AI Chatbots Are Creating Thorny Issues for Fandom. Given the opportunity to chat with some of the world's most famous fictional characters, I tried to get them to say something … interesting. I asked Batman whether his extrajudicial actions had any real oversight. By Elizabeth Minkel via WIRED
Sexy AI Chatbots Are Creating Thorny Issues for Fandom - Dr. Craig Brown (@DrDataScientist)
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How Big Tech really feels about the EU's crackdown. With the EU’s Digital Services Act now being enforced, 19 of the largest online platforms are subject to the most stringent tech regulations ever imposed by the Western world. By Alex Heath via The Verge
Why Big Tech is quietly OK with the EU's big regulatory crackdown, what I'm hearing about the latest exec shakeup at Amazon, and Apple's security protocol for Vision Pro dev kits - Alex Heath (@alexeheath)
Blue-tick scammers target consumers who complain on X. Consumers who complain of poor customer service on X are being targeted by scammers after the social media platform formerly known as Twitter changed its account verification process. By Anna Tims via The Guardian
Blue-tick scammers target consumers who complain on Twitter (X) - Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
Microsoft Takes Subtle Approach to Shifting Windows Into AI Era. If you’re reading this right now on a modern Windows computer, chances are you’ve noticed the Bing logo having recently appeared at the bottom of your screen — that is, assuming you know what the Bing logo looks like. (Zing!) By Austin Carr via Bloomberg
Microsoft Takes Subtle Approach to Shifting Windows Into AI Era - The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth)
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