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OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
Johannes Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
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Meta pulls Instagram AI photo-editing tool days after launch
Meta has withdrawn a controversial Instagram feature that let people use artificial intelligence to modify photos taken from public accounts, just days after launching it. The tool allowed users to reference someone’s public Instagram posts by @-mentioning their account, without notifying the account holder that their images were being used, and it drew swift criticism…
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Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The feature, as originally set up, meant that content from any public Instagram account could be used in AI creations without the account owner’s permission.…
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Meta Pulls Back on Opt-Out AI Function After Hollywood Outrage: “This Feature Missed the Mark”
Earlier this week, Meta unveiled its Muse AI photo and video tools, which allowed users to tag other accounts on Instagram to reference their work, unless the other user opted out.
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Meta scraps AI tool that turned tagged Instagram accounts into images
Meta has discontinued a new artificial intelligence feature that let users generate images by tagging public Instagram accounts, following several days of criticism over its opt-out design. The reversal matters because it reflects growing tension between AI platforms and creators over how people’s likenesses are used without explicit consent, with major talent agencies and performers’…
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Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of hardware trade secrets
Apple has sued OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets in a push to build its own hardware device. The complaint alleges that OpenAI poached Apple employees and coaxed them into handing over confidential product designs, supplier details and other closely guarded information about unreleased technologies. The suit marks a sharp reversal…
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Heading to a town near you… vast US-funded data centres that need more power than a small country and have sparked a Wild West-style land grab, with campaigners now fearing they could prove a toxic menace to Scotland’s public health
IF her fellow protesters hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they might have assumed AI trickery had played a part in placing a famous face in their midst.
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Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft by former staff
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing the AI company of trade secret theft and breach of contract. Apple alleges that OpenAI’s senior leadership, including Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan — a 24-year Apple veteran who was previously VP of product design for…
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Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of hardware trade secrets
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief hardware officer, Tang Tan, alleging the theft of trade secrets including unreleased parts, prototypes, confidential designs and documents relating to stealth projects. Filed in the US district court in San Jose, the suit claims that Tan — a 24-year Apple veteran who oversaw iPhone product…
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Tilly Norwood’s New Movie Rekindles Hollywood Concerns That AI ‘Actor’ Is Just Ripping Off Human Performances
The news of Tilly Norwood’s feature-length movie debut again brought out the digital pitchforks surrounding her existence, with commenters weighing in on everything from the concept of an AI actress leading a film to why entertainment outlets such as Variety covered the news. Norwood’s creator is taking the backlash in stride, insisting that she’s just…