Category Archives: Tech News

A look at Home Assistant, an open-source smart home platform with an estimated 1M users, as its creators announce a foundation to help it reach the mainstream (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: A look at Home Assistant, an open-source smart home [...]

21
Apr
Researchers: when given 15 CVE descriptions, GPT-4 autonomously exploited 87% of the vulnerabilities, compared to 0% for every other model tested (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Thomas Claburn / The Register: Researchers: when given 15 CVE descriptions, GPT-4 autonomously exploited 87% [...]

20
Apr
Pornhub, Stripchat, and XVideos will have to comply with additional obligations, such as submitting risk assessment reports, under the EU DSA starting next week (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Pornhub, Stripchat, and XVideos will have to comply with additional [...]

19
Apr
Digital marketing software company Ibotta closes up 17% at $103.25 per share in its trading debut, after raising ~$577.3M in an IPO priced above marketed range (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Digital marketing software company Ibotta closes up 17% at $103.25 per share in its [...]

18
Apr
The US NIST appoints as head of AI safety former OpenAI researcher Paul Christiano, who has been criticized for "AI doomer" views and ties to effective altruism (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: The US NIST appoints as head of AI safety former [...]

17
Apr
Filing: Take-Two will fire 5% of its workforce and expects to incur up to $200M in charges as part of a downsizing effort, including $140M from canceled titles (Rob Golum/Bloomberg)

Rob Golum / Bloomberg: Filing: Take-Two will fire 5% of its workforce and expects to [...]

16
Apr
EU antitrust regulators are questioning Broadcom about changes to VMware's licensing conditions, following complaints from EU business users and a trade group (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: EU antitrust regulators are questioning Broadcom about changes to VMware’s [...]

15
Apr
LinkedIn: the number of companies with a designated head of AI position or a chief AI officer (CAIO) has almost tripled globally in the past five years (Emma Jacobs/Financial Times)

Emma Jacobs / Financial Times: LinkedIn: the number of companies with a designated head of [...]

14
Apr
Meta says it is testing its Meta AI chatbot with WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch: Meta says it is testing its Meta AI chatbot with WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger [...]

13
Apr
A case study of the creation of an AI-powered local "news" website, directed to produce partisan stories on a US Senate race; a Fiverr developer made it for $80 (Jack Brewster/Wall Street Journal)

Jack Brewster / Wall Street Journal: A case study of the creation of an AI-powered [...]

12
Apr