Year: 2024

A new bill seeks to reveal what is hidden in the training data

The US Congress on Tuesday introduced a bill to protect copyrighted material used in artificial intelligence (AI) training. The legislation, called the ‘Copyright Correlation Act’, will not be retroactive to existing AI platforms unless changes are made to their training datasets and it will not be retroactive to existing AI platforms unless changes are made to their training datasets after it becomes law.

Beeper was acquired by automattic which has big plans for the future of messaging

Beeper, a messaging app, has been bought by Pebble Technologies in a $125 million all-cash deal. Beeper’s Co-founders will lead the combined messaging team, which will initially use an open-source protocol called Matrix. Beeper has been acquired by Pebble, which is known for its open-source approach to software and e-ink display. Pebble was founded in 2010 and appealed to the nerd crowd.

There are three ways that ChatG pt helps with my academic writing

A recent study by the University of Glasgow showed generativeAI tools can be used in peer-reviewed papers to help organisers and authors organise feedback without uploading the manuscripts’ text. The tool can be used to write detailed summaries of papers on a topic, identify its limitations, and explain significance of each limitation in order of importance.

The skies over the U.S. were darkened by a solar eclipse

The US is set to witness its first total solar eclipse in over a century on Tuesday. The eclipse, which is the result of a rare alignment between Earth and the Sun, is the first time the US has seen a total solar eclipse from coast to coast since 1918. The path of totality in the US ranges from Oregon to South Carolina.

A proposal to regulate online privacy hit the Congress

US House and Senate committee leaders released a new proposal for an American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADRA) bill. The proposal includes a private right of action by individual consumers to bring lawsuits where their privacy rights are violated. It doesn’t require companies to notify state attorneys general before filing suits, a report said.

Brazil is beefing over X

Brazilian Attorney General Jorge Messias has asked people to take advantage of virtual private networks as a “preventive action” against billionaire businessman and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s social media platform ‘X’ which was taken down by Brazil. This comes after Brazil’s attorney general Xem Moraes issued a warning against violating Brazilian constitution’s right to speech and said each blocked account will have a 1 lakh fine.

$60 off for the Pixel Buds Pro were included with the newest shades

Logitech’s Litra Beam Key Light, which emits full-spectrum LED light, is currently available for $89.99 (700) at Amazon, Best Buy and Logitech. The full-spectrum LED key light is purpose-built for Streaming, Podcasting, or taking video calls from home. It’s available on Amazon, Best Buy and Logitech for the lowest price in Logitech’s history.

It’s time to go for it on robotaxis

Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has said that if there aren’t trade barriers, “most other car companies will be destroyed”. “If Tesla wants to roll out robotaxi service everywhere its cars are sold, its plans will be even more ambitious than these competitors’, who have been working on the problem of autonomy for years,” he added.

Musk says he will reveal his car on August 8th

Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his book ‘The Tesla Master Plan’ said the electric vehicle (EV) would be “irrelevant” if there was a fully automated vehicle. He described the so-called ‘Tesla Network’ as a network of shared vehicles. “It’ll allow people to share their cars when they’re not at work, when they’re on vacation, or when they’re away from home,” Musk wrote.

We’re going to give you all the information you need to take a last-minute drive to see the eclipse

The total solar eclipse will take place on April 8 across the US and it will be visible in several parts of America. However, when there is a partial eclipse, it must be worn to look at the sun during its time when it is completely obscured by the moon. If you are unable to watch the full eclipse, you should still be able to see something.