The teens were arrested for making nude images of their classmates
No arrests have been disclosed in the publicly reported cases in which minors allegedly created artificial intelligence-generated nude images of classmates and shared them without consent. No arrests have been disclosed in the publicly reported cases, at Issaquah High school in Washington, Westfield High school in New Jersey, and Beverly Hills Vista Middle School in California.
Europe’s Tech Crackdown, Musk vs. Openai, and a month with the Vision Pro
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday said the company is committed to comply with the US’ Digital Markets Act, which regulates privacy for AI-based products. He added that Apple will comply with all the US’s digital privacy laws, including California’s new Privacy Act, as soon as it’s in place. Cook also talked about the use of Apple’s Vision Pro on flights.
Rivian has R3 and R3X electric SUVs
Amazon-backed electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian has revealed that it will launch its R3 and R3X electric SUVs in the second half of the year. The two models are “designed with even tighter dimensions, and at a lower price point, than the R2,” the company said. Rivian is expected to produce about 57,000 units in four years, less than the 80,000 produced last year.
Rivian R2 is an electric off-roader
US-based electric vehicle startup Rivian has unveiled its new all-electric R2 sedan that will have an estimated range of 330 miles. Priced at $45,000 (nearly 3.5 lakh), the R2 will feature a zero to 60kmph time of three seconds and a 0-100kmph run time of less than five seconds. It will also be available with a rear-wheel drive system.
It’s a conversation about the moment
The US state of Alabama has passed a bill to allow patients and clinics to immediately restart in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment without fear of legal repercussions if embryos are damaged or destroyed during the medical procedure. The law will also permit the University of Alabama to restart in-vitro fertilization treatments. The US Supreme Court had recently struck down the state’s in-vitro fertilization law.
Biden would not ban TikTok
After US lawmakers proposed a law to stop TikTok from selling in the country, a White House official said, “Obviously, this is about our national security.” The bill would require TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell the app because of national security concerns about its use and store of data or face a ban.
The Empires of Big Tech are being opened up by Europe
Apple has decided to allow third-party browsers to use their own engines in iOS in the EU, one of its responses to the new EU antitrust rules. Apple had blamed the DMA when it decided to drop support for PWAs in the EU. Apple blamed the DMA when it decided to drop support for PWAs in the EU.
A Chinese national was arrested and is accused of stealing trade secrets from the internet company
Google detected a Chinese employee trying to upload more files from the company’s network to his personal account while he was in China, court papers said. The employee claimed that he uploaded them as evidence of his work for Google. The files include software design for v4 and v6 chips, hardware and software specification for GPUs used in Google’s data centres.
The woolly mammoth is closer to being resurrected by scientists
US-based Colossal Biosciences has created elephant induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs, the first such cells for an endangered species. “This is probably the most significant step in the early stages of this project. These cells will benefit the elephant conservation community just as much as being engineered to bring back the woolly mammoth,” Colossal Biosciences Co-founder Eriona Hysolli said.
Artificial Intelligence tools were still generating misleading election images
A report has said that generative AI tools are still generating misleading election-related images despite their policies. The report tested 160 prompts on ChatGPT Plus, Midjourney, Dream Studio and Image Creator and found that Midjourney was the most likely to produce misleading election-related images, at about 65% of the time. It added that Dream Studio prohibits generating misleading content.