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A viral tweet alleges bias as ChatGPT refuses to write a poem about positive attributes of Trump but writes one about Biden; sources: OpenAI doesn't know why — Even ChatGPT's creators can't figure out why it won't answer certain questions — including queries about former U.S. President Donald Trump …
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ChatGPT testing shows the chatbot struggles with basic arithmetic questions, confidently offering entertaining but wrong answers, an inherent problem with LLMs — ‘Large language models’ supply grammatically correct answers but struggle with calculations — Cheating With ChatGPT: Can an AI Chatbot Pass AP Lit?| Bloomberg: |
The LockBit ransomware gang claims ION Trading UK paid a ransom after the group's cyberattack on the software firm upended derivatives trading around the world — The hacking group behind the attack on ION Trading UK — the software firm that was struck by a cyberattack earlier this week …
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A look at T2, a Twitter alternative founded by a former employee of Google's Area 120 to offer a “2007 Twitter” vibe that Musk's platform no longer supplies — Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk's platform no longer supplies.
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Interviews detail the Conti ransomware group's 2021 attack on Ireland's public health system; Conti seemingly called off the hack without receiving a ransom — At first the attack on Ireland's public-health system fell into a depressingly familiar pattern.
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Background check services TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate confirm a data breach after hackers leak a 2019 database allegedly containing the info of 20M users — PeopleConnect, the owners of the TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate background check services, confirmed they suffered a data breach … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US is weighing sanctions on Tiandy, Uniview, and other Chinese surveillance tech makers over sales to Iran in 2022 as protests swept the country — Beijing's exports of video recorders to Iran more than doubled in 2022 as protests swept the country| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
Flipkart-owned Indian fashion retailer Myntra is penalizing users who return items too often; studies: 25% to 40% of clothes sold online in India are returned — Across India, e-commerce giants like Myntra and Flipkart are canceling free returns to boost profits. — • BENGALURU, INDIA
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After YouTuber MrBeast made a video about paying for 1,000 blind people's eye surgery, critics raise questions about “stunt philanthropy” and “charity porn” — Is it stunt philanthropy or self-funded charity in the YouTube age? — A YouTuber just helped treat 1,000 people with blindness and low vision.| New York Times: |
Alphabet, Amazon, and other tech firms begin 2023 by championing austerity after facing the worst year on Wall Street in 2022 since the 2008 financial crisis — After years of expansion and billions in profits, Big Tech is pulling back from its famously lavish spending as a long boom finally ends.
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A US judge denies the FTC's bid to stop Meta's acquisition of Within, rejecting the regulator's concerns of the deal reducing competition in the AR/VR market — A judge on Friday released a ruling denying the Federal Trade Commission's request to stop Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Utah lawmakers are fast tracking two bills that would require social media companies to age verify users, grant parents access to their kids' accounts, and more — The evidence-free moral panic over social media keeps getting stupider, and when things get particularly stupid about the internet …
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Twitter ending free API access could have the unfortunate side effect of killing many useful bots, like @MakeItAQuote, @BigTechAlert, @_weather_bot_, and more — “I'm not paying a dime to Elon lol.” — Pranav Dixit — One of the most popular bots on Twitter is @MakeItAQuote, which has more than 565,000 followers.
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