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Google’s AI-Powered Weather Prediction Model GenCast Outperforms Top Forecasting Systems, Says Study
Google introduced its weather predicting artificial intelligence (AI) model GenCast on Wednesday. The AI model was developed by the Mountain View-based tech giant’s AI research division Google DeepMind. The company’s researchers have also published a paper on the technology highlighting its capabilities in making medium-range weather forecasts....
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Internet Archive Hit By "Catastrophic" Attack, 31 Million Passwords Stolen
A pro-Palestinian hacktivist has claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack on the Internet Archive, exposing the personal data of 31 million users.
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Google Search Results Will Now Show Archived Web Pages via Wayback Machine
Google search results will now include the historical context of links, providing information about recently updated web pages, the company announced on Wednesday. This initiative is part of a collaboration between the Mountain View-based tech giant and the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which displays the website exactly how it looked on a ...
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OpenAI Signs Deal With Financial Times to Use Its Content for Training AI Models
The Financial Times has signed a deal with OpenAI to license its content for the development of AI models and allow ChatGPT to answer queries with summaries attributable to the newspaper, the latest media tie-up for the Microsoft-backed startup.
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WhatsApp Web Users Could Soon Get the New Revamped Sidebar Interface: Report
WhatsApp was reported to be working on a new interface for its web client with a sidebar and a dark mode last year. Now, according to a new report, the revamped design has started to roll out to some users. The new WhatsApp Web feature is said to be available to some of the users who have signed up for the web client’s beta programme. This also h...
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Apple Negotiating Deals With Publishers to Train Generative AI Systems on News Content: Report
Apple is exploring deals with major news and publishing organisations in recent weeks, as the iPhone maker seeks permission to use material from their news archives to train its generative artificial intelligence systems, according to a report in the New York Times. The firm has reportedly floated multiyear deals worth at least $50 million (roughly...
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Google Photos Rolls Out Photo Stacks, New AI-Powered Document Features to Organise Your Library
Google announced the addition of new AI-backed features to Google Photos via a blog post. Google's new Photo Stacks feature will automatically identify and group together similar photos of the same subject taken within a short time frame and select the top pick that best captures that moment. Another AI-powered feature will identify and automatical...
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OpenAI, Associated Press Partner to Explore Generative AI Use in News
The Associated Press is licensing a part its archive of news stories to OpenAI under a deal that will explore generative AI's use in news, the companies said on Thursday, a move that could set the precedent for similar partnerships between the industries. The news publisher will gain access to OpenAI's technology and product expertise as part of t...
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BBC, Wikimedia Say Delhi Court Has No Jurisdiction On Documentary Case
The BBC and Wikimedia Foundation Thursday submitted in a Delhi court that it does not have jurisdiction to try a criminal complaint filed by a BJP leader seeking to restrain them from publishing a documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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Documentary Row: Delhi Court Summons BBC, Others On Defamation Complaint
A Delhi court on Wednesday issued summonses to the BBC, Wikimedia and Internet Archive on a criminal complaint filed by a BJP leader seeking to restrain them from publishing a documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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Internet Archive Violated Copyrights With Digital Book Lending, US Judge Rules
The Internet Archive, a non-profit organization that operates an online library, violated the copyrights of four major US publishers, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday. While many of the books scanned and lent to readers were in the public domain, 3.6 million are protected by valid copyrights, and the publishers sued the non-profit in 2020 over 127 book...
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Vintage Apple Computers, Including Original 1984 Macintosh, Apple II Plus, to Go on Auction in March
A collection of vintage Apple computers that traces the evolution of one of the world's most influential companies is going under the hammer in California next month. Aficionados of Steve Jobs' groundbreaking firm will be able to get their hands on a suite of devices that showcase how Apple became a household name.
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Tesla Engineer Tells US Court That the Firm Staged 2016 Video Promoting Self-Driving Capabilities
A Tesla engineer has testified during Elon Musk's ongoing shareholder lawsuit that the company's promotional video in 2016 showing off the vehicle's capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light was staged and the vehicle did not have those capabilities. The video was released in October 2016 and promoted on Twitter by...
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What the World Would Lose With the Demise of Twitter: Valuable Eyewitness Accounts and Raw Data on Human Behaviour, as Well as a Habitat for Trolls
Twitter has provided users with a trove of information since it was launched, and its archives allow for instant and complete access to every public tweet, which has positioned Twitter both as an archive of collective human behaviour and as a credentialing and fact-checking service on a global scale. Here's how the loss of Twitter would impact the ...
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Google Launches 'India Ki Udaan' to Mark 75 Years of Country's Independence
Capturing the milestones the country has achieved in its 75-year journey since independence, software major Google has unveiled an online project, drawing from rich archives and featuring artistic illustrations to tell the story of India.
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Google’s AI-Powered Weather Prediction Model GenCast Outperforms Top Forecasting Systems, Says Study
Google introduced its weather predicting artificial intelligence (AI) model GenCast on Wednesday. The AI model was developed by the Mountain View-based tech giant’s AI research division Google DeepMind. The company’s researchers have also published a paper on the technology highlighting its capabilities in making medium-range weather forecasts....
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Internet Archive Hit By "Catastrophic" Attack, 31 Million Passwords Stolen
A pro-Palestinian hacktivist has claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack on the Internet Archive, exposing the personal data of 31 million users.
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Google Search Results Will Now Show Archived Web Pages via Wayback Machine
Google search results will now include the historical context of links, providing information about recently updated web pages, the company announced on Wednesday. This initiative is part of a collaboration between the Mountain View-based tech giant and the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which displays the website exactly how it looked on a ...
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OpenAI Signs Deal With Financial Times to Use Its Content for Training AI Models
The Financial Times has signed a deal with OpenAI to license its content for the development of AI models and allow ChatGPT to answer queries with summaries attributable to the newspaper, the latest media tie-up for the Microsoft-backed startup.
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WhatsApp Web Users Could Soon Get the New Revamped Sidebar Interface: Report
WhatsApp was reported to be working on a new interface for its web client with a sidebar and a dark mode last year. Now, according to a new report, the revamped design has started to roll out to some users. The new WhatsApp Web feature is said to be available to some of the users who have signed up for the web client’s beta programme. This also h...
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Apple Negotiating Deals With Publishers to Train Generative AI Systems on News Content: Report
Apple is exploring deals with major news and publishing organisations in recent weeks, as the iPhone maker seeks permission to use material from their news archives to train its generative artificial intelligence systems, according to a report in the New York Times. The firm has reportedly floated multiyear deals worth at least $50 million (roughly...
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Google Photos Rolls Out Photo Stacks, New AI-Powered Document Features to Organise Your Library
Google announced the addition of new AI-backed features to Google Photos via a blog post. Google's new Photo Stacks feature will automatically identify and group together similar photos of the same subject taken within a short time frame and select the top pick that best captures that moment. Another AI-powered feature will identify and automatical...
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OpenAI, Associated Press Partner to Explore Generative AI Use in News
The Associated Press is licensing a part its archive of news stories to OpenAI under a deal that will explore generative AI's use in news, the companies said on Thursday, a move that could set the precedent for similar partnerships between the industries. The news publisher will gain access to OpenAI's technology and product expertise as part of t...
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BBC, Wikimedia Say Delhi Court Has No Jurisdiction On Documentary Case
The BBC and Wikimedia Foundation Thursday submitted in a Delhi court that it does not have jurisdiction to try a criminal complaint filed by a BJP leader seeking to restrain them from publishing a documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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Documentary Row: Delhi Court Summons BBC, Others On Defamation Complaint
A Delhi court on Wednesday issued summonses to the BBC, Wikimedia and Internet Archive on a criminal complaint filed by a BJP leader seeking to restrain them from publishing a documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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Internet Archive Violated Copyrights With Digital Book Lending, US Judge Rules
The Internet Archive, a non-profit organization that operates an online library, violated the copyrights of four major US publishers, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday. While many of the books scanned and lent to readers were in the public domain, 3.6 million are protected by valid copyrights, and the publishers sued the non-profit in 2020 over 127 book...
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Vintage Apple Computers, Including Original 1984 Macintosh, Apple II Plus, to Go on Auction in March
A collection of vintage Apple computers that traces the evolution of one of the world's most influential companies is going under the hammer in California next month. Aficionados of Steve Jobs' groundbreaking firm will be able to get their hands on a suite of devices that showcase how Apple became a household name.
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Tesla Engineer Tells US Court That the Firm Staged 2016 Video Promoting Self-Driving Capabilities
A Tesla engineer has testified during Elon Musk's ongoing shareholder lawsuit that the company's promotional video in 2016 showing off the vehicle's capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light was staged and the vehicle did not have those capabilities. The video was released in October 2016 and promoted on Twitter by...
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What the World Would Lose With the Demise of Twitter: Valuable Eyewitness Accounts and Raw Data on Human Behaviour, as Well as a Habitat for Trolls
Twitter has provided users with a trove of information since it was launched, and its archives allow for instant and complete access to every public tweet, which has positioned Twitter both as an archive of collective human behaviour and as a credentialing and fact-checking service on a global scale. Here's how the loss of Twitter would impact the ...
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Google Launches 'India Ki Udaan' to Mark 75 Years of Country's Independence
Capturing the milestones the country has achieved in its 75-year journey since independence, software major Google has unveiled an online project, drawing from rich archives and featuring artistic illustrations to tell the story of India.
