Amazon’s new plan for games: James Bond and AI Snoop Dogg
…Amazon is also “big believers” in generative AI both for AI-powered games like the Snoop Dogg title but also how it can help with development more broadly. “To be clear, these…
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…Some of those companies have stuck around, but a new generation of commerce platforms is quickly gaining ground. Ultracheap retailers like Temu, Shein, and AliExpress are winning over customers, luring them in…
America’s dangerous, messy deepfakes crackdown is here
…The law immediately criminalized distributing NCII, whether in the form of real or AI-generated material, something many states at least partially do already. But its namesake takedown provision is more sweeping…
Amazon Alexa
…Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts Emma Roth May 18 Alexa is moving into Amazon․com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy May 13 Amazon’s Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone…
Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections
…Over time, LTF came to be viewed as a vehicle not for the general AI industry, but for OpenAI specifically. (Several of LTF’s backers are investors in the frontier AI company…
Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband
…It was an unintentionally perfect metaphor for a once-in-a-generation attempt to fix the creaky US broadband system, now a flaming mess melting into a slush fund for billionaires. Bezos…
Uber employees have a Dara AI
…Let’s talk about robots, actual robots, actual AI in the world. Yes. Uber has made a bunch of big investments in robotaxis. I want to start with Rivian. It’s over…
Social Media Platforms
…AI-generated or modified content starting on Monday. This is in addition to Meta’s automatically applied “AI info” label for content on its platforms that it detects as being AI-modified…
Why your Whoop might tell you to up your testosterone
…To make sense of new scores, update AI bots to dispense generic health advice as a resource. To justify adding AI, remind them that this personalized experience holds the key to living…
Data centers are coming for rural America
…That could spell trouble for small communities like Jay, hoping for a tax windfall to help them invest in schools, community buildings, and roadworks. Maine state Rep. Melanie Sachs, the sponsor…