France accuses Russia of a decade’s worth of high-profile cyberattacks
France accuses Russia of a decade's worth of high-profile cyberattacks France accuses Russia of a decade’s worth of high-profile cyberattacks France’s President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with representatives of the sectors affected by US tariffs, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on April 3, 2025. | Image: MOHAMMED BADRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images In an […]
Lyft’s AI ‘Earnings Assistant’ offers ideas about how drivers can make more money
Lyft's AI 'Earnings Assistant' offers ideas about how drivers can make more money Lyft’s AI ‘Earnings Assistant’ offers ideas about how drivers can make more money Lyft has launched “Earnings Assistant,” an AI chatbot tool for drivers seeking to “optimize their time on the road.” With it, drivers can create plans based on information about […]
OpenAI undoes its glaze-heavy ChatGPT update
OpenAI undoes its glaze-heavy ChatGPT update OpenAI is rolling back its latest GPT-4o update after CEO Sam Altman said the company would be making fixes to address the chatbot’s “sycophant-y and annoying” personality introduced with recent updates. The rollback, which started Monday night, is “now 100%” rolled back for free ChatGPT users and will be […]
Natasha Lyonne to direct and star in a new sci-fi film created with generative AI
Natasha Lyonne to direct and star in a new sci-fi film created with generative AI Poker Face‘s Natasha Lyonne has a new project in the works that seemed poised to become a case study in the debate about how and whether Hollywood should be using generative AI. Lyonne is teaming up with technologist and virtual […]
Apple’s latest AirPods Pro are down to their best price of the year
Apple's latest AirPods Pro are down to their best price of the year Apple’s latest AirPods Pro are down to their best price of the year Image: Brandon Widder / The Verge Amazon’s annual Gaming Week sale might be the big focus this week as far as deals are concerned, but gaming peripherals and games […]
AirPlay security flaws could help hackers spread malware on your network
AirPlay security flaws could help hackers spread malware on your network Cybersecurity firm Oligo has detailed a set of vulnerabilities its researchers found in Apple’s AirPlay protocol and software development kit that could serve as a point of entry to infect other devices on your network, Wired reports. Oligo’s researchers refer to the vulnerabilities and […]
Reddit bans researchers who used AI bots to manipulate commenters
Reddit bans researchers who used AI bots to manipulate commenters Commenters on the popular subreddit r/changemymind found out last weekend that they’ve been majorly duped for months. University of Zurich researchers set out to “investigate the persuasiveness of Large Language Models (LLMs) in natural online environments” by unleashing bots pretending to be a trauma counselor, […]
Google’s AI podcast maker is now available in over 50 languages
Google's AI podcast maker is now available in over 50 languages Google’s AI podcast maker is now available in over 50 languages Audio Overviews, the AI tool that turns your research into podcast-like conversations in Google’s NotebookLM app, is expanding beyond English. Now you can generate and listen to Audio Overviews in more than 50 […]
Amazon has no choice but to display tariffs on prices now
Amazon has no choice but to display tariffs on prices now Here’s some dumb stuff that just happened: Punchbowl News, a new-ish DC publication which has an excellent record of political scoops but hasn’t done much tech reporting, published a single-sourced rumor that Amazon would soon begin showing tariffs next to prices. Treasury Secretary Scott […]
Meta’s ChatGPT competitor shows how your friends use AI
Meta's ChatGPT competitor shows how your friends use AI Meta’s ChatGPT competitor shows how your friends use AI Meta’s standalone ChatGPT competitor is mostly what you’d expect from an AI assistant. You can type or talk with it, generate images, and get real-time web results. The biggest new idea in the Meta AI app is […]