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Investigators with the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department said they were able to recover footage from a Google Nest camera outside the Arizona home ofΒ Nancy GuthrieΒ β the missing mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie β by extracting “residual data located in backend systems,” raising new questions about how it was possible to retain the…
TikTok saidΒ Wednesday it’s rolling out a new local feed that shows videos from nearby businesses and services based on users’ precise geolocation data. Users of the social media platform will now see a new tab on their app called “Local” that leads to content related to nearby travel, events, restaurants and shopping, as well as…
The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court began on Monday. Instagram’s parent company Meta and Google’s YouTube face claims that their platforms deliberately addict…
OpenAI’s free version of ChatGPT has a new look: Users who don’t pay to upgrade will now see ads when using the artificial intelligence platform. Β The companyΒ saidΒ on Monday that it is testing ads with ChatGPT users in the U.S. with “free” and “go” subscription tiers. The “Go” plan costs $8 monthly.Β OpenAI said in…
As fans from around the country descend on California to watch the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday’s Super Bowl, officials are telling them to leave their drones at home. The police chief in Santa Clara, where this year’s big game will be played, said authorities are prepared to shoot down…
London βΒ Gamers around the world can now buy and play at home a pared-down version of a first-person drone training program developed and used by the Ukrainian armed forces. The game’s evolution β from battlefield training tool to home entertainment β is a notable first, and it is tied directly to Ukraine’s ongoing efforts to…
Washington β Top executives at Tesla and Waymo made the case for the safety of their vehicles before a Senate committee on Wednesday, insisting their driving systems are safer than human drivers, despite recent incidents.Β Congress is considering how to move forward with legislation to create uniform safety regulations to govern self-driving vehicles, which are…
Pinterest said it fired two engineers who built an internal tool to track which employees had been laid off following aΒ recent round of job cutsΒ at the social media company. The firings come about a week after the lifestyle app said it was cutting 15% of its staff as it invests in artificial intelligence. Pinterest, which…
Pinterest plans to cut its workforce by 15% this year, a move the company said will allow it to reallocate resources to the build-out of its artificial intelligence capabilities. The San Francisco-based company disclosed the plan in aΒ regulatory filingΒ on Tuesday, noting that the reduction will affect “less than 15% of the company’s workforce” and will…
When Pinterest and Dow announced layoffs last month, they attributed the job cuts in part to a shift to artificial intelligence β a sign that some employers are stepping up their investment in AI as they pare their payrolls.Β Although economists have generally downplayed the impact to date of generative AI on the broader U.S….