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Google passkeys are a no-brainer. You’ve turned them on, right?

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) By now, you’ve likely heard that passwordless Google accounts have finally arrived. The replacement for passwords is known as "passkeys." There are many misconceptions about passkeys,…

President Biden meets with AI CEOs at the White House amid ethical criticism

Enlarge / US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet the 'Investing in America Cabinet' to discuss the Investing in America agenda in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in…

Snoop Dogg on AI risk: “Sh–, what the f—?”

Enlarge / Snoop Dogg talking about AI at the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference on May 3, 2023. (credit: Milken Institute) On Wednesday, celebrated multi-platinum recording artist Snoop Dogg took part in a…

Google will retire Chrome’s HTTPS padlock icon because no one knows what it means

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) One of the biggest advances in web security over the last decade or so is the proliferation of secure, encrypted HTTPS connections. Once the purview of…

AI vs. Hollywood: Writers battle “plagiarism machines” in union talks

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of "an office copy machine in front of a hollywood-style explosion." (credit: Midjourney) The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is seeking to restrict the use of generative AI…

“We must regulate AI,” FTC Chair Khan says

Enlarge / FTC Chair Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee nomination hearing on April 21, 2021, in Washington, DC. (credit: Graeme Jennings/Getty Images) On Wednesday, Federal Trade…

UK competition watchdog launches review of AI market

Enlarge (credit: Sean Gladwell via Getty) The UK competition watchdog is launching a review of the artificial intelligence market, including the models behind popular chatbots such as ChatGPT, as the industry comes increasingly…

IBM plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI over time, pauses hiring certain positions

Enlarge / The IBM logo in front of an AI-generated background. (credit: IBM / Midjourney) IBM Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna has revealed plans to pause hiring for about 7,800 positions that could…

Microsoft could offer private ChatGPT to businesses for “10 times” the normal cost

Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) Microsoft is planning to offer a privacy-focused version of the ChatGPT chatbot to banks, health care providers, and other large organizations concerned about data leaks and…

AI-generated beer commercial contains joyful monstrosities, goes viral

Enlarge / A still image from "Synthetic Summer," an AI-generated beer commercial. (credit: Privateisland.tv) While many fear a future where AI-generated media becomes indistinguishable from traditional media, destroying society and/or civilization in the…