Interesting announcements
Google and Meta made a secret deal to target advertisements for Instagram to teenagers
Meta and Google teamed up to run a secret campaign that deliberately targeted 13 to 17-year-olds with Instagram ads on YouTube. Financial Times reports that Google directed ads to a subset of users labeled as “unknown” in its advertising systems, in an attempt to disguise the group because they were teenagers.
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OpenAI has the technology to watermark ChatGPT text, but it won’t release it
The company has decided against implementing text watermarking for ChatGPT-generated content despite having the technology ready for nearly a year. In a survey, nearly 30% of ChatGPT users said they would use the chatbot less if OpenAI deployed watermarks and a rival did not.
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NVIDIA’s AI team reportedly scraped YouTube and Netflix videos without permission to train an AI model
An exclusive investigation by 404 Media reveals that NVIDIA has collected vast amounts of data from platforms like Netflix and YouTube to train its new AI model, named “Cosmos”. To evade detection from YouTube, NVIDIA reportedly downloaded content using virtual machines (VMs) with rotating IP addresses to avoid bans.
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Windows and Mac systems can be hacked via software updates distributed through insecure Internet connections
Researchers from security firm Volexity discovered that the attack worked by hacking routers of an unnamed ISP. The attackers then used their control of the devices to poison domain name system responses for legitimate hostnames providing updates for at least six different apps for Windows or macOS.
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Top new products
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
Pixel 9 Pro XL will have a 6.8-inch OLED screen, Tensor G4 processor, 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of storage. It will come with a 5,060mAh battery.
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Honor Magic V3
The phone has a 6.43-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, up to 16GB RAM and 1TB of storage. It comes with a 5,150mAh battery.
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