European Union authorities have complained that Twitter doesn’t seem to be taking the bloc’s fight against “disinformation” seriously by producing an incomplete report on compliance with its rules on censorship. Elon Musk’s Twitter lagged behind the likes of Google, Meta, and TikTok in the fight against “disinformation” over the past six months, the European Commission…
EU Complains Twitter Seems to Lack Appetite for Censorship
Microsoft Outlook Back up for Most Users After Outage
Microsoft Corp.’s Outlook was back up for most users, the company said on Tuesday, after an hours-long outage disrupted the email service application for users primarily in North America. The company said it had identified a recent change that might have caused issues within Outlook.com, without giving further details. The outage comes shortly after Microsoft’s…
Twitter Restricted in Turkey After Earthquake, Says Internet Monitor
Access to Twitter was restricted in Turkey on Wednesday, according to the global internet monitor NetBlocks, following a major earthquake that killed more than 11,500 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. “Real-time network data show Twitter has been restricted in Turkey; the filtering is applied on major internet providers and comes as the…
Florida State Court System, US, EU Universities Hit by Ransomware Outbreak
LONDON/WASHINGTON—A global ransomware outbreak has scrambled servers belonging to Florida’s Supreme Court and several universities in the United States and Central Europe, according to a Reuters analysis of ransom notes posted online to stricken servers. Those organizations are among more than 3,800 victims of a fast-spreading digital extortion campaign that locked up thousands of servers…
Sen. Josh Hawley Proposes Legal Minimum Age for Youth to Use Social Media
Amid growing backlash against social media platforms, including legislation targeting Chinese-owned TikTok and other apps, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said in a Feb. 7 interview with NBC News that he plans to sponsor legislation that will set a minimum age of 16 for users of social media and that he also plans to commission a…
‘Do Anything Now’ Frees ChatGPT From Political Straitjacket—but Accuracy Is a Concern
Conservatives, libertarians, and others worry that the new ChatGPT AI chatbot is designed to make people conform to elite liberal opinion–yet creative Internet users have already learned how to trick the system into shedding that bias, though sometimes at the expense of the truth. ‘Do Anything Now,’ or DAN, is an approach for jailbreaking ChatGPT….
ChatGPT’s Alter-Ego ‘Do Anything Now’ Frees AI From Restrictions—but Accuracy Is a Concern
News Analysis Conservatives, libertarians, and others worry that the new ChatGPT AI chatbot is designed to make people conform to elite liberal opinion–yet creative Internet users have already learned how to trick the system into shedding that bias, though sometimes at the expense of the truth. ‘Do Anything Now,’ or DAN, is an approach for…
Artificial Intelligence Could Pose Existential Threat to Humanity: Australian MP
The risks around artificial intelligence must be thoroughly investigated as it could pose an existential threat to human life, says one Australian MP. In a speech in Parliament on Feb. 6, Labor MP Julian Hill said ChatGPT had the potential to revolutionise the world but warned that if AI were to surpass human intelligence, it…
Microsoft Incorporates AI Technology Into Its Search Engine Bing
Microsoft is incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot technology into its search engine Bing and its browser Edge. The company made the announcement at a press event on Tuesday at its Redmond headquarters in Washington. Bing and Edge will be powered by an upgraded version of the AI technology that’s the hallmark of ChatGPT, the conversational service…
Twitter to Change ‘Showing Blood’ Rule After Senator’s Account Suspended for Hunting Photo
Twitter owner Elon Musk said the platform will be amending its rule about “showing blood” after the account of Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) was suspended due to a hunting photo he used as his profile picture. Daines, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), was locked out of his account for hours after he…
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