
London court throws out lawsuit against Google over medical records
LONDON Google on Friday defeated a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided
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Britain unveils $1.2B strategy to boost computer chip industry
Britain’s government has unveiled its long-awaited semiconductor strategy
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Britain's $1.3 billion semiconductor support plan gets cool response
By Alistair Smout and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will invest 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in its semiconductor sector
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ChatGPT app launches for iPhone users amid scam frenzy
OpenAI has launched a ChatGPT app for iPhone users amid a surge in fake versions of its hugely popular AI chatbot. The free app is the first official OpenAI product to appear in app stores, though dozens of imitation versions seeking to mislead or scam users are currently available for iOS and Android users. The new ChatGPT app is available immediately in the US and will roll out to other countries in the coming weeks, OpenAI said, with an Android version of the ChatGPT app also under development. “With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we’re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people, while continuously making them more accessible,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post detailing the new app. “We’re eager to see how you use the app. As we gather user feedback, we’re committed to continuous feature and safety improvements for ChatGPT.” Users who download the app will have access to their ChatGPT account history from the web, as well as access to OpenAI’s open-source speech-recognition system Whisper. This will allow people to speak to the artificial intelligence tool for the first time. Subscribers to ChatGPT Plus will also get access to the more advanced GPT-4 tool, as well as faster response times compared to free users. Last month, researchers noted an “alarming” number of scam apps had appeared within the MacOS App Store, while Google’s Play Store is still inundated with unofficial ChatGPT apps. “Most of these apps are nothing but cheap imitations or outright scams that fail to deliver on their promises,” privacy researcher Alex Kleber wrote in a report published in April. “These scams not only deceive users but also tarnish the reputation of legitimate developers and hinder the growth of the app ecosystem on the MacOS platform.” OpenAI has applied to patent the GPT acronym in an effort to crackdown on the concerning trend, however the US Patent and Trademark Office refused to fast-track the request last month. Read More 10 ways AI will change the world – from curing cancer to wiping out humanity ChatGPT creator ‘nervous’ about AI election manipulation Regulation ‘critical’ to curb risk posed by AI, boss of ChatGPT tells Congress Watch as OpenAI CEO faces questions from Congress on potential AI regulation
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Chinese EV maker Nio invests in nuclear fusion startup
SHANGHAI Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio has invested in a startup firm that is developing fusion technologies, according
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Krafton gets approval to resume battle-royale game in India
South Korea's Krafton Inc, a company backed by China's Tencent, on Friday said it received approval from Indian
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Musk’s Lawyer Sends Letter to Microsoft on Twitter Data Misuse
Elon Musk’s top outside attorney sent Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella a letter Thursday, saying Microsoft
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Embarrassing Facebook glitch exposes users ‘stalking’ strangers
Meta has apologised for a glitch in which Facebook sent friend requests to every profile that a user had viewed — leaving a number of users embarrassed and rushing to delete the requests, or, in some cases, their entire accounts. “We fixed a bug related to a recent app update that caused some Facebook friend requests to be sent mistakenly,” a spokesperson for Meta told The Daily Beast. “We’ve stopped this from happening and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.” According to accounts on other social media platforms like Twitter, it caused plenty of inconvenience. “As someone with a severe nosiness problem, this Facebook auto friend request glitch is very spooky and uncool with me,” one Twitter user with the username Lucy wrote. Last Friday, following a Facebook app update, users began sending out a stream of warnings on other social media platforms about the dangers of using the platform when their “nosiness” could be exposed to the very people whose profiles they’d been viewing. The Daily Mail quoted one social media user as writing that the glitch amounted to the “end of stalking.” Now that Meta has fixed the glitch, there is presumably less need to worry. For some, however, the damage may be done. “Facebook update s*cks!” another Twitter user wrote. “It automatically sent a friend request to account you stalked, lmao Imagine you stalked your ex or your enemy and they received a friend request notification.” There was some question over whether the glitch affected Apple phone users in the same way that it did Android users, but the glitch likely is not good news for a platform that has struggled to maintain the attention and affection of younger social media users who have migrated to platforms like Snapchat and TikTok in recent years.
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Explainer-How Montana could enforce a TikTok ban
Montana took the unusual step on Wednesday of banning Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, with lawmakers of the
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10K bridges similar to Pittsburgh one that collapsed should be checked for corrosion, report says
Investigators looking into the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge last year want transportation officials nationwide to examine more than 10,000 other bridges with similar steel construction
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TikTok creators sue Montana over app ban
A group of TikTok users has sued to overturn Montana's new statewide ban blocking the app, alleging that the law signed this week by Gov. Greg Gianforte violates the First Amendment.
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Cash App founder Bob Lee murder suspect pleads not guilty
Nima Momeni, 38, is suspected of stabbing Bob Lee in San Francisco, California, on 4 April.
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