After decades of research and development, mostly confined to academia and projects in large organizations, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are advancing into every corner of the modern enterprise, from chatbots to tractors, and financial markets to medical research. But companies are struggling to move from individual use […]
Unpacking Coinbase’s flawed talking points in its battle with the SEC, including the argument that “securities laws written in the 1930s can’t apply to crypto” (Molly White)
Molly White:Unpacking Coinbase’s flawed talking points in its battle with the SEC, including the argument that “securities laws written in the 1930s can’t apply to crypto” — Coinbase is trotting out its usual flawed arguments now that it’s facing a lawsuit from the SEC, and more pushback is needed.
Meta launches MusicGen, an open-source AI model that can generate short pieces of music using text prompts that can optionally be aligned to an existing melody (Matthias Bastian/THE DECODER)
Matthias Bastian / THE DECODER:Meta launches MusicGen, an open-source AI model that can generate short pieces of music using text prompts that can optionally be aligned to an existing melody — Meta’s MusicGen can generate short new pieces of music based on text prompts, which can optionally be aligned to […]
Sources: Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills as its contract ends on June 30, and is now planning to move off the platform altogether (Platformer)
Platformer:Sources: Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills as its contract ends on June 30, and is now planning to move off the platform altogether — Musk won’t pay his Google Cloud bill — and the company’s trust and safety systems are hanging in the balance
Roku Plus Series review: a great budget 4K QLED TV
The first lineup of high value Roku-branded smart TVs is topped by the Plus, a series offering impressive performance.
Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over
When tested, “Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes.”
The Download: a promising new fuel, and why our phones struggle with wildfires
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This unlikely fuel could power cleaner trucks and ships Transportation is a huge piece of the climate puzzle, accounting for over 15% of worldwide global greenhouse gas emissions. […]
Nansen and Glassnode: Binance, Binance.US, and Coinbase saw a combined net outflow of $3.1B via Ethereum and $864M in BTC from June 5-June 8, amid SEC lawsuits (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk)
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk:Nansen and Glassnode: Binance, Binance.US, and Coinbase saw a combined net outflow of $3.1B via Ethereum and $864M in BTC from June 5-June 8, amid SEC lawsuits — The exchanges, targeted by the SEC for violating federal securities laws, have suffered a significant wave of user withdrawals […]
Insta360 Flow review: the four in one smartphone accessory
Selfie stick, mobile gimbal, power bank, and tripod – the Insta360 Flow is the ultimate Jack of all trades – but is it a master of none?
UK’s plans for global AI safety summit draw criticism
Announcement does not include “a single voice from civil society or academia,” says critic.