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. GPT-4 is bigger and better than ChatGPT—but OpenAI won’t say why OpenAI has finally unveiled GPT-4, a next-generation large language model that was rumored to be in development […]
The US Copyright Office says protections for AI-assisted artistic works depend on whether AI’s contributions reflect the author’s “own mental conception” (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
Blake Brittain / Reuters:The US Copyright Office says protections for AI-assisted artistic works depend on whether AI’s contributions reflect the author’s “own mental conception” — The U.S. Copyright Office issued new guidance on Wednesday to clarify when artistic works created with the help of artificial intelligence are copyright eligible.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods review: DC movie recaptures lightning in a bottle in largely fun-filled superhero caper
Shazam! Fury of the Gods bolts into theaters on March 17 – here’s our spoiler-light review.
Still using authenticators for MFA? Software for sale can hack you anyway
Some forms of multi-factor authentication only go so far in preventing account takeovers.
GPT-4 is bigger and better than ChatGPT—but OpenAI won’t say why
OpenAI has finally unveiled GPT-4, its next-generation large language model. Its last surprise hit, ChatGPT, was always going to be a hard act to follow, but the San Francisco–based company has made GPT-4 even bigger and better. Yet how much bigger and why it’s better, OpenAI won’t say. GPT-4 is […]
After the ALPHV ransomware group claimed to have hit Amazon’s Ring, the company says it was not breached but a third-party vendor has been hit with ransomware (Joseph Cox/VICE)
Joseph Cox / VICE:After the ALPHV ransomware group claimed to have hit Amazon’s Ring, the company says it was not breached but a third-party vendor has been hit with ransomware — The group is blackmailing Ring on its site: “There’s always an option to let us leak your data,” they […]
Blue Sona Active Dynamic XLR Mic review: a serious contender
Serious podcasters and streamers finally have an alternative to the Shure SM7B when looking for something more professional than a USB mic.
You can now run a GPT-3 level AI model on your laptop, phone, and Raspberry Pi
Thanks to Meta LLaMA, AI text models have their “Stable Diffusion moment.”
The Download: reality-distorting beauty filters, and the US mineral boom
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. Hyper-realistic beauty filters are here to stay The Bold Glamour beauty filter on TikTok has been used over 16 million times since its release last month. It contours […]
Sources: China has begun to impede subsea internet cable projects in South China Sea over spying fears, imposing strict permit requirements and approval delays (Financial Times)
Financial Times:Sources: China has begun to impede subsea internet cable projects in South China Sea over spying fears, imposing strict permit requirements and approval delays — Beijing imposes strict permit requirements for access to underwater data infrastructure over spying fears