The Download: GPT-4 is here, and metaverse marriages

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.

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 […]

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