Elon Musk’s xAI faces child porn lawsuit from minors Grok allegedly undressed
The three plaintiffs are seeking to represent anyone who had real images of them as a minor altered into sexual content by Grok.
Nvidia’s DLSS 5 uses generative AI to boost photorealism in video games, with ambitions beyond gaming
Nvidia’s new DLSS 5 uses generative AI and structured graphics data to make video games more realistic. CEO Jensen Huang says the approach could eventually spread to other industries.
The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit
Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook — it’s also the company’s most repairable laptop in “about fourteen years.”
Sony’s AI graphics upscaling for PS5 Pro games is getting a big update tonight
Sony’s upgraded PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) technology is rolling out to several titles on the PS5 Pro, including Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Silent Hill 2, and more. Digital Foundry got a chance to test some of them and found that the “new upscaler delivers the kind of upgrade we were looking for […]
Another deep tech chip startup becomes a unicorn: Frore hits $1.64B
At Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s urging, Frore developed liquid-cooling tech for chips. That shift helped it just raise $143 million.
Fuse raises $25M to disrupt aging loan origination systems used by U.S. credit unions
The startup also announced a $5M ‘rescue fund’ to help credit unions ditch legacy software for its AI-native platform.
The dictionary sues OpenAI
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster say that OpenAI violated the copyright of almost 100,000 articles by using them for LLM training.
Encyclopedia Britannica is suing OpenAI for allegedly ‘memorizing’ its content with ChatGPT
On Friday, Encyclopedia Britannica and dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that it used their copyrighted content to train its AI, then generated responses that were “substantially similar” to their content, as previously reported by Reuters. According to Britannica, OpenAI repeatedly copied its content without permission, stating, “GPT-4 itself has ‘memorized’ much […]
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max and 4K Plus sticks are up to 50 percent off
Since Amazon rolled out its redesigned Fire TV OS, Amazon’s latest streaming sticks are even better than ever. And right now, both the Fire TV Stick 4K Max and Fire TV Stick 4K Plus are back at their best prices yet during Amazon’s early Big Spring Sale event. You can buy the Fire TV Stick […]
Antonio Gracias says he’s longing for ‘proentropic’ startups — those that are built to survive chaos
Antonio Gracias talks at the Upfront Summit in LA about the future of technology.