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Google's AI tool Gemini's response to a question around Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in direct violation of IT rules as well as several provisions of the criminal code, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. The minister took cognizance of the issue raised by verified accounts of a journalist alleging bias in Google Gemini in response to a question on Modi while it gave no clear answer when a similar question was tossed for Trump and Zelenskyy. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with…

In the first trailer for Investigation Discover’s forthcoming docuseries Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV, Nickelodeon‘s green slime is apparently not the stickiest part of the network’s legacy. The four-part series, premiering March 17, pulls back the curtain as former child stars and employees detail the trauma and alleged abuse they say they encountered on some of the most popular kids series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvyULepxgw4 The trailer for Quiet on Set describes the writer and producer…

Sarah Silverman, Michael Chabon, Ta-Nehisi Coates and other authors accused Meta on Monday of using their copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models despite warnings from the company’s legal team. The complaint, which consolidates two copyright cases against the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleges Meta used an online resource to train its large language models, Llama 1 and Llama 2, that contained the authors’ works without their permission. Large language models,…

Hours into a standoff with a barricaded suspect in northeast Los Angeles earlier this year, a Black officer said he was cornered by a white lieutenant who berated him for sporting a beard that was longer than permitted by LAPD regulations.“This department is accepting anything now,” the lieutenant said, according to a complaint filed in the case. The officer who reported the incident declined to comment and asked that his name be withheld, citing fear of retaliation within the department.The officer explained in his…

Opening statements for Jonathan Majors’ trial on misdemeanor assault and harassment charges began Monday with the Marvel star’s attorneys alleging his former partner made false allegations to “hurt him at the height of his career,” while prosecutors allege a pattern of psychological abuse culminating in the incident.  The charges stem from an alleged domestic violence incident on March 25, 2023. Police responded to a 911 call and a 30-year-old woman reported being assaulted by Majors, with police…

For years, animation studio MAPPA has been noteworthy for the quality of the anime it puts out, which includes widely beloved shonen like Attack on Titan, Vinland Saga, and Jujutsu Kaisen. At the same time, it’s been noted that the 12-year-old studio has a habit of taking on a lot of projects at once, with allegations of staff crunch surfacing in recent years. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good EnergyThat dam finally burst earlier in the week when several Kaisen staff used social media to vent about their workload.…

A Denver gay couple and their landlord have alleged in discrimination complaints that a Lakewood-based mold inspector sent homophobic text messages and treated them unfairly, including overcharging for his services. Evan VanGheem, right, and his partner, Jordan Carter, both Denver residents, are shown in an undated photo. (Photo provided by Iris Halpern) The complaints, filed with the Denver Anti-Discrimination Office, say the conduct of the owner of Walker Environmental LLC changed last month after he learned the two men…

Is the government hiding alien bodies in a vault under the Pentagon? Have Americans been killed to protect our weirdest extraterrestrial secrets? Nothing was off the table at Congress’s much anticipated hearing on UFOs Wednesday, making for quite the show. The House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs convened what was at turns a bizarre, funny, and occasionally boring get-together to discuss recent UFO-related allegations made by former members of the government. Samsung Galaxy Fold 5:…

Two Genshin Impact voice actors have alleged on social media that they have not been paid for their performances in the role-playing game. “I’m so sick of waiting 3+ months for payment for literally the BIGGEST video game project out there,” said Brandon Winckler, who is credited for several different characters in Genshin Impact. Winckler added that there has been “no response” to their multiple requests for payment. “I personally won’t be working on this game anymore unless it goes under a Union contract. I don’t have…

At one point in 2021, Jasmine Sharma was so exasperated with her low tips at the Jon & Vinny’s restaurant in Fairfax that she learned to approach almost every diner with what she dubbed her “monologue.”“Hi, all. Here is the check. Take your time, no rush at all.” She said she’d seek to explain an 18% service fee added to the check to each customer. “If you do want to leave an additional tip, it is more than appreciated, not required,” she would say.Sometimes people would hear Sharma out. Other times they were too…