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The growing regulatory pressure could hamper GM and Cruise's effort to rebuild trust and restart operations in California after coming under fire for allegedly withholding information about the crash in San Francisco.General Motors' Cruise robotaxi unit could face USD 1.5 million in fines and additional sanctions over its failure to disclose details of an Oct. 2 accident in which a robotaxi dragged a pedestrian 20 feet (6.1 meters) after being struck by another…

X CEO Linda Yaccarino called a report from a watchdog group that led to a large-scale advertiser pullout “misleading and manipulated” in a note she sent to X employees on Sunday night.“While some advertisers may have temporarily paused investments because of a misleading article, the data will tell the real story,” Yaccarino wrote in the note, which was by The Hollywood Reporter, and which Engadget has seen a copy of. “Because for all of us who work at X, we’ve been extremely clear about our efforts to combat…

YouTube on Wednesday said curbing misinformation is critical for platforms and society as tech evolves and AI powered tools come in, and asserted that the video streaming platform will act swiftly against technically manipulated content that aims to mislead users and cause real world harm.YouTube has has well established community guidelines in place that determine what kind of content is allowed on the platform, Ishan John Chatterjee, Director, India, YouTube, said at a media briefing."Content moderation is a critical…

At a time when Twitter is trying to bring back advertisers to the platform, a Bloomberg report has highlighted that the harmful content of the microblogging platform is acting as a barrier to the advertisers, and preventing them from returning. The article stated that since Elon Musk took over Twitter, hate speech towards minority communities has seen a massive surge. Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has responded to the article in a lengthy tweet and suggested that the findings of the article were “incorrect, misleading and…

A study by the University of California, Davis revealed that only 31% of avocado oil products tested were pure, while 36% were of advertised quality, with low-cost products more likely to be adulterated. Following this, researchers aim to establish enforceable standards for avocado oil’s purity and quality, and have identified chemical markers for more informed supplier selection, benefiting both consumers and fair producers in the industry.Scientists have identified key markers that can assist professional retail buyers…

Image Source : FILE YouTube's latest policy update for fan channels: All you need to know Google-owned video-sharing platform, YouTube, has recently unveiled a new policy aimed at fan channels to protect the authenticity of content and prevent misleading practices. Starting from August 21, 2023, individuals operating fan channels on YouTube will be required to indicate…

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Back at CES in Las Vegas in January this year, I previewed the Nuwa Pen; a three-camera-containing ballpoint pen that promises to turn your scribbles into digital notes and then apply OCR and AI smarts to pull out the most pertinent data. Write “Meeting with Chris at 6pm Tuesday” on a Post-it and the promise is that the pen will pull out the relevant data and create a calendar event. In late April, I met up with the company’s founder and had a chance to try it out. When I did, I realized that the product I saw at CES…

Google has agreed to pay Washington state a sum of $39.9 million in order to…

Article content Google is adding two new features to its image search to reduce the spread of misinformation, especially now that artificial intelligence tools have made the creation of photorealistic fakes trivial. Article content The Alphabet company’s first new feature is called “About this image,” serving up additional context like when an image or similar ones were first indexed by Google, where they first appeared and where else they’ve shown up online. Article content The intent is to help users pinpoint the…