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There is no escaping Elon Musk. Having thrust himself, uninvited and often unwanted, into public consciousness, he is everywhere at once - an omnipresent, Orwellian Big Brother whose smirking visage is inescapable, a jokester, entertainer, troll, provocateur. Commenters lampoon his antics and question his business acumen, even his sanity, but what they don't recognize - or perhaps what they don't care to admit to themselves - is that there is a method to his clownish madness.Mr. Musk has become one of the world's richest…

A former executive fired from TikTok's parent company ByteDance made a raft of accusations against the tech giant Friday, including that it stole content from competitors like Instagram and Snapchat, and served as a "propaganda tool" for the Chinese government by suppressing or promoting content favorable to the country's interests. The allegations were made in a complaint Friday by Yintao Yu, the head of engineering for ByteDance's US operations from August 2017 to November 2018, as part of a wrongful termination…

A former executive fired from TikTok's parent company ByteDance made a raft of accusations against the tech giant Friday, including that it stole content from competitors like Instagram and Snapchat, and served as a "propaganda tool" for the Chinese government by suppressing or promoting content favorable to the country's interests. The allegations were made in a complaint Friday by Yintao Yu, the head of engineering for ByteDance's US operations from August 2017 to November 2018, as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit…

While the potential of these models shows up in the numbers, with ChatGPT garnering more than 100 million users since December, these models have also alarmed many not only because they pretend to think and act like humans but also because they can reproduce the work of renowned writers and artists in seconds and have the potential to replace thousands of routine jobs. I’ve listed five trends to watch out for in this space, and it’s not exhaustive.   1. Rise of…

Artificial intelligence has been a theoretical concept for a long time for people until the rise in popularity of AI tools such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. Since the beginning of this year, AI has been a hot topic with analysts and influential business figures weighing in on the same. With the emergence of ChatGPT, Dall-E, Bard, and many more such tools, AI has come into applicability for most people in day-to-day life. However, there is growing apprehensions about AI chatbots' potential misuse and also that it will lead to the…

A Good Trailer. A truly excellent trailer. Smart, sharp, giving us just enough so that we know the plot (Paul unites the Fremen, revolts, fights Feyd-Rautha) while the rest of the political power-players (the Bene Gesserit, Irulan, and Harkonnen) scrabble for relevancy against literal giant sandworms and a nation of colonized peopel who are so fucking ready to do a murder.It’s going to be good. It’s going to be very, very good. A Good Trailer. A truly excellent trailer. Smart, sharp, giving us just enough so that we…

On Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will give his first interview since sparring with House lawmakers in a testy hearing back in March. Chew is one of dozens of business leaders speaking at the TED2023 “Possibility” conference being held in Vancouver, Canada.Mourning the Loss of Addison Rae’s Debut Album | The Meme MachineChew, who has been on a weeks-long campaign to try and persuade lawmakers not to ban the app in the US, is expected to speak with speak about entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, and society’s…

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) business saw a 125% growth in the India market during the first half of 2022-23 compared to a year ago, said Chris Chelliah, senior vice president, technology & customer strategy, Japan & Asia Pacific.The company also saw a rapid growth across the government sector with adoption by the likes of NITI Aayog, PM Gati Shakti and ONDC programmes, he told ET.“We see demand and growth in consumption across industries driven by a need for personalised services,” said Chelliah.He said the…

Photo: Samuel Corum (AP)U.S.government efforts to ban TikTok over national security grounds, once considered a pie-in-the-sky pipe dream, are looking more and more likely by the week, especially after Congress browbeat TikTok’s CEO for five hours last week. That said, we’ve been here before. Various players in the federal government have attempted to ban TikTok before, all unsuccessfully. In just three short months, at least four new bills have reached the House and Senate demanding, in various forms, a national ban of…

TikTok is under scrutiny in the US. Last week, the Biden administration reportedly demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, sell the app or face a possible ban in the country. China has now responded to those reports saying that it would strongly oppose any forced sale of TikTok.“If the news is true, China will firmly oppose it,” Shu Jueting, a spokesperson of China’s Commerce Ministry, was quoted as saying. She added that a sale or divestiture of TikTok would involve exporting technology and had to be approved by…