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Angela Watercutter / Wired: Hollywood unions resisting AI being used to recreate actors' performances sets a precedent for future labor movements on how to push back against automation — The year was dominated by talk of what artificial intelligence could do—and what it could do better than most humans. Angela Watercutter / Wired: Hollywood unions resisting AI being used to recreate actors' performances sets a precedent for future labor movements on how to push back against automation …

When Apple announced iOS 17 back in June of 2023 as part of the big WWDC event, there were plenty of new features unveiled. Most of them made the big September release date while others have appeared in dribs and drabs via smaller software updates ever since. That continued with the recent iOS 17.2 update, with features like the hotly anticipated Journal app finally coming to the iPhone. But there are still some features missing.To be specific, there are two features that are yet to make it out of Apple Park and we don't…

Image: phonlamaiphoto/Adobe Stock European lawmakers moved closer to passing a pioneering law on artificial intelligence last week, advancing legislation that aims to set a benchmark for the rapidly evolving — yet minimally regulated — technology. On Wednesday, June 14, the European Parliament approved draft legislation known as the AI Act. Billed as the world’s first comprehensive AI law, the legislation represents a rulebook for the adoption and use of AI technology in the European Union’s 27 member states.…

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said Monday it would reconsider a 1984 precedent some conservatives have argued grants too much power to federal regulators by directing courts to defer to an agency’s legal approach when Congress has left the statutory language ambiguous.  The precedent, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, initially helped the Reagan administration fend off challenges from environmentalists. In more recent years, conservative legal groups have argued that federal judges should…

OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which took the world by the storm after its launch in November, is now facing a temporary ban in Italy over “unlawful” personal data collection and the lack of an age verification system for children. The Italian data protection agency, known as Garante, was prompted to act by ChatGPT’s data breach on March 20, which, according to OpenAI, allowed a number of users to see other users’ information, such as their first and last name, email address, and the last four digits of…

Photo via Marvel Studios Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has finally found its way onto Disney Plus as of Feb. 1, marking the end of the 82 days we had to wait for it to come to streaming following its theatrical bow; a record for a Marvel film. It’s no enviable record, of course; for all the mostly-romanticized pros of going to movie theaters, we should all get around to accepting the fact that it’s not the most accessible environment for everyone, and for that reason and a handful of others, shorter delays…

Conference in Geneva puts to test the deal at the COP27 meeting in Egypt that established a special fund to cover climate-related destruction in poor countries that have contributed less to global warming. A post-disaster assessment in Pakistan estimated the total damage and losses in Pakistan at more than $30…

Mehul Reuben DasJan 02, 2023 19:52:31 ISTThe commission of the FCC or the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, Brendan Carr said that India India set an “incredibly important precedent” by banning TikTok two and a half years ago and that the US should follow a similar strategy, when dealing with the Chinese tech giant, Bytedance. Carr warned that TikTok is a very “sophisticated surveillance tool,” and told the Economic Times that banning the social app is a “natural next step” in the US’ efforts to…

India set an “incredibly important precedent” by banning TikTok two and a half years ago, FCC Commissioner said, as he projected a similar fate for the Chinese giant Bytedance app in the U.S. Brendan Carr, Commissioner of the FCC, warned that TikTok “operates as a sophisticated surveillance tool,” and told the Indian daily Economic Times that banning the social app is a “natural next step in our efforts to secure communication network.” The senior Republican on the Federal Communications…

India has set an “incredibly important precedent” by banning TikTok and is a ‘guide star’ for other countries, a top US official told ET. In view of the concerns over the Chinese short video app being a threat to “national security,” nothing short of a “blanket ban” — as imposed by India — will work, according to Brendan Carr, Commissioner of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In an exclusive interview with ET, Carr said “banning TikTok is a natural next step in our efforts to secure communication…