Canadian marketing company hit by data breach, says Ontario liquor board
A Canadian marketing company that counts some of the country’s biggest corporations as its customers has been hit by a data breach. One of them is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), a Crown corporation that sells spirits and wine in stores across the province. In an email sent to customers today, the board
Google enhances AI-powered search
Google is introducing enhancements to its Search Generative Experience (SGE), a conversational AI mode aimed at helping users comprehend online information. Among the upgrades are tools for defining unfamiliar terms, bolstering comprehension, cross-language coding, and a feature that enables AI assistance during browsing. This mirrors Bing Chat’s text highlighting for further understanding. Additionally, SGE now […]
Privacy concerns grow for connected cars
Connected cars are collecting more data than ever before, raising privacy concerns among consumers and regulators. Automakers are increasingly installing sensors and cameras in cars to collect data on everything from driving habits to location history. This data can be used for a variety of purposes, such as improving safety features, personalizing marketing campaigns, and […]
Tesla to build “first-of-its-kind” data centers
Tesla is building new data centers, according to a job posting. The company is seeking a “Sr. Engineering Program Manager, Data Centers” to lead the end-to-end design and engineering of the new facilities. The job posting does not specify why Tesla is building its own data centers, but the company is known to be working […]
X to discontinue promoted accounts ad format
X, formerly known as Twitter, is discontinuing its promoted accounts ad format. The ad format, which allowed advertisers to promote their accounts within the platform’s timeline to attract new followers, generated more than $100 million annually in global revenue for X. The Promoted Accounts feature, commonly known as “Follower Objective” ads, was taken down after […]
Russia fines Reddit, Wikipedia for Ukraine war content
Russia fined social media site Reddit and the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, for failing to delete content that the Russian government considers to be “fake” about its military campaign in Ukraine. A Russian court fined Reddit 2 million roubles ($20,365) and Wikipedia 2 million roubles for not removing the content. The fines are part […]
Internet Archive sued by record labels over Great 78 Project
Major record labels are suing the Internet Archive, accusing the nonprofit of copyright infringement for its “Great 78 Project.” The project digitizes sound recordings on 78 RPM records, which were made between 1898 and the late 1950s. The record labels argue that the Great 78 Project allows users to download and listen to copyrighted music […]
AI-generated misinformation threatening internet users
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is having a major impact on the internet, and not all of it is good. In particular, AI-generated misinformation is becoming a growing problem. AI-generated misinformation is content that is created by AI systems, such as chatbots and deepfakes. This content can be very realistic and persuasive, making it […]
AI content to dominate online landscape by 2030
Experts at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies (CIFS) are predicting that AI-generated content could make up 99.9 percent of all internet content by 2030. This would represent a major shift in the way we consume and interact with information online. Timothy Shoup, a member of CIFS states that “in the scenario where GPT-3 ‘gets […]
Zoom’s AI data collection raises backlash
Zoom has come under fire for quietly updating its terms of service in March 2023, and granting itself the authority to harvest data from customer accounts for AI-driven purposes. This includes potentially confidential meeting videos and file uploads. The change went largely unnoticed until Zoom’s announcement of its partnership with AI firm Anthropic in May. […]
