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YouTube has announced that authors can independently label videos that contain artificial or artificially generated content. The corresponding checkbox appears when you upload and publish a video. Authors should indicate “altered or synthetic” content that looks realistic. This includes such things as forcing a real person to say or do something they did not say […]
Elon Musk-owned xAI has published the source code of its large language model Grok-1 with 314 billion parameters on GitHub under the open source Apache 2.0 license. The open release includes basic model weights, network architecture, and other components. As noted, Grok-1 has not been specially optimized or censored for specific tasks such as dialog […]
LinkedIn, a social network owned by Microsoft, is known as a platform for people seeking to build connections and gain knowledge for professional purposes, as well as for recruiting. Now it has become known that LinkedIn is working on new functionality that has nothing to do with work. According to TechCrunch, LinkedIn’s work on gaming […]
Instagram is preparing to launch a new feature called Instagram Spins, which promises to make the process of creating videos even easier. This innovation will allow users to replace text or audio in their video Reels, opening up endless possibilities for creativity. According to Instagram representatives, Spins is currently an internal prototype, and public testing […]
Figure AI, an artificial intelligence robotics company, showed a (somewhat creepy) video of its Figure 01 robot that was able to communicate with humans thanks to the new OpenAI AI model. This demonstration is reminiscent of the remake of the movie “I Robot” with Will Smith. In the video of the presentation, Figure 01 is […]
WhatsApp is introducing a new screenshot blocking feature for profile photos to enhance user security. This is reported by AndroidPolice. This feature has not yet been officially announced, but it is already being tested on the server. It will prevent you from taking a screenshot of the user’s image. Meta, the owner of WhatsApp, is […]
The U.S. Congressional Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously (50 votes to 0) supported a bill that would require the Chinese company ByteDance to either get rid of the TikTok app or face a ban in the United States. The House of Representatives is to consider the draft “Protecting Americans from Apps Controlled by Foreign Adversaries […]
Next week, Elon Musk’s company X (formerly Twitter) will launch a video hosting app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs. It will encourage social media users to watch long videos. This was reported by Fortune, citing a source in the company responsible for the development of social networks. They noted that Musk wants to encourage […]
The Diia app has successfully launched beta testing of uploading educational documents. The first diplomas and certificates were joined by other documents. This was announced by Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov on Telegram. “The beta of educational documents has started in Diia. All the docs have been pulled up, but without the Kangaroo certificate,” […]
Viber Ukraine has introduced a new option – folders for chats and channels to help you find the conversations you need faster. The new product provides such opportunities: Create up to 5 folders in addition to the All tab, which displays all chats/channels. Organize chats/channels by topic (with friends, family, work, neighbors, news, etc.) No […]