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It seems the CIA created fake social media accounts to "troll" the Chinese government

The CIA operation, as noted by Reuters, started back in 2019 and was aimed at causing paranoia in the government of Xi Jinping, increasing the amount of negative news related to him. To do this, CIA agents allegedly created fake social media account...

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Viral photo of "Hollywood Mountain" in California turned out to be a fake generated by a neural network

Possibly, you have come across the stunning photo of the "Hollywood Mountain" in California on Facebook or BlueSky, taken from a bird's eye view? It turns out that it is completely generated by artificial intelligence - moreover, such a place does no...

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Excerpts from an interview with showman Don Lemon, who infuriated Ilon Musk before breaking the X deal, seem down-to-earth

Host of the show Don Lemon stated that Elon Musk suddenly cancelled their partnership with X because the billionaire was "upset" with him over a recent "tense" interview. Although the full interview will air on Monday, March 18, in the few fragments...

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Trump offered Musk to buy Truth Social, - The Washington Post

Both tried to create their own "platform for free speech" in different ways. Last summer, former US President Donald Trump offered Musk to acquire his social network Truth Social, The Washington Post reports. At that time, Elon still led the "chaoti...

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British royal family caught shoddily editing photos

After months of speculation about the whereabouts of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales and future Queen of England, the royal family released a photo today that appears to have been edited. If the goal was to reassure the public about Middleton's...

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Anthropic "forgot" to mention in the Claude 3 announcement that it compared the model to the "old" GPT-4, not the GPT-4 Turbo

A company founded by former OpenAI employees promoted their language model as "surpassing ChatGPT", but there is a catch. The thing is, Claude 3 only surpasses the very first GPT-4 model released by OpenAI a year ago, not the more powerful GPT-4 Turb...

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A German resident received 217 COVID vaccinations over 29 months - here's how that ended up happening

Vaccinations included 8 different compositions of vaccines, including updated boosters. As reported by Arstechnica, a 62-year-old resident of Germany received 217 COVID-19 vaccinations over 29 months for "personal reasons," however, did not experien...

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OpenAI says Ilon Musk wanted to merge it with Tesla for "absolute control"

The developer of ChatGPT has rejected the claims of the billionaire outlined in the lawsuit last week. Musk claimed that OpenAI allegedly focused on making money and forgot about its primary goal of developing "artificial intelligence for the benefit...

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Bill Gates, Zuckerberg and Rihanna "glammed up" at the pre-wedding party of Asia's richest man's son

According to Forbes, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani is ninth in the ranking of the world's richest people with a fortune of $118 billion. He heads Reliance Industries, a conglomerate that spans various industries from oil and gas to telecommunicati...

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Formula One driver Gerhard Berger's stolen Ferrari returned after 28 years

The London police have solved a car theft. The unit fighting organized car crime has returned the Ferrari 512M, which thieves stole from Formula-1 pilot Gerhard Berger 28 years ago during the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola in 1995. Fraudsters stole ...

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"A breeding ground for racism": Tesla faces class action lawsuit from 6,000 black employees

The California court has preliminarily allowed employees to file a class action lawsuit against Tesla for racism - the hearing is scheduled for October 2024. As noted by Bloomberg, the complaint was first filed in 2017 by Marcus Vaughn, who claimed ...

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Court orders spyware maker Pegasus to hand over code to WhatsApp representatives

An American court ordered the company NSO Group, the manufacturer of the spyware Pegasus, to hand over its code and other spyware programs to WhatsApp. Judge Phyllis Hamilton's decision is a significant legal victory for WhatsApp, owned by Meta, whi...

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Wikipedia no longer considers CNET's site a "reliable source" - after AI-generated articles scandal

Against the backdrop of the artificial intelligence boom in 2022, CNET began using technology to write some articles - but ultimately faced criticism and removed some materials due to a large number of errors and plagiarism. As a result, Wikipedia l...

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US White House urged developers to avoid C and C++, use 'memory-safe' programming languages

The US government recommends avoiding C or C++ programming tools. In a new report, the White House National Cyber Director's Office (ONCD) urged developers to use "memory-safe programming languages." The advice is a step towards "protecting the build...

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OpenAI accused The New York Times of hacking ChatGPT in order to file a copyright infringement lawsuit

OpenAI claimed that The New York Times "paid someone to hack OpenAI's products, such as ChatGPT, to set up a lawsuit" against the leading AI manufacturer. In the lawsuit filed, OpenAI asserts that "100 instances in which a specific version of the GPT...

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