Immaculate AI images of Pope Francis trick the masses

Enlarge / An AI-generated photo of Pope Francis wearing a puffy white coat that went viral…

Elon Musk says only verified accounts will appear in Twitter’s For You tab and be able to vote in polls as a way to address “AI bot swarms”, starting April 15 (The Verge)

The Verge: Elon Musk says only verified accounts will appear in Twitter’s For You tab and…

Ethical AI art generation? Adobe Firefly may be the answer.

Enlarge / An Adobe Firefly AI image generator example. (credit: Adobe) On Tuesday, Adobe unveiled Firefly,…

After India’s legal requests this week, Twitter blocked tweets from 122 users, including reporters and politicians, from Indian users; it used to push back more (Samriddhi Sakunia/Rest of World)

Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World: After India’s legal requests this week, Twitter blocked tweets from…

Huge collection of vintage Apple computers goes to auction next week

Enlarge / I mostly recognize this early laptop from its resemblance to a similar-looking computer in…

Microsoft releases Windows 10 Snip & Sketch and Windows 11 Snipping Tool updates to fix the “aCropalypse” bug used to reveal info edited out in some screenshots (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Microsoft releases Windows 10 Snip & Sketch and Windows 11 Snipping Tool…

ChatGPT gets “eyes and ears” with plugins that can interface AI with the world

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) On Thursday, OpenAI announced a plugin system for its…

A federal judge decides in favor of four publishers in their copyright infringement case against the Internet Archive and its Controlled Digital Lending program (Gary Price/LJ Infodocket)

Gary Price / LJ Infodocket: A federal judge decides in favor of four publishers in their…

Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him—it exploded in his face

Enlarge / Ecuadorian police tweeted this picture of officials investigating a drive mailed to a journalist…

Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program and remove legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1, 2023 (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety: Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program and remove legacy…