Microsoft unveils AI model that understands image content, solves visual puzzles

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of an electronic brain with an eyeball. (credit: Ars Technica) On…

Sources: Salesforce is still paying Matthew McConaughey $10M a year to act as a “creative adviser” despite thousands of layoffs and multiple activist investors (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Salesforce is still paying Matthew McConaughey $10M a year to act as…

Google adds client-side encryption to Gmail and Calendar. Should you care?

Enlarge (credit: Google) On Tuesday, Google made client-side encryption available to a limited set of Gmail…

The US Marshals Service suffered “a ransomware and data exfiltration event” on a standalone system; a source says the witness protection database was not hit (NBC News)

NBC News: The US Marshals Service suffered “a ransomware and data exfiltration event” on a standalone…

LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken

Enlarge (credit: Leon Neal | Getty Images) Already smarting from a breach that put partially encrypted…

Some experts, particularly those advocating for “ethical AI” or “responsible AI”, say Microsoft and OpenAI’s new Bing experiment is dangerous to the public (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Some experts, particularly those advocating for “ethical AI” or “responsible AI”, say Microsoft…

AI-generated comic artwork loses US Copyright protection

Enlarge / The cover of “Zarya of the Dawn,” a comic book created using Midjourney AI…

As AI tools and CGI creations get better at pretending to be human, some creators say they are often being asked to prove that they’re human (Kate Lindsay/The Verge)

Kate Lindsay / The Verge: As AI tools and CGI creations get better at pretending to…

Meta unveils a new large language model that can run on a single GPU

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) On Friday, Meta announced a new AI-powered large language…

Amazon plans to integrate its logistics network and SaaS tools with India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce, after Paytm and others committed to joining ONDC (Moneycontrol)

Moneycontrol: Amazon plans to integrate its logistics network and SaaS tools with India’s Open Network for…