Google tests blocking news content in Search for less than 4% of Canadian users for about five weeks, a potential response to Canada’s proposed Online News Act (Mickey Djuric/The Canadian Press News)

Mickey Djuric / The Canadian Press News: Google tests blocking news content in Search for less…

Generative AI is coming for the lawyers

Enlarge (credit: James Marshall / Getty Images) David Wakeling, head of London-based law firm Allen &…

Berlin-based Pliant, which offers digital corporate credit card management and accounting software, raised a $28M Series A led by SBI Investment (Omar Faridi/Crowdfund Insider)

Omar Faridi / Crowdfund Insider: Berlin-based Pliant, which offers digital corporate credit card management and accounting…

Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot eagerly writing a submission to Clarkesworld. (credit: Ars…

Ride-hailing service inDrive, whose gross revenue increased 88% in 2022, raised $150M in debt that links repayment to its performance, from General Catalyst (Jake Rudnitsky/Bloomberg)

Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: Ride-hailing service inDrive, whose gross revenue increased 88% in 2022, raised $150M…

Starlink’s “Global Roaming” promises worldwide access for $200 a month

Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish. (credit: Getty Images | olegda88) SpaceX’s Starlink division has invited…

New Bing offers some marvelous responses alongside dangerously convincing falsehoods, direct quotes that appear to be made up, and shocking claims about itself (James West/Mother Jones)

James West / Mother Jones: New Bing offers some marvelous responses alongside dangerously convincing falsehoods, direct…

Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI

(credit: Flickr user LNG0004) A human player has comprehensively defeated a top-ranked AI system at the…

A human player beat a top-ranked AI system in 14 out 15 games of Go, using tactics suggested by a computer program that had probed the AI system for weaknesses (Richard Waters/Financial Times)

Richard Waters / Financial Times: A human player beat a top-ranked AI system in 14 out…

GoDaddy says a multi-year breach hijacked customer websites and accounts

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) GoDaddy said on Friday that its network suffered a multi-year security compromise…