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Character AI Reportedly Testing a New Games Feature, Adds Two Word-Based Games
Character AI, the California-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform, is reportedly testing a new ‘games’ feature. As per the report, the company has released two word-based games to the paid users of the platform. While users can create game-focused AI characters and play a wide range of story-driven games, these are said to be the first g...
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"Slap On The Face...": Internet Divided Over Shubman Gill Vice-Captaincy For India's Champions Trophy Squad
The decision to continue with Shubman Gill as India's ODI vice-captain received mixed reactions from fans on social media.
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Microsoft Updates AutoGen Framework for AI Agents, Improves Developer Observability and Control
Microsoft researchers announced a new update to the company’s AutoGen orchestration framework on Tuesday. The update brings the framework up to v0.4 and solves several limitations in the previous iteration. The researchers stated that feedback from users suggested that developers wanted better observability and control over the AI agents created ...
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Draft Data Protection Rules Mandate Due Diligence, Explicit Consent for Processing Children's Data
The recently released draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules specify that parent's verifiable consent will have to be obtained by social media or online platforms before children can create any account.
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Hume Introduces Interpretability-Based Voice Control Feature for AI Voice Customisation
Hume, a New York-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, unveiled a new tool on Monday that will allow users to customise AI voices. Dubbed Voice Control, the new feature is aimed at developers to integrate these voices into their chatbots and other AI-based applications. Instead of offering a large range of voices, the company offers granular con...
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Proposed Australia Law Would Fine Big Tech Over Digital Competition
Australia's centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech's influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16.
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Google, Meta Urge Australia to Delay Bill on Social Media Ban for Children
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left government wants to pass the bill, which represents some of the toughest controls on children's social media use imposed by any country, into law by the end of the parliamentary year on Thursday.
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Nvidia Debuts Fugatto AI Model That Can Generate Music, Voices and Sound Effects
Nvidia introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Monday that can generate a variety of audio and mix different types of sounds. The tech giant calls the foundation model Fugatto, which is short for Foundational Generative Audio Transformer Opus 1. While audio-focused AI platforms such as Beatoven and Suno exist, the company highlighted...
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Black Forest Labs Introduces AI-Powered Flux.1 Tools for Advanced Image Editing
Black Forest Labs released four new artificial intelligence (AI) tools for its base text-to-image Flux.1 AI model last week. These four AI tools are based on separate models designed to execute specific image editing tasks within the image generator. The company claims that these tools will offer granular control over the output images and let user...
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says 'The Age of AI Has Started'
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated on Saturday that the global collaboration and cooperation in technology would persist, even if the new US administration under President-elect Donald Trump enforces stricter export controls on advanced computing products. "We have entered the age of AI. It's a new era of computing that will affect every industry and e...
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Instagram Will Let Users Reset Their Content Recommendations
Instagram will let some users reset the algorithm that determines what types of posts and videos they see in their feed. The change is designed to give people more control if they find the content in their Instagram feed no longer matches their interests.
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OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Launch AI Agents That Can Control Tasks on Computer
OpenAI is reportedly planning to release artificial intelligence (AI) agents that can operate tasks on computer systems. As per a report, the company has been working on several agent-related research projects, one of which is dubbed “Operator” which can execute multi-step actions on computers. The AI agents are said to be released in January 2...
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Australia Proposes 'World-Leading' Ban on Social Media for Children Under 16
Australia is trialing an age-verification system to assist in blocking children from accessing social media platforms, as part of a range of measures that include some of the toughest controls imposed by any country to date.
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ED Said to Have Raided Offices of Sellers Operating on Amazon and Flipkart
India's ED has raided offices of some sellers operating Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart. One senior government source said raids were being carried out in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, but did not give names of sellers whose offices were being raided.
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Government Issues Notice to Wikipedia Over Bias, Editorial Control Concerns: Report
Wikipedia was reportedly issued a notice by the Indian government on Tuesday over concerns of bias and inaccuracy on the website. The notice was reportedly served by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and it has also raised questions about why the platform should be treated as an intermediary and not as a publisher.
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Character AI Reportedly Testing a New Games Feature, Adds Two Word-Based Games
Character AI, the California-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform, is reportedly testing a new ‘games’ feature. As per the report, the company has released two word-based games to the paid users of the platform. While users can create game-focused AI characters and play a wide range of story-driven games, these are said to be the first g...
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"Slap On The Face...": Internet Divided Over Shubman Gill Vice-Captaincy For India's Champions Trophy Squad
The decision to continue with Shubman Gill as India's ODI vice-captain received mixed reactions from fans on social media.
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Microsoft Updates AutoGen Framework for AI Agents, Improves Developer Observability and Control
Microsoft researchers announced a new update to the company’s AutoGen orchestration framework on Tuesday. The update brings the framework up to v0.4 and solves several limitations in the previous iteration. The researchers stated that feedback from users suggested that developers wanted better observability and control over the AI agents created ...
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Draft Data Protection Rules Mandate Due Diligence, Explicit Consent for Processing Children's Data
The recently released draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules specify that parent's verifiable consent will have to be obtained by social media or online platforms before children can create any account.
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Hume Introduces Interpretability-Based Voice Control Feature for AI Voice Customisation
Hume, a New York-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, unveiled a new tool on Monday that will allow users to customise AI voices. Dubbed Voice Control, the new feature is aimed at developers to integrate these voices into their chatbots and other AI-based applications. Instead of offering a large range of voices, the company offers granular con...
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Proposed Australia Law Would Fine Big Tech Over Digital Competition
Australia's centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech's influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16.
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Google, Meta Urge Australia to Delay Bill on Social Media Ban for Children
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left government wants to pass the bill, which represents some of the toughest controls on children's social media use imposed by any country, into law by the end of the parliamentary year on Thursday.
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Nvidia Debuts Fugatto AI Model That Can Generate Music, Voices and Sound Effects
Nvidia introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Monday that can generate a variety of audio and mix different types of sounds. The tech giant calls the foundation model Fugatto, which is short for Foundational Generative Audio Transformer Opus 1. While audio-focused AI platforms such as Beatoven and Suno exist, the company highlighted...
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Black Forest Labs Introduces AI-Powered Flux.1 Tools for Advanced Image Editing
Black Forest Labs released four new artificial intelligence (AI) tools for its base text-to-image Flux.1 AI model last week. These four AI tools are based on separate models designed to execute specific image editing tasks within the image generator. The company claims that these tools will offer granular control over the output images and let user...
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says 'The Age of AI Has Started'
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated on Saturday that the global collaboration and cooperation in technology would persist, even if the new US administration under President-elect Donald Trump enforces stricter export controls on advanced computing products. "We have entered the age of AI. It's a new era of computing that will affect every industry and e...
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Instagram Will Let Users Reset Their Content Recommendations
Instagram will let some users reset the algorithm that determines what types of posts and videos they see in their feed. The change is designed to give people more control if they find the content in their Instagram feed no longer matches their interests.
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OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Launch AI Agents That Can Control Tasks on Computer
OpenAI is reportedly planning to release artificial intelligence (AI) agents that can operate tasks on computer systems. As per a report, the company has been working on several agent-related research projects, one of which is dubbed “Operator” which can execute multi-step actions on computers. The AI agents are said to be released in January 2...
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Australia Proposes 'World-Leading' Ban on Social Media for Children Under 16
Australia is trialing an age-verification system to assist in blocking children from accessing social media platforms, as part of a range of measures that include some of the toughest controls imposed by any country to date.
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ED Said to Have Raided Offices of Sellers Operating on Amazon and Flipkart
India's ED has raided offices of some sellers operating Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart. One senior government source said raids were being carried out in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, but did not give names of sellers whose offices were being raided.
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Government Issues Notice to Wikipedia Over Bias, Editorial Control Concerns: Report
Wikipedia was reportedly issued a notice by the Indian government on Tuesday over concerns of bias and inaccuracy on the website. The notice was reportedly served by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and it has also raised questions about why the platform should be treated as an intermediary and not as a publisher.
