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xAI Rolling Out Grok API for Developers, Offers $25 of Free Credits Per Month
xAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm founded by Elon Musk, has rolled out an API for Grok. While the API was launched last month, the company has now offered several incentives for developers to try out the API and build apps and software using it. The most notable incentive on offer is free credits worth $25 (roughly Rs. 2,100) per month til...
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EU to Assess if Apple's iPad Operating System Complies with Digital Markets Act
EU's move followed Apple's publication of a compliance report for its iPad OS, designated by the commission in April as an important gateway for businesses to reach their customers.
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"Stop Donating To Wikipedia, Controlled By Far-Left Activists": Elon Musk
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has appealed to the public to stop donating to the internet 'encyclopaedia' Wikipedia for allegedly letting itself be misused as a platform "controlled by far-Left activists."
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Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk
Meta has removed several accounts across Threads and Instagram that were used to track celebrities’ private jets. The accounts, which rely on publicly available information to track a jet’s location and CO2 emissions, among other details, were banned without warning this week after Meta updated its privacy policy.
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Alarming Rise In AI-Produced Child Abuse Material, Warns Regulatory Body
AI is being used to create highly realistic child sexual abuse content that is increasingly accessible online.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Gamble Pays Off With $201 Billion Fortune
Buoyed by a record-high Meta Platforms Inc. share price, Zuckerberg’s net worth has climbed almost sixfold in less than two years to $201 billion (roughly Rs. 16,86,617 crore), the first time he’s exceeded the $200 billion mark (roughly Rs. 16,78,226 crore), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s moved to fourth place on the list...
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Hacker Uses Telegram Chatbots to Leak Data of Star Health Insurance
Customer data such as medical reports from Star Health Insurance has been made publicly available through chatbots on Telegram. The alleged chatbot creator told a security researcher that the private information of millions was up for sale, with samples accessible via Telegram chatbots.
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Meta to Start Training Its AI on Public Data of Facebook, Instagram Users in the UK
Meta confirmed on Friday that it will begin training its artificial intelligence (AI) models on the public data on Instagram and Facebook in the UK. The company first planned to use this data three months ago, however, the plan was halted due to regulatory concerns. However, the social media giant confirmed that it has now received the nod to proce...
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Meta Joins Hands With the Government of Telangana to Provide AI-Powered e-Governance Solutions
Meta announced a partnership with the government of Telangana on Thursday. With this collaboration, the tech giant will offer artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help the state government improve its e-governance portals and administrations as well as increase the productivity and efficiency of public departments. Telangana government has ...
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MiniMax Video-01 Platform With AI Video Generation Capabilities Launched
MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) unicorn startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent, released a text-to-video generation model on Monday. Dubbed Video-01, the platform is available to the public even outside of China. It can generate six-second-long videos in a wide range of styles. Video-01 joins the company’s existing AI offerings suc...
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"Unstable Uncle": Internet Reacts To Viral Donald Trump Dance Video
Former US President Donald Trump's dance moves at a public event on Friday have taken social media by storm. The annual Moms for Liberty event, held in Washington DC, saw 78-year-old Tump shake a leg on stage with the group's co-founder.
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Instagram Creator Lab Launched in India; Company Rolls Out New Story Features, Birthday Notes
Instagram Creator Lab was launched in India by the Meta owned company at an event in Mumbai. According to Instagram, the new creator-focused educational resource will feature content from 14 creators in English and Hindi, with captions in five other languages. Meanwhile, Instagram also launched Comments in Stories, Birthday Notes and Cutouts in DMs...
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Grounded for Failing Earth Landing After Routine Starlink Mission
SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully launched a batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit early on Wednesday morning from Florida. The rocket's reusable first stage booster returned to Earth and attempted to land on a sea-faring barge as usual, but toppled into the ocean after a fiery touchdown, a SpaceX live stream showed.
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Turkey Restores Access to Instagram after Nine-Day Block
Turkey has restored access to Instagram after the company agreed to cooperate with authorities to address the government's concerns. Instagram was blocked in Turkey on August 2 for not complying with the country's laws, rules, and public sensitivities.
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Gemini AI Olympics Ad Receives Backlash Online, Google Reportedly Takes It Down
Gemini AI ad that was recently aired in the US for the Paris Olympics 2024 has reportedly been taken down after receiving backlash online. Google is said to have issued a statement highlighting that it took public feedback to remove the ad from airing during the Olympics event, but also proceeded to defend the idea behind it.
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xAI Rolling Out Grok API for Developers, Offers $25 of Free Credits Per Month
xAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm founded by Elon Musk, has rolled out an API for Grok. While the API was launched last month, the company has now offered several incentives for developers to try out the API and build apps and software using it. The most notable incentive on offer is free credits worth $25 (roughly Rs. 2,100) per month til...
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EU to Assess if Apple's iPad Operating System Complies with Digital Markets Act
EU's move followed Apple's publication of a compliance report for its iPad OS, designated by the commission in April as an important gateway for businesses to reach their customers.
-
"Stop Donating To Wikipedia, Controlled By Far-Left Activists": Elon Musk
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has appealed to the public to stop donating to the internet 'encyclopaedia' Wikipedia for allegedly letting itself be misused as a platform "controlled by far-Left activists."
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Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk
Meta has removed several accounts across Threads and Instagram that were used to track celebrities’ private jets. The accounts, which rely on publicly available information to track a jet’s location and CO2 emissions, among other details, were banned without warning this week after Meta updated its privacy policy.
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Alarming Rise In AI-Produced Child Abuse Material, Warns Regulatory Body
AI is being used to create highly realistic child sexual abuse content that is increasingly accessible online.
-
Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Gamble Pays Off With $201 Billion Fortune
Buoyed by a record-high Meta Platforms Inc. share price, Zuckerberg’s net worth has climbed almost sixfold in less than two years to $201 billion (roughly Rs. 16,86,617 crore), the first time he’s exceeded the $200 billion mark (roughly Rs. 16,78,226 crore), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s moved to fourth place on the list...
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Hacker Uses Telegram Chatbots to Leak Data of Star Health Insurance
Customer data such as medical reports from Star Health Insurance has been made publicly available through chatbots on Telegram. The alleged chatbot creator told a security researcher that the private information of millions was up for sale, with samples accessible via Telegram chatbots.
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Meta to Start Training Its AI on Public Data of Facebook, Instagram Users in the UK
Meta confirmed on Friday that it will begin training its artificial intelligence (AI) models on the public data on Instagram and Facebook in the UK. The company first planned to use this data three months ago, however, the plan was halted due to regulatory concerns. However, the social media giant confirmed that it has now received the nod to proce...
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Meta Joins Hands With the Government of Telangana to Provide AI-Powered e-Governance Solutions
Meta announced a partnership with the government of Telangana on Thursday. With this collaboration, the tech giant will offer artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help the state government improve its e-governance portals and administrations as well as increase the productivity and efficiency of public departments. Telangana government has ...
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MiniMax Video-01 Platform With AI Video Generation Capabilities Launched
MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) unicorn startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent, released a text-to-video generation model on Monday. Dubbed Video-01, the platform is available to the public even outside of China. It can generate six-second-long videos in a wide range of styles. Video-01 joins the company’s existing AI offerings suc...
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"Unstable Uncle": Internet Reacts To Viral Donald Trump Dance Video
Former US President Donald Trump's dance moves at a public event on Friday have taken social media by storm. The annual Moms for Liberty event, held in Washington DC, saw 78-year-old Tump shake a leg on stage with the group's co-founder.
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Instagram Creator Lab Launched in India; Company Rolls Out New Story Features, Birthday Notes
Instagram Creator Lab was launched in India by the Meta owned company at an event in Mumbai. According to Instagram, the new creator-focused educational resource will feature content from 14 creators in English and Hindi, with captions in five other languages. Meanwhile, Instagram also launched Comments in Stories, Birthday Notes and Cutouts in DMs...
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Grounded for Failing Earth Landing After Routine Starlink Mission
SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully launched a batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit early on Wednesday morning from Florida. The rocket's reusable first stage booster returned to Earth and attempted to land on a sea-faring barge as usual, but toppled into the ocean after a fiery touchdown, a SpaceX live stream showed.
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Turkey Restores Access to Instagram after Nine-Day Block
Turkey has restored access to Instagram after the company agreed to cooperate with authorities to address the government's concerns. Instagram was blocked in Turkey on August 2 for not complying with the country's laws, rules, and public sensitivities.
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Gemini AI Olympics Ad Receives Backlash Online, Google Reportedly Takes It Down
Gemini AI ad that was recently aired in the US for the Paris Olympics 2024 has reportedly been taken down after receiving backlash online. Google is said to have issued a statement highlighting that it took public feedback to remove the ad from airing during the Olympics event, but also proceeded to defend the idea behind it.
