OpenAI Wants to Control Your Computer
OpenAI is reportedly developing “agent software,” that will effectively take over your device and complete complex tasks on your behalf, according to The Information. OpenAI’s agent would work between multiple…
OpenAI’s New Watermark Will Make Our Fake Image Problems Worse
Photo: Mike Coppola / Staff (Getty Images) OpenAI announced it’s adding watermarks to images generated by its AI tools Tuesday, an effort to combat growing fears over the coming deepfake…
TikTok Is Destroying Itself From the Inside Out
At the beginning of 2023, TikTok was one of the weirdest and most delightful places on the internet. An app with a reputation for memes and 30-second dances had become…
Congress Might Actually Do Something About AI, Thanks to Taylor Swift
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights”…
Meta Warns Investors That Mark Zuckerberg Is So Good at Fighting He Might Die
The CEO of Meta may seem like a mild-mannered man. He’s soft-spoken, the corners of his mouth often turn upwards into something resembling a smile, and he’s polite. But it’s…
Meta Quest 3 Steals the Apple Vision Pro’s Thunder by Adding Spatial Video Support
Meta’s official mother-in-chief, Mark Zuckerberg, swung his head toward the minivan’s back seat to tell all his Apple-obsessed Meta Quest 3 customers, “We have Vision Pro at home.” The company…
Mark Zuckerberg Is Feeling Himself
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is feeling pretty philosophical about his roller coaster of a week, which saw him berated by Congress over the harmful content on his products one day…
‘Senator, I’m Singaporean’: TikTok CEO Faces Off Against Tom Cotton
Wednesday’s hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee got a little spicy as senators took turns bashing the CEOs of the biggest social media platforms. While well-deserved for the…
iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find
iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user data through notifications, according to tests by security researchers at Mysk Inc., an app…
Creeps Will Have a Harder Time Sliding Into Instagram and Facebook DMs
Photo: Michaela Handrek-Rehle/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Meta no longer allows teenagers to receive direct messages from anyone they’re not following on Instagram, or friends with on Facebook, according to a company…