The AI Industry Has a Not So Secret Weapon: Lobbyists
Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert (Getty Images) A new report from CNBC shows that lobbyists connected to the AI industry were quite busy last year. Indeed, in 2023, AI lobbying efforts shot…
TikTok Loses Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny Over Dispute With Record Label
Universal Music Group began removing its entire library of songs from TikTok on Wednesday night, according to Bloomberg, as the record label failed to renew its contract with the social…
Feds Want to Outlaw AI Robocalls After Fake Biden Called New Hampshire Voters
A federal agency is pushing to outlaw AI-generated robocalls after criminals tried to disrupt New Hampshire’s Democratic primary with a deepfake phone call from President Biden. The phone call from…
Record Label Execs Tell TikTok That Exploiting Artists Is Their Thing
Universal Music Group is expected to remove its entire library of songs from TikTok on Wednesday night, according to Reuters, as the record label has failed to renew its contract…
How to Stream the Super Bowl
It’s that time of the year again. Super Bowl LVIII (or 58) is all set to kick off on February 11, with the Kansas City Chiefs squaring off against the…
Weekend Tech Roundup January 27, 2024
Photo: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) 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…
Who Is Dean Phillips and Why Do All the Tech Bros Want Him to Be President?
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech Off English When I first…
The Fallout from the Taylor Swift AI Porn Could Be Huge
Photo: Gilbert Flores/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 (Getty Images) Earlier this week, AI-generated porn featuring Taylor Swift started circulating on X (formerly Twitter). Swifties were scandalized. Polite society was incensed.…
Taylor Swift AI Porn Is Driving Fans Ballistic
Photo: ako photography / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) A series of AI-generated images of Taylor Swift in suggestive and pornographic situations are causing an uproar on X, the platform formerly known as…
The Year Ahead in Movies
Germain Lussier is a senior reporter covering entertainment on the io9 section of Gizmodo. He lives in Los Angeles, specializes in film coverage, and is also our lead film critic.…