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Mark Zuckerberg’s latest big swing — Meta’s SuperIntelligence Lab — is trying to redefine what AI means on his terms. That redefinition, like most things at Meta, will inevitably run through the company’s ads business. Especially as the company continues to auotmate more of it, with plans to eventually automate the entire system, according to The …

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The obfuscated code inside an .svg file downloaded from one of the porn sites. Credit: Malwarebytes The obfuscated code inside an .svg file downloaded from one of the porn sites. Credit: Malwarebytes Once decoded, the script causes the browser to download a chain of additional obfuscated JavaScript. The final payload, a known malicious script called …

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A toy company has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against a popular TikTok and Instagram account called “Sylvanian Drama.” Epoch Company Ltd., is the US maker of adorable fuzzy dolls called Calico Critters. Those dolls are known as “Sylvanian Families” in other markets, and more recently, they became a viral sensation after an Ireland-based content creator, …

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“I am going to have a complete and total mental breakdown. I am going to be institutionalized. They are going to put me in a padded room and I am going to write… code on the walls with my own feces,” it said. One person responding to the Reddit post speculated that the loop is …

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According to the groups, allowing copyright class actions in AI training cases will result in a future where copyright questions remain unresolved and the risk of “emboldened” claimants forcing enormous settlements will chill investments in AI. “Such potential liability in this case exerts incredibly coercive settlement pressure for Anthropic,” industry groups argued, concluding that “as …

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Others are irked by how quickly they run up against usage limits on the free tier, which pushes them toward the Plus ($20) and Pro ($200) subscriptions. But running generative AI is hugely expensive, and OpenAI is hemorrhaging cash. It wouldn’t be surprising if the wide rollout of GPT-5 is aimed at increasing revenue. At …

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Microsoft has added GPT-5 to Copilot, a day after adding OpenAI’s open-source GPT model to its local services. GPT-5, which also powers ChatGPT, is now live within Copilot, at copilot.microsoft.com, Microsoft said Thursday. Presumably the same model will eventually power the Copilot application running on top of Windows PCs, but the Windows app appears to …

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Image: OpenAI OpenAI on Thursday announced GPT-5, the foundational model for the next generation of ChatGPT and a “significant leap in intelligence,” according to the company. GPT-5 will be released in two versions, a “pro” model which will only be accessible to paid subscribers, and the basic GPT-5, which will actually be available to everyone, …

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Image: Ralf Liebhold / Shutterstock.com Microsoft has made a big deal of the fact that Windows 10 moves out of support this October. Yet it continues to offer Windows 10 users more and more options to remain on the platform. The most recent addition is buried in a Microsoft support document, as unearthed by Windows …

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Those “gentle” reminders to stop sharing HBO Max passwords are about to get tougher, the top exec from the streamer warns.  Warner Bros. Discovery streaming CEO JB Perette, who’s in charge of HBO Max, told investors this week that the streamer’s “soft” approach with password-sharing users will get “much more aggressive” in the months to …

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