Month: July 2023
OpenAI can’t tell if something was written by AI after all
OpenAI shuttered a tool that was supposed to tell human writing from AI due to a low accuracy rate. In an (updated) blog, OpenAI said it decided to end its AI classifier as of July 20th. “We are working to incorporate feedback and are currently researching more effective provenance techniques for…
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General Hospital is using scab writers, and it’s complicated
According to Peace, the show has run through all the scripts that were written before the strike began and has now employed non-union writers in order to keep the show on the air. Typically, people who cross picket lines to perform struck work are met with derision, but Peace acknowledged…
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Threads is outpacing Twitter after finally getting a Following feed
Threads, the Instagram-based social media app, is finally getting a long-awaited new feature that’s sure to make it much more inviting to current and new users. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the news on his Instagram broadcast channel: “Threads started rolling out an option for a chronological feed of only…
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Google’s CFO just got a promotion
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is promoting chief financial officer Ruth Porat into a new role, according to a press release about Alphabet’s Q2 earnings. As part of the newly created role of president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google, Porat will oversee Alphabet’s “Other Bets” investments…
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Twitter Blue subscribers can now download videos posted to X
Starting today, Twitter Blue members can download videos shared on X by other subscribers. That’s according to an update to an X Help Center article titled “How to share and watch videos on Twitter.” The update says all new videos will be eligible for downloads unless the poster specifically opts…
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Windows and devices take a hit in Microsoft’s Q4 earnings, but Xbox is mostly up
Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2023 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $56.2 billion in revenue and a net income of $20.1 billion during Q4. Revenue is up 8 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent. As expected, Windows and devices revenue has been…
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