Month: August 2023
OpenAI wants GPT-4 to solve the content moderation dilemma
OpenAI is convinced that its technology can help solve one of tech’s hardest problems: content moderation at scale. GPT-4 could replace tens of thousands of human moderators while being nearly as accurate and more consistent, claims OpenAI. If that’s true, the most toxic and mentally taxing tasks in tech could…
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X seemed to throttle some competitors and news sites for more than a week
We’ve seen the reports of a time delay being applied to X users seeking to visit New York Times links from the social media platform, and have made similar observations of our own. We have not received any explanation from the platform about this move. While we don’t know the…
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Apple’s third-gen AirPods are matching their best price to date right now
The AirPods Pro are an excellent pair of wireless earbuds, but they’re not for everybody. In fact, if you don’t need noise cancellation or superior sound quality, they might actually be overkill for many Apple users. Thankfully, you can save yourself some money by picking up the third-gen AirPods, which…
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It’s time to rethink our relationships with streaming services
Everyone’s long-standing concerns about the streaming space being a bubble on the verge of popping have proven to be more than warranted over the past few months as two of Hollywood’s ongoing labor strikes have raged on. But with the most recent round of services like Disney Plus, Hulu, Peacock,…
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AMD CEO Lisa Su is coming to the Code Conference
AMD CEO Lisa Su is coming to the Code Conference next month to talk AI, supply chains, the PC market, and more with The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel. Su has already transformed AMD once. When Su was named CEO of the chipmaker in 2014, AMD was struggling. The company was…
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Hackers get hacked by infostealing malware
Although not as common of an occurrence, hackers will sometimes breach other hackers’ devices and steal their login credentials. In a recent report, cybersecurity researchers from Hudson Rock said they found some 120,000 infected systems, with 100,000 belonging to hackers. From those compromised endpoints, more than 140,000 login credentials to…
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