Month: April 2025
AI Is Spreading Old Stereotypes to New Languages and Cultures
Margaret Mitchell, an AI ethics researcher at Hugging Face, tells WIRED about a new dataset designed to test AI models for bias in multiple languages. Source
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You can trick Google’s AI Overviews into explaining made-up idioms
As Big Tech pours countless dollars and resources into AI, preaching the gospel of its utopia-creating brilliance, here’s a reminder that algorithms can screw up. Big time. The latest evidence: You can trick Google’s AI Overview (the automated answers at the top of your search queries) into explaining fictional, nonsensical…
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A huge online fraud operation is hijacking WordPress sites to send out 1.4 billion ad requests per day
Researchers found a huge ad fraud scheme called Scallyway The scheme monetizes pirated sites through a series of redirects At its peak, there were 1.4 billion daily requests Cybersecurity researchers from HUMAN have spotted a major ad fraud operation that leverages people’s interest in pirated content to generate ad revenue…
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Microsoft’s Xbox app is now available on LG smart TVs
Microsoft revealed earlier this year that LG TVs would get access to Xbox Cloud Gaming, and now the Xbox TV app is rolling out to select LG smart TV models starting today. The Xbox app will let LG TV owners stream Xbox games directly to their TVs, and use a…
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Meta rolls out live translations to all Ray-Ban smart glasses users
Meta announced new color lens combinations for its Ray-Ban smart glasses as well as wider availability for some features that were previously only accessible to members of Meta’s Early Access Program. These include live translation, the ability to send messages and make calls through Instagram, and conversations with Meta AI…
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Ripple cryptocurrency software library hit by major security issue, wallets under threat
A malicious actor used a compromised Ripple dev account to publish commits to NPM The commits would grant access to people’s crypto wallets They were downloaded around 450 times before being pulled down A JavaScript library recommended by a major cryptocurrency company has been hijacked, with users now being at…
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