Tag: Company Legal & Law Matters
Netflix true crime documentary may have used AI-generated images of a real person
Netflix has been accused of using AI-manipulated imagery in the true crime documentary What Jennifer Did, Futurism has reported. Several photos show typical signs of AI trickery, including mangled hands, strange artifacts and more. If accurate, the report raises serious questions about the use of such images in documentaries, particularly…
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Apple will remove Blood Oxygen app from Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 to evade US import ban
It seems that Apple will be able to bypass an import ban on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 devices and once again sell those products in the US after dropping a key feature. According to a letter to an appeals court judge from Masimo, a company that's been…
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Fugees rapper Pras accuses his lawyer of using AI in closing arguments
Rapper “Pras” Michel, one-third of the legendary hip-hop group The Fugees, accused his lawyer from a recent federal criminal case of using AI in his closing arguments. In seeking a new trial, the “Ghetto Supastar” artist says via Ars Technica that his one-time attorney, David Kenner, used an AI program…
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The Morning After: Nintendo is reportedly showing off Switch sequel console to developers
There’s no denying Nintendo’s Switch, at 6.5 years, is reaching the end. Nintendo is (finally) gearing up for what’s next and was reportedly showing tech demos of its next-gen system to developers at Gamescom last month. According to Eurogamer, one of the Switch 2 demos was a beefed-up version of…
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The Morning After: Apple drops lawsuit against former exec who accused the company of spying
After more than three years of litigation, Apple has quietly dropped its lawsuit against Gerard Williams III, a former chip executive the company accused of poaching employees. After over a decade at the company, in 2019, Williams left Apple to co-found Nuvia, a chip design firm later acquired by Qualcomm…
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Hitting the Books: Tech can’t fix what’s broken in American policing
It’s never been about safety as much as it has control, serving and protecting only to the benefit of the status quo. Clearview AI, PredPol, Shotspotter, they’re all Carolyn Bryant Donham’s testimony behind a veneer of technological validity — a shiny black box to dazzle the masses while giving the…
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