Who Is Liang Wenfeng, the Founder of A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek?
The Chinese company DeepSeek seemed to have come out of nowhere this week when it upturned markets. Here’s what to know about the engineer who started it.
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Industries in the Intelligent Age White Paper Series
The Industries in the Intelligent Age White Paper Series examines AI’s transformative role across diverse sectors, offering insights into challenges, opportunities and strategies for responsible innovation.
Instagram Ads Send This Nudify Site 90 Percent of Its Traffic
An AI app for creating nonconsensual nude images of anyone is getting the vast majority of its traffic directly from Meta platforms, where the app is buying thousands of explicit ads featuring nonconsensual nudity of celebrities and influencers. The blatant and repeated violation of Meta’s policies over the course of months is making a mockery…
OpenAI Can’t Fix Sora’s Copyright Infringement Problem Because It Was Built With Stolen Content
OpenAI’s video generator Sora 2 is still producing copyright infringing content featuring Nintendo characters and the likeness of real people, despite the company’s attempt to stop users from making such videos. OpenAI updated Sora 2 shortly after launch to detect videos featuring copyright infringing content, but 404 Media’s testing found that it’s easy to circumvent…
TikTok Says It’s Not Censoring ‘Free Palestine’ Comments. Users See Something Different
On Monday, a day after TikTok came back online for the U.S., people started noticing that the app would not let them comment “free palestine.” Several TikTok users posted screenshots on X and Bluesky showing the message they received after trying to comment “free palestine” under other people’s posts. TikTok users started reporting this on…
Humans Have Now Seen the Dawn of Time from Earth After Breakthrough
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Scientists have captured an unprecedented glimpse of cosmic dawn, an era more than 13 billion years ago, using telescopes on the surface of the Earth. This marks the first time humans…
Removal of Cyber Safety Review Board members sparks alarm from cyber pros, key lawmaker
Not everyone opposed the move, however, even as the board reviews the major Salt Typhoon telecom breach.
IBM and Palo Alto Networks Find Platformization is Key to Reduce Cybersecurity Complexity
New global research from the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) and Palo Alto Networks®, found that surveyed organizations are facing security complexity challenges as they juggle an average of 83 different security solutions from 29 vendors.
‘It’s Not a Political Statement’: Checking in With Tesla Superfans at Elon Musk’s New Diner
Yesterday I spent five hours in line with Tesla superfans to figure out why they were at the grand opening of the new Tesla supercharging station/ retrofuturistic diner in West Hollywood. “People going to Mars definitely need to eat something, right?” said Chris, who goes by @dogetipping on X. “So, I bet that’s the first…
CEOs of 4 big portfolio companies dish on AI, cyber, banking, and Trump from Davos
It’s that time of year when business tycoons and influential world leaders gather in Davos.