Technology
All is lost in San Francisco? City loyalists take issue with naysayers. Data may back them up
SAN FRANCISCO — Far from the palm trees of Miami or Austin’s taco trucks, Catalin Voss has headquartered his literacy start-up between a cannabis club and pawn shop in the...
Opinion: I bought a flip phone and tried to get by without my smartphone. Here’s how that went
About three months ago, I bought a flip phone and turned off my smartphone for good.I am part of a trend — interest in old-fashioned flip phones is up...
Column: The AI industry has a battle-tested plan to keep using our content without paying for it
This time in 2023, the world was in thrall to the rise of OpenAI’s dazzling chatbot. ChatGPT was metastasizing like a fungal infection, amassing tens of millions of users...
George Carlin’s daughter slams AI-generated comedy special: ‘No machine will ever replace his genius’
Kelly Carlin, the daughter of comedian George Carlin, is slamming an AI-generated comedy special mimicking the voice of her late father. On Tuesday, it appeared that the comedian, who...
Twitch is laying off 500 workers. Its CEO is upset the news leaked early
While expressing his regret that 500 workers would be laid off, the chief executive of the Amazon-owned livestreaming platform Twitch chided his staff in a memo for leaking the...
Meta will limit reach of harmful content to teens on Facebook and Instagram amid scrutiny
Facing increased scrutiny over its social networks’ effects on teenage users, Meta announced Tuesday that teens on Facebook and Instagram will see less content related to self-harm and eating...
Beware Taylor Swift, the AI edition: The singer is not giving away free Le Creuset cookware
AI-generated fake advertisements are making the rounds on social media again, this time using the voice and likeness of Taylor Swift promising free Le Creuset cookware sets. As any...
Actors can start selling AI voice clones to game companies under this new deal
Recording new voice-overs without speaking a word: For a busy voice actor, it might sound like a dream — unless that actor is worried about artificial intelligence being used...
