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Google engineer indicted over allegedly stealing AI trade secrets for China
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A federal grand jury has indicted a Google engineer, Linwei Ding, aka Leon Ding, for allegedly stealing trade secrets around Google’s AI chip…
Microsoft accused of selling AI tool that spews violent, sexual images to kids
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) Microsoft’s AI text-to-image generator Copilot Designer appears to be heavily filtering outputs after a Microsoft engineer, Shane Jones, warned that Microsoft has ignored…
Some teachers are now using ChatGPT to grade papers
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In a notable shift toward sanctioned use of AI in schools, some educators in grades 3–12 are now using a ChatGPT-powered grading tool called Writable, reports…
LinkedIn is down
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Just one day after Meta’s network went offline for a while, LinkedIn is now inaccessible around the world, cutting off job listings, resumes, and even…
On DMA eve, Google whines, Apple sounds alarms, and TikTok wants out
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) For months, some of the biggest tech companies have been wrapped up in discussions with the European Commission (EC), seeking feedback and tweaking…
DMA be damned, Apple cuts off path to Epic Games Store, Fortnite on EU iPhones
Enlarge / A Fortnite loading screen displayed on an iPhone in 2018, when Apple and Epic weren’t at each other’s throats. (credit: Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images) Last…
VMware sandbox escape bugs are so critical, patches are released for end-of-life products
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) VMware is urging customers to patch critical vulnerabilities that make it possible for hackers to break out of sandbox and hypervisor protections in all versions, including…
“It‘s kind of depressing”: WB Discovery pulls indie game for “business changes”
Enlarge / In Small Radios Big Televisions, you get the sense that workers trapped inside a series of siloed factories rely on ephemeral, easily distorted media to escape their realities.…
Samsung is making it harder to know what type of OLED TV you’re getting
Enlarge / A marketing image for Samsung’s 83-inch S90C, its first OLED TV to quietly use an LG Display WOLED panel. (credit: Samsung) Samsung rejuvenated the OLED TV market when…