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What the Arrival of A.I. Video Generators Like Sora Means for Us

Welcome to the era of fakery. The widespread use of instant video generators like Sora will bring an end to visuals as proof.

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Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It.

In an escalating cat-and-mouse game, job hunters are trying to fool A.I. into moving their applications to the top of the pile with embedded instructions.

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How Elon Musk Is Bringing Sexy A.I. Chatbots to the Mainstream

In July, the billionaire’s A.I. company introduced two sexually explicit chatbots, pushing a new version of intimacy.

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Cows Wear High-Tech Collars Now

The wearables help dairy farmers gather more data so their animals are happier and produce more milk.

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U.S. v. Google: What Each Side Argued for Fixing Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly

The Justice Department and Google wrapped up a two-week hearing that could have a major effect on online advertising.

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OpenAI Agrees to Use Computer Chips From AMD

Weeks after a $100 billion agreement to use computer chips from Nvidia, OpenAI has signed a similar deal with a rival chipmaker.

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Hacks at Marks & Spencer, Jaguar Land Rover and Co-op Disrupt UK Daily Life

Jaguar Land Rover is the third big British brand to have its operations severely affected by a breach this year.

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OpenAI’s Sora Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse)

Sora, OpenAI’s new video-generating app, is really a social network in disguise that can bring creative A.I. to the masses — and its problems, too.

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OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real

The new A.I. app generated videos of store robberies and home intrusions — even bomb explosions on city streets — that never happened.

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Sora and the Infinite Slop Feeds + ChatGPT Goes to Therapy + Hot Mess Express

“I do not like the idea of pointing these giant A.I. supercomputers at people’s dopamine receptors and just feeding them an endless diet of hyper-personalized stimulating videos.”

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