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Wired reports that the real estate industry is no stranger to technological advancements, but the rise of AI is taking the sector by storm. From AI-generated property videos and virtual staging to chatbots and predictive analytics, the industry is undergoing a significant shift in how properties are marketed and transactions are conducted. One of the…

A new report from Reuters based on internal research from Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has shed light on the platform’s troubling tendency to show more eating disorder-linked content to vulnerable teens. The research found that teenagers who expressed dissatisfaction with their bodies were exposed to a significantly higher proportion of potentially harmful posts compared…

The Wall Street Journal reports that in a report released on Friday, ISS expressed concerns about the magnitude and design of Elon Musk’s proposed “astronomical” stock award, despite the fact that Musk would only receive the payouts if he creates enormous value for Tesla shareholders. The proxy firm also recommended that shareholders vote against a…

Thousands of civil liberties advocates gathered in London on Saturday to protest against the left-wing Labour Party government’s plan to impose digital ID cards on the nation. Marching from Marble Arch to Whitehall in central London, demonstrators were seen carrying banners and placards reading “No to Digital ID”, “If You Accept Digital ID Today, You’ve Accepted…

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, announced this week that ChatGPT will soon allow for “erotica” content in the spirit of treating “adult users like adults.” The scheduled plans for ChatGPT will allow “users to customize their AI assistant’s personality, including options for more human-like responses, heavy emoji use, or friend-like behavior,” per The Guardian. The…

The New York Times reports that in a landmark case that pitted authors against a tech giant, thriller writer Andrea Bartz emerged as a central figure in securing a $1.5 billion settlement from AI company Anthropic. Bartz, along with fellow writers Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson, served as named plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit,…

In a statement late Sunday, the Dutch ministry of economic affairs said it had invoked the rarely used Goods Availability Act to intervene in the business of Nexperia, which makes semiconductors used in the automotive and consumer technology industries. Nexperia based in the Dutch city of Nijmegen but owned by China’s Wingtech Technology. Concerns about…

Researchers at AI startup Anthropic have revealed that AI language models can be easily manipulated through a technique known as “poisoning attacks.” The findings, which were conducted in partnership with the UK AI Security Institute, Alan Turing Institute, and other academic institutions, suggest that the integrity of AI-generated content may be at serious risk. Poisoning…

The Chosun Daily reports that tragedy struck the Korean streaming community when the body of Yoon Ji-ah, a beloved TikTok star with over 300,000 followers, was discovered on a remote mountainside in September. The 20-something influencer had been strangled to death, her body left bruised and battered. Investigators quickly zeroed in on a suspect —…