First came ‘spam’. Now, with AI, we’ve got ‘slop’.
You may not know exactly what “slop” means in relation to artificial intelligence. But on some level you probably do.
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Man relentlessly cyberstalked 31 victims, posted porn of victim and had pets stolen, US feds say
A man is accused of running an insidious cyberstalking campaign in which he listed a woman’s pet ducks for free…
ByteDance to cut 450 jobs in Indonesia after Tokopedia deal
ByteDance Ltd is slashing about 450 jobs at its Indonesian ecommerce arm in the first round of cuts since combining…
Chinese AI social media apps see demand rise in overseas markets amid slow mainland adoption
Shanghai-based generative AI startup MiniMax, which counts Alibaba as a major investor, has succeeded in the US on the back…
EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fight
A software model of Earth, meant to simulate and monitor environmental hazards while findings ways to mitigate climate change, began…
Layoffs, abusive calls, and AI fears: Inside the front lines of Amazon’s ‘customer obsession’ promise
The bad news blindsided Amazon customer service employees across the globe in mid-May: More layoffs had arrived. This time, it…
Frightening log from Titan submersible’s fatal dive declared a fake
Last year, a purported transcript of communications between the Titan submersible and its mother ship circulated widely on the Internet.
Apple partners with OpenAI as it unveils ‘Apple Intelligence’
Apple on June 10 unveiled “Apple Intelligence”, its suite of new AI features for its coveted devices – and a…
74-year-old US woman loses more than RM90,000 in Internet scam; California man indicted
A 19-year-old from California who was indicted Friday is accused of taking part in an internet tech scam that stole…