I Make AI Models to Sell Real People Clothes

I Make AI Models to Sell Real People Clothes

Last spring, the clothing brand Levi Strauss & Co. announced plans to introduce “customized AI-generated models” into its online shopping platforms. These “body-inclusive avatars” would come in a range of sizes, ages, and skin tones and would help Levi’s create a more “diverse” lineup in a way the company considered “sustainable.” A lot of (real)…

Craig Wright Lied About Creating Bitcoin and Faked Evidence, Judge Rules

Craig Wright Lied About Creating Bitcoin and Faked Evidence, Judge Rules

“We’ve seen a cascading effect from the pronouncement on a host of other litigations globally,” says Grewal. “For people outside of crypto, [all this] might sound cartoonish. But with Wright’s claims falling by the wayside, the community can exhale. We think it’s a real win.” The ruling has also had implications for Bitcoin Satoshi Vision,…

OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded

OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded

In July last year, OpenAI announced the formation of a new research team that would prepare for the advent of supersmart artificial intelligence capable of outwitting and overpowering its creators. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist and one of the company’s cofounders, was named as the colead of this new team. OpenAI said the team would…

The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner

The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner

This has done little to deter a growing list of other business moguls who have also expressed interest in acquiring the app, which has been under government scrutiny in the US for four years over alleged national security concerns stemming from its Chinese ownership. One of them is former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said…

Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress

Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress

“It’s really radical,” Stanley told me of Maven, “We got rid of likes and follows. That’s like insanity.” Some early adopters seem to be on board. “I quit all social media about three years ago because of the hostility, disinformation, brain rot, and advertising,” Benjamin Scott, a philosophy student, says. “A lot of this I believe…

Tesla’s Controversial Factory Expansion Is Approved

Tesla’s Controversial Factory Expansion Is Approved

The controversial expansion of Tesla’s only European gigafactory was approved on Thursday, as the local council in the German municipality of Grünheide voted in favor of the carmaker’s plans to grow its facility near Berlin. The majority of 19 council representatives supported Tesla’s plans to expand its only European gigafactory. Eleven councilors voted in favor…

I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn’t Pretty

I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn’t Pretty

I liked the idea that my foremost duty as an OnlyFans chatter should be to comfort the afflicted rather than wheedle the sexually frustrated into buying pricey “nudes and lewds” content. But I balked when the founder suggested that I start as his intern, an arrangement I suspected would lead to weeks of unpaid labor….

Deadspin’s New Owners Are Embracing Betting Content—but Not AI

Deadspin’s New Owners Are Embracing Betting Content—but Not AI

Deadspin’s new ownership comes at a time when sports media is increasingly entwined with sports betting. Most major outlets, including ESPN, NBC, CBS, The Ringer, The Athletic, and Bleacher Report, have partnered with betting companies. What once might have been eyebrow-raising is increasingly accepted as standard practice, although some outliers, like Defector, still raise alarms…

With Gemini on Android, Google Points to Mobile Computing’s Future—and Past

With Gemini on Android, Google Points to Mobile Computing’s Future—and Past

Nearly a decade ago, Google showed off a feature called Now on Tap in Android Marshmallow—tap and hold the home button and Google will surface helpful contextual information related to what’s on the screen. Talking about a movie with a friend over text? Now on Tap could get you details about the title without having…

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Model Gives ChatGPT a Snappy, Flirty Upgrade

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Model Gives ChatGPT a Snappy, Flirty Upgrade

Since it launched in late 2022, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has generally fended off suggestions that it has emotions or desires by responding that it’s just an artificial intelligence model. Upgrades announced by OpenAI Monday showed the company apparently trying to make the chatbot act more like a human. In demos, the new version of ChatGPT was…