Ed Newton-Rex / Music Business Worldwide: It’s time for audio services like Spotify to deal with AI by using labels and banning or downweighting music made with AI tools that don’t license training data — The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Ed Newton-Rex (pictured inset), CEO of the ethical generative AI non-profit, Fairly Trained.
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Scientists Plan ‘Doomsday’ Vault on Moon
Thanga and his team have sketched a system that would use solar panels and batteries to provide the power to push temperatures inside a lava tube down to the deep freeze needed to create their lunar ark. This is the defining difference between Thanga’s design and Hagedorn’s thought experiment. Where Thanga’s group would aim to actively cool the ark, Hagedorn …
Read More »Unpacking Australia’s $1 Billion Bet On a Future PsiQuantum Quantum Computer
Earlier this year, Australia agreed to invest nearly AUD $1 billion in U.S.-based quantum start-up PsiQuantum in an effort to become the first country to own a commercial-scale quantum computer. The technology is expected to be operational by 2027. “This investment marks the start of a manufacturing and production partnership that will create hundreds of local high-skilled jobs,” the Australian …
Read More »Why killer AI is such an alluring horror villain
The new horror movie “AfrAId” shows that malicious AI is now the go-to villain for Hollywood and our nightmares.
Read More »The Telegram Problem + Gov. Kathy Hochul on School Phone Bans + Kevin’s A.I. Reputation Rehab
Tech platforms and governments are in a standoff.
Read More »Yelp is going after Google with federal antitrust suit
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Yelp has filed a federal suit against Google, citing monopolistic practices in local search. The review site would like to see Google forced to prioritize the best results for users, even if those don’t come from Google itself. Yelp hopes that its efforts will see the court level the playing field for companies competing …
Read More »MongoDB reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $478.1M, vs. $464.1M est., and forecasts Q3 and FY 2025 revenue above estimates; MDB jumps 13%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Jordan Novet / CNBC: MongoDB reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $478.1M, vs. $464.1M est., and forecasts Q3 and FY 2025 revenue above estimates; MDB jumps 13%+ after hours — MongoDB shares jumped as much as 16% in extended trading on Thursday after the database software maker reported healthy fiscal second-quarter earnings and pushed up full-year guidance.
Read More »How to Fold (and Store!) Your Sheets
You’re done! This fold isn’t always super neat, but it’s fast and easy, and is a good enough fold to easily see and store your sheets. Especially for sheets I’m storing in a storage bag—more on those below—and with the sheer volume of sheets in my home, I’m happy with good enough. Ultimately, if you’re stressed about folding your sheets, …
Read More »APAC Telcos Poised to Lead Global 6G Rollout
New research shows that the APAC region is poised to set the pace for the next wave of mobile technology. The Global Mobile Suppliers Association has predicted that APAC will lead the global 6G mobile network rollout in the next decade, as telecommunications operators in the region innovate and outpace some of their more conservative counterparts in other parts of …
Read More »California AI bill passes State Assembly, pushing AI fight to Newsom
The bill, which seeks to make companies liable if their artificial intelligence harms people, is at the center of a debate over how to regulate the technology.
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