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How Amazon Blew Alexa's Shot To Dominate AI - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoAmazon unveiled a new generative AI-powered version of its Alexa voice assistant at a packed event in September 2023, demonstrating how the digital assistant could engage in more natural conversation ...
Stable Diffusion 3 Mangles Human Bodies Due To Nudity Filters - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Wednesday, Stability AI released weights for Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, an AI image-synthesis model that turns text prompts into AI-generated ...
Adobe Says It Won't Train AI On Customers' Work In Overhauled ToS - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoIn a new blog post, Adobe said it has updated its terms of service to clarify that it won't train AI on customers' work. The move comes after a week of backlash from users who feared that an ...
FAA is Investigating New Incident Involving a Boeing 737 Max 8 Jet in Midair - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoNew submitter wgoodman writes: A Boeing 737 Max 8 jet experienced a rare but potentially serious problem recently known as a Dutch roll before landing safely. The Federal Aviation Administration ...
Biotech Companies Are Trying To Make Milk Without Cows - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoAvian influenza outbreaks on US dairy farms have raised concerns about milk safety, leading some to consider alternatives like engineered milk proteins. Startups like Remilk and Alpine Bio are ...
Rivals and Legal Action Cast Shadows Over Windows on Arm Market - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoQualcomm faces potential disruption to its Windows on Arm laptops due to a legal battle with Arm, while MediaTek prepares to enter the market. Qualcomm's exclusivity deal with Microsoft for ...
Hacker Accesses Internal 'Tile' Tool That Provides Location Data To Cops - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoA hacker has gained access to internal tools used by the location tracking company Tile, including one that processes location data requests for law enforcement, and stolen a large amount of ...
Congress Seeks Answers From Microsoft Boss After a 'Cascade' of Security Errors - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoSpeaking of Microsoft, the House Homeland Security committee is grilling Microsoft President Brad Smith Thursday about the software giant's plans to improve its security after a series of devastating ...
The Verge's David Pierce Reports On the Excel World Championship From Vegas - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoCompetitive Excel has been around for years, but only in a hobbyist way. Excel is a tool. The folks in this room make their living on their ability to take some complex thing -- a company's ...
Wells Fargo Fires Employees for Faking Work By Simulating Keyboard Activity - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoWells Fargo fired more than a dozen employees last month after investigating claims that they were faking work. From a report: The staffers, all in the firm's wealth- and investment-management ...
