@Potus just joined the fediverse via Instagram Threads
The fediverse — the name for the social network made of interconnected servers, like Mastodon and others — just got another boost of legitimacy Tuesday as the @Potus (President of the United States) account on Instagram Threads shared its first federated post. The account operated by Biden’s team published a
Read moreAnthropic researchers wear down AI ethics with repeated questions
How do you get an AI to answer a question it’s not supposed to? There are many such “jailbreak” techniques, and Anthropic researchers just found a new one, in which a large language model can be convinced to tell you how to build a bomb if you prime it with
Read moreRubrik’s IPO filing hints at thawing public markets for tech companies
Rubrik initially presents as a moderately growing software business with net losses that stretched to $354 million in its most recent fiscal year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThrive Market’s Nick Green talks building a billion-dollar grocery company
Nick Green, one of the company's co-founders, stopped by Found to chat about his company and the market's evolution since he first launched it. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreMeta (again) denies that Netflix read users’ private Facebook messages
The document alleges that Facebook even cut spending on original programming for its Facebook Watch video service so as not to compete with Netflix, a large Facebook advertiser. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreBuilding a Digital Fortress: How to Strengthen DNS Against DDoS Attacks?
Building a fortress around DNS is a necessity for ensuring the resilience of internet services. Here’s how to strengthen it. Continue reading Building a Digital Fortress: How to Strengthen DNS Against DDoS Attacks? on SitePoint.
Read moreOpen source foundations unite on common standards for EU’s Cybersecurity Resilience Act
Seven open source foundations are coming together to create common specifications and standards for Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), regulation adopted by the European Parliament last month. The Apache Software Foundation, Blender Foundation, Eclipse Foundation, OpenSSL Software Foundation, PHP Foundation, Python Software Foundation, and Rust Foundation revealed their intentions to pool
Read moreNicki Minaj, Billie Eilish, Katy Perry and other musicians sign letter against irresponsible AI
A group of 200 musicians signed an open letter calling on tech companies and developers to not undermine human creativity with AI music generation tools. The list of undersigned artists is so power-packed and wide-ranging that it could make for a great Coachella lineup — it features Billie Eilish, the
Read moreApple Vision Pro’s Persona feature gets collaborative
Much like the headset for which they were designed, Apple’s Personas are very much a work in progress. The original version of the beta avatars were — is “nightmarish” too strong a word? A subsequent update has made them more palatable and truer to life, and Apple says it’s continuing
Read moreAWS unveils new service for cloud-based rendering projects
Amazon launched Tuesday a new service called Deadline Cloud that lets customers set up, deploy and scale up graphics and visual effects rendering pipelines on AWS cloud infrastructure. The new service, which is geared towards the media and enterntainment industry, was timed for the National Association of Broadcasters conference in
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