Apple continues to struggle with the “dual use” nature of face swapping apps, which appear harmless on its App Store, but advertise their ability to generate nonconsensual AI-generated intimate images (NCII) on platforms Apple doesn’t control. Apple does not appear to have any plan to deal with this problem despite the widely reported harms these apps cause, mostly to young women, and has repeatedly declined to answer questions about it.
AppleVis won’t shut down August 31 as announced earlier this summer. The highly-regarded site, which provides news, community forums and a directory of accessible apps aimed at blind and visually impaired Apple users, has been acquired by Be My Eyes, which plans a September relaunch.
Apple and Nvidia are in talks to invest in OpenAI, a move that would strengthen their ties to a partner integral to their efforts in the artificial-intelligence race.
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Apple’s talks to invest in OpenAI underscores its dedication to ensure it maintains access to this technology. OpenAI faces intense competition from other AI startups and big tech companies, but ChatGPT remains a market leader.
New updates for NFL and college football games include enhancements to play-by-play, offering quick access to scoring drives presented alongside the view of every game play.
It has been teased for quite a while that despite clocking in at a whopping 158 minutes, that a lot of material was left on the cutting room floor. Last year, in Empire Magazine, Scott revealed that he has a “fantastic” cut of the movie that runs nearly four-and-a-half hours. As reported by Empire, Scott’s near 270-minute “Napoleon” cut “features more of Joséphine’s life before she meets Napoleon.
Spotify blames the change on Apple, saying the company won’t give it access to the same technology that lets Apple Music play on third-party devices. [...] Although some third-party music services can stream directly from Apple’s HomePod, many major streamers, including Spotify, never adopted the necessary API.
A few days into making One Million Checkboxes I thought I’d been hacked. What was that doing in my database?
A few hours later I was tearing up, proud of some brilliant teens.
I am going to make an important decision soon: should I continue to have both an iPhone and an iPad, or should I combine them and just get a big iPhone? Let's see what Apple will announce for the rest of the year.
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