Former CEO of MoviePass parent company Theodore Farnsworth pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud and conspiracy after being accused of misleading investors about the service’s “unlimited plan.” Farnsworth also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud as CEO of Vinco Ventures, a publicly traded company. Helios & Matheson Analytics (HMNY), the parent company […]
“I’m trying to find Christmas gifts for my sisters. I open a lot of tabs, I want my wife’s advice.” That’s what Browser Company CEO Josh Miller says in his company’s latest announcement for its new AI-enabled browser, Dia. Consulting your spouse to find gifts for your siblings is a pure option (and I dare
A group of Canadian news and media companies. filed a lawsuit Friday against OpenAI, alleging that the maker of ChatGPT infringed its copyright and was unjustly enriched at its expense. The companies behind the lawsuit include the Toronto Star, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Globe and Mail and others seeking monetary damages and to ban
As more publishers close content licensing deals with OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, a study published this week by Digital Journalism Trailer Center – watching the AI chatbot produce citations (i.e. sources) for the publishers’ content – makes for interesting reading or, well, worrying. Simply put, the findings suggest that publishers remain at the mercy of
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Former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick took the stage at britcommerce Disrupt 2024 on Wednesday to talk about the challenges faced by people who want to disrupt something, both inside and outside the world of technology. “One of the biggest challenges you’re probably going to face when you try to disrupt something,
The popularity of an Instagram video can affect the actual quality of the video: according to Adam Mosseri (the Meta executive who runs Instagram and Threads), more popular videos are displayed at higher quality, while less popular videos are displayed at lower quality. quality. In a video (via The Edge), Mosseri said Instagram tries to
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In an interesting variation on the usual “stop stealing our stuff” demand that has already been deployed dozens of times against artificial intelligence companies, today presents a more nuanced form of alleged theft. Alcon Entertainment, a production company behind “Blade Runner 2049,” is suing Tesla, Elon Musk and Warner Bros Digital for what they claim
Several YouTube videos featuring music from artists including Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Nirvana and REM have been unplayable in the United States since Saturday. For example, if you try to play “Like A Rolling Stone” by Dylan (either the classical album recording either a live performance), instead it says: “This video contains SESAC content.
WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent out a notice on Monday cease and desist letter Automattic after the latter’s CEO Matt Mullenweg called WP Engine a “cancer for WordPress” last week. The notice asks Automattic and Mullenweg to retract their comments and stop making statements against the company. Today WP Engine sent a “cease and
Nick Frosst, co-founder of Canadian AI startup Cohere, valued at $5.5 billion, has been a musician his entire life. He told britcommerce that once he started singing, he never shut up. That remains true today. In addition to his full-time job at Cohere, Frosst is also the frontman of Good Kid, an indie rock band
