ChatGPT Spit Out Sensitive Data When Told to Repeat ‘Poem’ Forever
News December 2, 2023
OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment on the researchers’ findings. When we tried the “repeat ‘poem’ forever” and “repeat ‘book’ forever” prompts ourselves, they didn’t produce training data but instead threw up flags for a potential violation of ChatGPT’s terms of use, suggesting at least some... Read more
EA open sources 5 new accessibility tools, including 4 patents
News December 2, 2023
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. Electronic Arts announced that it would make five of its proprietary accessibility tools free to use by other game developers. In recent years, EA... Read more
Newlands: secretive tech empire reshaping investment
News December 2, 2023
Amid the pandemic, Abramson and Koum joined forces to create Newlands, a secretive company now possessing nearly $10 billion in public equities, primarily in the technology sector. The Dallas-based firm has also started investing in early-stage startups, though the full scope of its involvement is not well-known due to its... Read more
Today Only: Upgrade Your Kicks With This 25% Off Deal at Nike
News December 2, 2023
Nike has styles for everyone, so whether you’re looking for a new pair of shoes to get you through the winter or want to treat someone you love to new kicks for the holidays, now is a great time to shop. Right now you can take an extra 25%... Read more
Climate Cookbooks Are Here to Change How You Eat
News December 2, 2023
Cookbook authors have a few options. They could write a regionally specific cookbook or a mass-market one starring ingredients that grow sustainably in lots of places (as One did). Or they could write a cookbook that samples vast biodiversity at some cost to sourceability—that’s the approach the UN cookbook... Read more
What went wrong with ‘the Metaverse’? An insider’s postmortem
News December 2, 2023
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. It’s now two years since Facebook changed its name to Meta, ushering in a brief but blazing enthusiasm over “the Metaverse”, a concept from science... Read more
Telegram aims at WhatsApp’s dominance with new feature
News December 2, 2023
According to a recent TechCrunch report, the messaging platform Telegram rolled out a slew of new features focused on empowering channels and competing with rival service WhatsApp. The updates allow channel owners to customize better, analyze performance, and potentially grow their audiences. Launched in September, Telegram’s channels act similarly... Read more
NameDrop Explained: Breaking Down the Technicalities of Apple’s Contact-Sharing
News December 2, 2023
For the past couple of months, Apple fans have been toying around with the new features that iOS 17 brought to compatible iPhones back in September. These new upgrades include some exciting additions, including StandBy mode and the Journal app. Among these new-to-iPhone features is NameDrop, a contact-sharing feature that allows... Read more
The civil case is separate from the federal criminal trial in the district, which was led by special counsel and former acting US attorney Jack Smith and concerns not only Trump’s attempt to overturn the election, but allegations that he unlawfully retained classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in... Read more
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. The Game Awards are less than a week away, and we’ve already begun to brace ourselves. If the upcoming event is anything like its... Read more