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Meta wants industry-wide labels for AI-made images
Meta wants industry-wide labels for AI-made images

Meta on Tuesday said it is working with other tech firms on standards that will let it better detect and label artificial intelligence-generated images shared with its billions of users. This will be done with companies Meta already works with on AI standards, including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Midjourney and other firms involved in the fierce race to lead the nascent sector, Clegg said.

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The feline frontier: NASA sends cat video from deep space
The feline frontier: NASA sends cat video from deep space
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NASA on Monday announced it had used a state-of-the-art laser communication system on a spaceship 19 million miles (31 million kilometers) away from Earth -- to send a high-definition cat video. "One of the goals is to demonstrate the ability to transmit broadband video across millions of miles.

Apple pauses US sale of latest Watch models over patent clash
Apple pauses US sale of latest Watch models over patent clash
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Apple on Monday said it will stop selling some of its smartwatch models in the United States while it fights a patent battle over technology for detecting blood oxygen levels. A presidential review is underway regarding the USITC order regarding imports of Apple Watch models with the blood oxygen sensing feature at issue in the patent dispute.

Drones help solve forest carbon capture riddle
Drones help solve forest carbon capture riddle
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On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest. We would walk around in a circle, we would measure all the trees in a circle," explained Stephen Elliott, research director at Chiang Mai University's Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU).

Canada print media to get two-thirds of Google's payment to news outlets
Canada print media to get two-thirds of Google's payment to news outlets
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Canada's print media will receive nearly two-thirds of an annual Can$100 million (US$75 million) payment from Google to the country's news outlets in exchange for distribution of their content, the federal government announced Friday. Most of the payout will go to the print media because it is "really dependent" on online platforms to distribute its content, the official added.

'Foreigner' claims dog DR Congo presidential candidates
'Foreigner' claims dog DR Congo presidential candidates
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"Fake Congolese" or "candidate of the aggressor country" -- some of the accusations being bandied around on social media in a bid to ruin reputations in the run-up to DR Congo's presidential vote. Amplified on social networks, these kinds of unsubstantiated accusations are also made in the press or by other candidates during campaign rallies.

Autonomous auto venture Cruise cuts 24% of staff
Autonomous auto venture Cruise cuts 24% of staff
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US autonomous driving venture Cruise announced Thursday it will eliminate roughly a quarter of its workforce as it slows commercialization to address safety issues. The venture has been under scrutiny after a self-driving car operated by Cruise ran over a woman who had first been knocked in front of it by a hit-and-run driver in San Francisco.