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Lithium-ion battery dangers Fire officials warn consumers about potential risks from lithium-ion batteries 03:34 About 132,000 Baseus Magnetic Wireless Charging Power Banks sold online are being recalled after 171 reports of the lithium-ion batteries inside overheating. Those reports include 132 incidents of bulging or swelling batteries and 39 involving fires, resulting in 13 burn injuries
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Two voice actors are suing an artificial intelligence startup in a proposed federal class action lawsuit for violating trademark laws, to train their AI. Paul Skey Lehrman and Linnea Sage were hired by Lovo, an AI company, back in 2019 and 2020 to provide voice clips for what they were told would be internal research.
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Voice actors sue AI startup, claiming they clone their voices – CBS News Watch CBS News Two voice actors say they were hired by the AI company Lovo to provide voice clips for what they were told would be internal research. They claim the company instead cloned their voices, breaching their contracts. The actors are
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A CBS News investigation found ChatGPT gave incorrect or incomplete answers to some questions about how to vote in battleground states ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The artificial intelligence chatbot, one of several popular large language model (LLM) products that can generate written language, also gave incorrect or incomplete information about elections set
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Miles Astray is a multidisciplinary artist who writes about and photographs the world as he travels. When invited to submit a piece in the artificial intelligence category of the 1839 Awards photography competition, he decided to make a statement. “I had seen a few examples over the last couple of years where people had entered
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How a real picture of a flamingo won top honors in AI photo contest – CBS News Watch CBS News Photographer Miles Astray entered a real flamingo image in an AI art contest, winning two awards and showcasing human creativity’s edge over machine-generated art. Here’s how the contest holder responded, and what it means for
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CDK Global is now calling the cyberattack that took down its software platform for its auto dealership clients “a ransom event.” In a note to clients Saturday, CDK for the first time acknowledged that the hackers that made its dealer management system, or DMS, unavailable to clients for days, are demanding a ransom to restore its systems. “Thank
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David Samuel plays viola in the San Francisco-based Alexander Quartet. But he almost didn’t make it into this country. “I’m a Canadian citizen,” he said, “and I therefore needed a work visa if I was coming to the United States.” That artist’s visa required special documentation: “I was tasked with finding old programs, articles, interviews,
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The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine – CBS News Watch CBS News The internet is ephemeral, with the average life of a web page – before it’s changed or deleted – about 100 days. And so, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has been making backups of websites every day since 1996, with nearly 900 billion pages
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Glitches force NASA to again push back return of Boeing Starliner – CBS News Watch CBS News The return of Boeing Starliner’s first crewed mission to the International Space Station has been delayed yet again, NASA announced Friday, so it can investigate several glitches with the space capsule, including multiple helium leaks and the loss
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