James Farrell
Senior Writer at SiliconANGLE
Writer at Freelance
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1 week ago |
siliconangle.com | James Farrell
Autonomous vehicle firm, Google LLC-owned Waymo, announced today that it’s about to send part of its legion of robotaxis to the Big Apple, albeit with human drivers at the wheel.
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1 week ago |
siliconangle.com | James Farrell
President Donald Trump will grant the popular short-video app TikTok another temporary reprieve so it has time to find a buyer to remain operating in the U.S., according to the White House today. The app, owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance Ltd., has been at the center of national security concerns for years. Following legislation passed in 2024, a deadline was given for it to divest or face a ban in the U.S. where it had around 170 million users at the time. The app was given until Jan.
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2 weeks ago |
siliconangle.com | James Farrell
Meta Platforms Inc. announced today that it’s suing a company that advertised generative artificial intelligence apps on Meta’s platforms that enabled users to “nudify” people from a clothed image. The lawsuit, launched in Hong Kong against Joy Timeline HK Ltd., states that the company consistently tried to circumvent Meta’s review process by advertising the CrushAI app—an app that allows users to virtually undress anyone they want, to “see anyone naked,” and usually without the person’s consent.
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2 weeks ago |
siliconangle.com | James Farrell
The Walt Disney Co. and NBC Universal Media LLC today announced they have joined forces in a lawsuit against artificial intelligence image creator Midjourney Inc., the lawsuit calling the company a “bottomless pit of plagiarism.” The complaint, filed in a U.S. District Court in central California, follows a slew of lawsuits in which creators of content, be it journalism, art, music or fiction writing, have hit back against AI firms for using their work to train their models without due...
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2 weeks ago |
siliconangle.com | James Farrell
London’s famed black cabs will be joined by autonomous taxis early next year when Uber Technologies Inc. links up with British artificial intelligence firm, Wayve Technologies Ltd., in Uber’s first pilot scheme for robotaxis. With Google LLC’s Waymo currently leading the pack where robotaxis are concerned, Uber is playing catch-up, as is Tesla Inc., which today announced it will soon be bringing autonomous taxis to Austin, Texas.
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