Niamh Ancell

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Niamh Ancell

The internet has banded together to campaign for this cardinal to become the next Pope. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (yes, his real name) is the internet’s number one pick for the next Pope. Why? Well, the web has done what it usually does: memeify significant world events for netizens' entertainment. Cardinal Pizzaballa, the Italian Catholic prelate in Jerusalem, is a clear frontrunner in the eyes of the internet because of his last name alone.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Niamh Ancell

Amazon has debuted its latest robot, Vulcan, which is helping Amazon warehouse workers with its newfound sense of touch. Amazon’s director of applied sciences, Aaron Parness, describes the average robot as “numb and dumb.” Meaning, robots struggle to tackle jobs that require human senses. “In the past, when industrial robots have unexpected contact, they either emergency stop or smash through that contact.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Niamh Ancell

The internet's most beloved pop star turned astronaut, Katy Perry, has had another run-in with artificial intelligence (AI) at this year’s Met Gala. Katy Perry, known most infamously for her short trip into space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spacecraft, has crossed paths with yet another AI-generated image of herself at the Met Gala, but all is not as it seems.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Niamh Ancell

A California man has pleaded guilty to hacking Disney via a fake artificial intelligence (AI) platform that promised to generate AI art. Instead, it ran malicious software, allowing the hacker to steal terabytes of confidential data. Ryan Mitchell Kramer, 25, has pleaded guilty to hacking Disney’s systems. Kramer managed to steal 1.1TB of data from the mass media and entertainment company via a malicious platform that promised to generate AI art.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Niamh Ancell

The web's largest deepfake pornography site, MrDeepFakes, has been forced to shut down following legal pressure from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In a farewell message on the platform's website, administrators lament that “a critical service provider has terminated service permanently. Data loss has made it impossible to continue operation.” “We will not be relaunching. Any website claiming this is fake.