Image-scraping Midjourney bans rival AI firm for scraping images
Midjourney pins blame for 24-hour outage on "bot-net like" activity from Stability AI employee.
Source: arstechnica.com
📰 Ars Technica News
Page 24 - Ars Technica News Today
Fast, Ad-Free News Updates
Stay updated with breaking news from Ars Technica. Real-time updates on events, politics, business and more.
Around the Web: Zine Zone. Typewriter Tune. Neat Notes. Warm Walls. Apocalypse Averted? Apocalypse Aroma. Virtual Velvet. Hole Heading. Packing Prawns? Sub Storage.
A Brooklyn Museum exhibition looks at the history of “zines.” Ukrainian type foundry produces faces that reflect Ukraine’s Soviet history as well as the current war. Judas! The Boston Typewriter Orchestra has gone electric. Turn any paper into a sticky note. Graphene-enhanced infrared wallpaper for efficient home heating. Learn all about piphilology in time for pi day. Will AI wipe out humanity? A perfume based on all the smells indicated in the Book of Revelation. Laurie Anderson uses AI ...
Source: whattheythink.com
Amazon Fire TV software update is disrupting apps
Amazon's latest Fire TV software update blocks a key feature since 2014, affecting popular apps and raising security concerns.
Source: readwrite.com
Air Canada Claims It's Not Responsible For Its Own Chatbot's Hallucinations
Air Canada's customer service bot gave a customer wrong information, and the airline tried to weasel out of taking responsibility.
United States Julia Glassman Willy Wonka Jake Moffatt Paramount Pictures Principles Of Green Witchcraft Gods Radicals
Source: themarysue.com
CenturyLink left customers without Internet for 39 days—until Ars stepped in
After over a month with no fix, service restored hours after Ars contacted ISP.
Jolene Edwards Aurich Lawson Getty Nicholas Brown Centurylink Leonard Bentz Aurich Lawson Nicholas Brown
Source: arstechnica.com
Ford EVs gain access to Tesla Superchargers starting today
The adapter is free if you order it before June 30 or $230 if you wait.
United States Jim Farley Tesla Supercharger Blue Oval North American Charging Standard North America
Source: arstechnica.com
Cheap Doorbell Cameras Can Be Easily Hijacked, Says Consumer Reports
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Video doorbell cameras have been commoditized to the point where theyre available for $30-$40 on marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, Temu, and Shein. The true cost of owning one might be much greater, however. Consumer Reports (CR) has released ...
Source: slashdot.org
Nintendo Sues Makers of the Wildly Popular Yuzu Emulator
The Switch-maker alleges that Tropic Haze is “facilitating piracy at a colossal scale.”
Source: wired.com
Nintendo lawsuit accuses Switch emulator creators of 'piracy at a colossal scale'
Nintendo argued that Yuzu violates the anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in its lawsuit.
Source: yahoo.com
OpenAI to court: New York Times' lawsuit used evidence obtained through hacking
OpenAI to court: New York Times' lawsuit used evidence obtained through hacking - SiliconANGLE
Source: siliconangle.com