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White House gets voluntary commitments from AI companies to curb deepfake porn
12 Sep

White House gets voluntary commitments from AI companies to curb deepfake porn

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The White House released a statement today outlining commitments that several AI companies are making to curb the creation and distribution of image-based sexual abuse. The participating businesses have laid out the steps they are taking to prevent their platforms from being used to generate non-consensual intimate images (NCII) of adults and child sexual abuse material (CSAM).Specifically, Adobe, Anthropic, Cohere,…
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Unity dumps the runtime fee that caused a developer revolt
12 Sep

Unity dumps the runtime fee that caused a developer revolt

John RoutledgeLatest News
Unity has ditched a controversial fee it was charging game developers. The game engine maker says it’s focusing on its seat-based subscription fee (i.e. an annual payment for each person using the software at a studio), though there will be a price increase for Pro and Enterprise users.The company announced the runtime fee a year ago. Initially, it was going…
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The FDA greenlights Apple’s Hearing Aid feature for AirPods Pro
12 Sep

The FDA greenlights Apple’s Hearing Aid feature for AirPods Pro

John RoutledgeLatest News
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Apple’s over-the-counter Hearing Aid feature. Designed for people with mild to moderate hearing loss, it transforms the second-gen AirPods Pro into OTC hearing aids. This follows the FDA’s 2022 decision to allow adults with less-than-severe impairment to use corrective consumer hearing devices without a professional test, prescription or fitting.The FDA says Apple’s software-based…
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Roland just released an (almost) pocket-sized sampler with a built-in mic
12 Sep

Roland just released an (almost) pocket-sized sampler with a built-in mic

John RoutledgeLatest News
Roland just released the Aira Compact P-6, a battery-powered sampler with a built-in microphone for capturing ideas quickly. There’s also a USB-C port and analog inputs for plugging in a higher-grade mic, a smartphone or an actual computer for even more sampling opportunities. Roland calls it a “roving recorder,” likely because it's nearly small enough to fit inside of a…
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Starlink competitor AST SpaceMobile launched its Bluebird smartphone satellites this morning
12 Sep

Starlink competitor AST SpaceMobile launched its Bluebird smartphone satellites this morning

John RoutledgeLatest News
AST SpaceMobile is taking another step toward its goal of providing a space-based mobile communications network — one that would turn any standard smartphone into a satellite phone, no additional hardware required. After announcing that its network of five commercial satellites is scheduled to launch into low-Earth orbit on September 12, the launch took place successfully this morning. You can…
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