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🍎 Apple's devices are about to get super-thin
⚠️ US surgeon general wants tobacco-like warning labels on social media
🍔 McDonald's pauses AI drive-thru tests
🤷♂️ Photographer wins AI-image contest with real picture, gets disqualified
🛡️ YouTube combats ad blockers with new tests
🎁 + 5 other news you might like
🔮 + 3 handpicked research papers and tools
🍎 Apple's devices are about to get super-thinLINK
Apple is working toward making its iPhones and iPads extremely thin, with the iPhone 17 expected to showcase a significantly slender design after the already slim iPad Pro 2024.
The company has re-engineered its products, including iPhones, MacBook Pros, and Apple Watches, to achieve thinner dimensions without compromising structural integrity or performance.
Apple's upcoming devices, particularly the Apple Watch Series 10, are anticipated to have a more svelte design while offering larger watch face sizes, aligning with the company's ongoing design priorities.
⚠️ US surgeon general wants tobacco-like warning labels on social mediaLINK
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is urging Congress to introduce warning labels on social media platforms to alert parents and adolescents about potential mental health risks.
Murthy argues that social media significantly contributes to the mental health crisis among young people and compares the proposed labels to those used for tobacco and alcohol.
In addition to warning labels, Murthy seeks legislation to protect minors from online harassment, abuse, data collection, and addictive features, and calls for independent safety audits of social media companies.
🍔 McDonald's pauses AI drive-thru testsLINK
McDonald's is ending its artificial intelligence drive-thru order-taking program and will shut it off in all participating restaurants by July 26, 2024.
The decision to end the AI program came after a thorough review, and McDonald’s Chief Restaurant Officer stated the company will seek broader voice ordering solutions.
Although the AI drive-thru program showed successes, McDonald's aims to simplify operations and speed up service, with plans to decide on a new voice ordering solution by the end of the year.
🤷♂️ Photographer wins AI-image contest with real picture, gets disqualifiedLINK
A photographer named Miles Astray won an AI-image competition with a real photograph of a head-scratching flamingo, resulting in his disqualification.
His entry, titled F L A M I N G O N E, was mistakenly awarded third place by judges from notable institutions like the New York Times and Christie's.
Astray aimed to demonstrate that human creativity and natural beauty surpass AI-generated content, sparking a discussion about the ethical implications of using AI in art.
🛡️ YouTube combats ad blockers with new testsLINK
YouTube is experimenting with server-side ad injection to improve ads' performance and reliability, affecting some users with ad blockers installed.
This server-side technique involves embedding ads directly into the video before it reaches the viewer's device, making it harder for blocking software to identify and remove the ads.
Google asserts that ad blockers breach YouTube’s Terms of Service and recommends YouTube Premium for an ad-free experience, highlighting an ongoing battle between the platform and ad-blocking tools.
Other news you might like
TikTok ads may soon contain AI-generated avatars of your favorite creators.LINK
YouTube is experimenting with Notes, a crowdsourced feature that lets users add context to videos.LINK
Runway unveils new hyper realistic AI video model Gen-3 Alpha, capable of 10-second-long clips.LINK
Apple supplier TDK claims solid-state battery breakthrough.LINK
Privacy app maker Proton transitions to non-profit foundation structure.LINK
Latest research and tools
SQLite Database Explorer: a tool that allows users to explore their SQLite database by viewing table metadata, including disk usage, and executing custom queries for enhanced database access.LINK
Creativity Has Left the Chat: the price of debiasing language models results in a significant loss of their creative capabilities.LINK
Starlark: a simplified Python dialect designed for configuration, notable for deterministic and hermetic execution, allowing safe, parallel processing of code in applications like the Bazel build system, without file system or network access.LINK
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