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Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids

WIRED

Images of real children--including a member of a European royal family--were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse. Lawmakers say they plan to investigate. Early last month, Meta deleted around 50 ads posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads that directly included child sexual abuse material (CSAM), following reporting by WIRED. At the time, the company said that most of the abusive ads had been published prior to it rolling out new AI tools designed to "better detect and block" harmful ads being uploaded. That AI system, however, doesn't appear to have been entirely effective.


AI will help find cure for cancer 'within our lifetimes', says Arm Holdings chief

The Guardian

As computers that run AI get more sophisticated they will eventually find a cancer cure, said Arm's Rene Haas. As computers that run AI get more sophisticated they will eventually find a cancer cure, said Arm's Rene Haas. AI will help find cure for cancer'within our lifetimes', says Arm Holdings chief The boss of one of the UK's biggest chip companies has claimed AI will be able to find a cure for cancer "in our lifetime". Rene Haas, chief executive of the chip designer Arm Holdings, said that, while modelling how a DNA marker is affected by cancer was currently "too complex" a problem for either humans or technology, computers were "going to solve it" in the future. Haas told the BBC: "AI is going to find a cure for cancer that today you and I, other humans [could] not in our lifetimes. I believe in our lifetime, AI will help cure cancer. "Modelling how a DNA marker is impacted by cancer - it's too complex a problem, not only for humans today, but the computers that run AI.


Nvidia's RTX Spark could be the future of laptops. That's exactly why I'd wait

PCWorld

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Nvidia's RTX Spark could be the future of laptops. That's exactly why I'd wait Nvidia's new Arm chips powering premium laptops are the biggest hardware news of the year...but I've got good reasons to be wary of both the tech and the company behind it. Nvidia is making CPUs now. Specifically, it's making Arm-based processors with RTX branding, destined for at least some consumer-focused, high-performance laptops and mini PCs .


Compare ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more from a single 55.30 dashboard for life

Mashable

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This limited-time deal gets you Microsoft Office 2024 for 50

Mashable

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Mamdani Launches Public Portal With 170,000 Pages of 9/11 Records

TIME - Tech

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Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on September 8

Mashable

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Grab the iRestore LED mask for under 250 while you can

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Snag Soundcore Sleep A30 Special sleep earbuds for less than 170 at Amazon post-Labor Day -- Save 61

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The Hisense 75-inch U8 ULED Mini-LED 4K TV is over 400 off at Amazon

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