Inside the Reluctant Fight to Ban Deepfake Ads Without new rules, campaigns could hoodwink voters with AI-generated ads. And no one really seems to be taking the threat seriously. 05/23/2024 - 12:30 am | View Link
FCC considering rules on transparency for radio, TV political ads that use AI Federal Communications Commission officials won't ban AI-generated political ads on TV and radio, but they intend to make such content more transparent. 05/22/2024 - 7:15 am | View Link
Connecticut Supreme Court rules that state ban on some political ads infringes on political free speech The state Supreme Court on Monday overturned a campaign finance law that limits who candidates can criticize in political ads, giving a win in a free speech case to two Republican legislators fined ... 05/20/2024 - 12:25 pm | View Link
CT Supreme Court rules that state ban on some political ads infringes on political free speech The Supreme Court took the case after the two lost before the commission and later in the Superior Court, where Judge Joseph Shortall said the campaign finance law did not violate free speech ... 05/20/2024 - 9:23 am | View Link
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for May 29's Wordle solution revealed.
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)
The US Treasury Department has sanctioned three Chinese nationals for their involvement in a VPN-powered botnet with more than 19 million residential IP addresses they rented out to cybercriminals to obfuscate their illegal activities, including COVID-19 aid scams and bomb threats.
The criminal enterprise, the Treasury Department said Tuesday, was a residential proxy service known as 911 S5.
Enlarge / After building almost 100,000 W12-powered Bentley Continental GTs, the brand is moving to a plug-in powertrain. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin)
Bentley provided flights from Barcelona to Washington and accommodation so Ars could drive the Continental GT Speed. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
BARCELONA—The days of big engines are numbered, even for big spenders.
Enlarge / Each of Precision's microelectrode arrays comprises 1,024 electrodes ranging in diameter from 50 to 380 microns, connected to a customized hardware interface. (credit: Precision)
Brain-computer interface company Precision Neuroscience says that it has set a new world record for the number of neuron-tapping electrodes placed on a living human's brain—4,096, surpassing the previous record of 2,048 set last year, according to an announcement from the company on Tuesday.
The high density of electrodes allows neuroscientists to map the activity of neurons at unprecedented resolution, which will ultimately help them to better decode thoughts into intended actions.
Precision, like many of its rivals, has the preliminary goal of using its brain-computer interface (BCI) to restore speech and movement in patients, particularly those who have suffered a stroke or spinal cord injury.