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Emmett Shear is Openai’s new CEO
OpenAI’s former chief Greg Brockman, who quit the startup last month after co-founder and CEO Ed Altman was fired, has been hired by Microsoft to lead its AI division. Brockman had quit in protest of Altman’s sudden departure. Meanwhile, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, who resigned from the video game platform in 2017, has been appointed…
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The CEO of theRobotaxi Developer Cruise resigned as questions arose over the crash
Twitch Co-founder and former General Motors executive Adam Vogt has resigned from his roles as President and CTO of Cruise Automation, the ride-hailing unit of GM’s self-driving unit, after a pedestrian was killed by a self-driving car in October. Earlier, Cruise had recalled all its vehicles to update software after one of them dragged a…
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The debate on deepfake porn misses the point
Streaming platform Twitch has announced a policy on deepfake porn, where users can be suspended after sharing “negative doctored or artistic content” to abuse or degrade another person. Twitch previously prohibited “broadcasting or uploading content that contains depictions of real nudity” and threatened instabans for “sexual violence and exploitation”. However, it mentioned deepfakes in context…
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Nonconsensual deepfake porn is a big deal
Deepfakes have been used to put women’s faces, without their consent, into often aggressive pornographic videos. This comes after a video streamer on Twitch, Atrioc, accessed deep fake videos of some of his female Twitch streaming colleagues. “It’s very, very surreal to watch yourself do something you’ve never done,” Twitch streamer ‘Sweet Anita’ said.