Vlad Tenev, the CEO and co-founder of trading app Robinhood, has a unique relationship with copper cookware.
The big picture: Wealth preservation comes in many forms and can't be taken for granted, as Tenev saw firsthand growing up amid hyperinflation in Bulgaria — an early experience that helped shape how he thinks about Robinhood's mission.
Stanford researchers have discovered over 1,000 child sexual abuse images in an AI dataset used to train popular image generation tools such as Stable Diffusion.
Why it matters: Illegal child sexual abuse material (CSAM) represents an extreme example of the wider problem of AI developers not having or sharing clear records of what material is used to train their models.
Suno, a venture-backed AI music company, has come out of stealth with the aim of helping anyone write and create songs as easily as taking photos on a phone.
Why it matters: The race to build consumer AI audio products and platforms is accelerating.
Here's an early New Year's resolution for anyone who works with, deals with or writes about artificial intelligence: Stop saying "AI did this" or "AI made that."
Why it matters: AI doesn't do or make anything on its own. It's a software tool that people imagined and invented — the only capabilities and goals it has are those that people give it.
Rite Aid will be banned from using AI-powered facial recognition technology for five years under a proposed settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges, the FTC announced Tuesday.
Why it matters: The FTC alleged in a complaint Tuesday that the pharmacy retail chain failed to implement reasonable procedures in hundreds of stores and prevent harm to consumers with what the agency called Rite Aid's "reckless" use of facial recognition technology that it said "disproportionately impacted people of color."
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