We live in a digital era, and that’s all there is to it. But the digital world became a nightmare for an influencer known as NFT God when he lost all of his valuable non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a hack on January 14. The story of Alex, who goes by NFT God, is a lesson. All of this started when he downloaded the OBS service for streaming videos. He made a mistake by clicking on a sponsored link on Google that led to software infected with malware. It turns out that cybersecurity expert John Hammond had warned people two weeks earlier about the fake OBS software. Within hours, a follower told ..read more

Microsoft has recently developed an AI program known as VALL-E, which has the ability to replicate a person’s voice after listening to them speak for only 3 seconds. This technology, referred to as voice cloning, is not new, but Microsoft’s approach is noteworthy for its simplicity in replicating anyone’s voice with only a small amount of audio data. The program, designed for text-to-speech synthesis, was created by a team of researchers at Microsoft by exposing the system to 60,000 hours of English audiobook narration from over 7,000 speakers to reproduce human-sounding speech. This sample i ..read more

The United States Supreme Court is a prestigious institution where the country’s most important legal battles are fought and won. But what if, instead of relying on human lawyers, we let the AI lawyer have a crack at it? Well, one legal services company is so confident in its AI lawyer’s abilities that it’s willing to put $1 million on the line to prove it. AI lawyer, really? DoNotPay, a company that began as a simple chatbot for helping people resolve everyday frustrations like canceling subscriptions and fighting parking tickets, has now trained its AI lawyer to take on more complex legal c ..read more

FTX’s former CEO and scammer, SBF, is still making headlines and the latest twist in the tale is a doozy. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized SBF’s Robinhood shares, worth a whopping $450 million. According to the DOJ, the seized assets are related to crimes such as wire fraud and money laundering. Source: Reuters But wait, there’s more! SBF allegedly used a loan from Alameda Research to purchase the shares, which were being held at a UK brokerage called ED&F Man. And if that wasn’t enough, SBF has even requested access to his $455 million Robinhood shares to cover his legal fee ..read more

On Monday, Facebook parent Meta announced that it was deleting information that supported or praised the weekend ravaging of Brazil government facilities by anti-democratic protesters. In a three-hour outburst, tens of thousands of fans of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro shattered presidential palace windows, flooded portions of Congress with a sprinkler system, and wrecked Supreme Court chambers. “We categorized Brazil as a temporary high-risk region in ahead of the election and have begun deleting information advocating for people to pick up guns or violently occupy Congr ..read more

New York’s partial ban on crypto mining is the first of its kind in the country. It is affecting the growing industry and giving environmentalists the confidence to push for similar laws across the country. New York’s Partial Ban on Crypto Mining Using Fossil Fuels The two-year ban on new cryptocurrency mining projects that use fossil fuels that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed in November is already keeping some crypto businesses from investing in the state. Environmentalists say it can be a model for other states. The Sierra and other environmental groups are pushing for a bill to study the energy ..read more

It’s been a wild ride for FTX and SBF as of late, with new developments popping up left and right. At the heart of it all are some Robinhood shares that are worth a staggering $450 million – no wonder so many people and parties are keen to get their hands on them! The US Department of Justice recently seized SBF’s Robinhood shares, but now, Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to get them back so he can use them to pay for his legal fees. In a recent court filing, SBF’s lawyers requested the return of 56.3 million Robinhood shares, which they claim are owned by a company called Emergent Fidelity Techn ..read more

Donald Trump, the former president of the United States and king of controversy, is making headlines again – but this time, it’s not for his political blunders or outrageous statements, No, this time, it’s for his grand entrance into the world of NFTs. In case you’ve been living under a rock and have no idea what NFTs are, they’re digital assets verified on a blockchain that make them unique and super duper valuable to collectors. The NFT market has exploded in recent years, with digital art and other collectibles selling for millions of bucks. Trump, the ultimate businessman, saw an opportu ..read more

The new chatbot from OpenAI, ChatGPT, gives us a problem: how can we detect whether we read online was generated by a person or an AI? Since it came out at the end of November, more than a million people have used ChatGPT. It is fascinating to the AI community, and it is clear that AI is making more and more text on the internet. People use it to think of jokes, write stories for children, and write better emails. Why do we need AI Text Detection? Irene Solaiman, a former AI researcher at OpenAI who worked on AI output detection for the release of GPT-3’s predecessor GPT-2, says we need to fi ..read more

Web3, also known as the “Semantic Web,” is a term used to describe the next generation of the World Wide Web. It refers to the integration of the internet with semantic technology, which allows computers to understand the meaning of the data on the web rather than just the data itself. This means that humans and machines can use the web more effectively and provide users with more meaningful and useful information. Diffrence between Web2 and Web3 One of the key differences between Web2 and Web3 is that the latter allows for greater control and ownership of personal data by the users. In Web2 ..read more