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That’s New Yorker cartoonist Brendan Loper, who’s not thrilled that ChatGPT is generating cartoons featuring his signature. He’s one of more than 15 cartoonists whose signatures were recreated by ChatGPT, according to Nieman Lab, which says the chatbot is still generating fake signatures even after the company was notified. [Link: ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons | https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chatgpt-is-adding-real-cartoonists-signatures-to-fake-new-yorker-cartoons/ | Nieman Lab]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently argued that society may need to accept some negative consequences of artificial intelligence because of its broader
Top executive Jason Kwon tells hearing company has added "more precautions" to its training environments.
Write Love Pens, a small pen and stationery shop, had initially used AI-generated images (including one of a pen with two clips on the cap) to advertise surprise boxes that the shop puts together. After getting yelled at on fountain pen Reddit, the shop’s owner apologized, and replaced the AI images with extremely cute amateur drawings. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-7.34.09-PM.png?quality=90&strip=all]
Moonshot AI has closed the final round of private fundraising at a valuation of about $50 billion and is heading toward an initial public offering in Hong Ko...
A empresa também divulgou uma atualização sobre os incidentes nos quais seus modelos acessaram sistemas do governo australiano indevidamente.
Google could be planning to expand its Gemini Calling feature so you can send automated phone calls to friends and family, rather than just businesses.
Google's bid for Spirit Airlines' data got a boost after a court-appointed official said the companies addressed consumer privacy concerns.
As Google explains: > Markdown is a standard text format widely used by Large Language Models (LLMs) to preserve structured content, like tables, headers, and bulleted lists, without the bulk of heavy file formats. Previously, you needed to import and convert Markdown files into a Doc format, which often altered formatting, stripped comments, and fragmented files. You’ll also be able to preview Markdown files in Drive. The feature starts rolling out today. [Link: Google Workspace Updates: Preview, edit and collaborate on Markdown (.md) files natively across Drive and Docs | https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/10/preview-edit-and-collaborate-on-Markdown-files-natively-across-Drive-and-Docs.html | Workspace Updates Blog]
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Tech watchdog urges Democrats to hit GOP over high data center costs The Tech Oversight Project is laying out a closing message for Democrats on data centers as candidates head into the final stretch ahead of the midterm elections. © Jenny Kane, Associated Press file In a memo…
Welcome to Bear Lair!* (No, it’s nothing like that other show.) As we continue to explore the world of AI tools and vibe coding, we invited a few enterprising Vergecast fans to share their projects — and we invited The Verge’s Hayden Field to judge them with us. We’ll see what people are working on, and whether any of them will make us fabulously wealthy. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku83Cdoj_G0]
The healthcare startup Nolla Health will now use AI to review face scans and write acne prescriptions in Utah.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is pitching a yield of about 11% on a $5 billion leveraged-loan sale on behalf of Volta Infrastructure Holdings Ltd., one of the highest...
Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build “AI factories,” a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflection’s AI models on their own proprietary data.
Breakthroughs inflamed debates on attribution, transparency, and conduct.
Users will soon be able to shop from other retailers without leaving TikTok, as well as use an AI chatbot to find and purchase products. TikTok is often associated with short form video, but it has also reshaped the online shopping landscape. As I wrote last year, scrolling has become synonymous with shopping, and perhaps more than any other platform, TikTok has figured out how to bridge the gap. [Link: TikTok Unveils AI-Powered Updates for Advertisers: Driving Discovery, Action, and Measurable Business Outcomes - Newsroom | TikTok | https://newsroom.tiktok.com/tiktok-unveils-ai-powered-updates-for-advertisers-driving-discovery-action-and-measurable-business-outcomes?lang=en | Newsroom | TikTok]
