French tech company Mistral AI has launched a new online moderation tool based on the AI model Ministral 8B that can detect and remove offensive or illegal posts automatically. (There is still a risk of some misjudgments, however.) According to Techcrunch, for example, some studies have shown that posts about people with disabilities can be flagged as “negative” or […]
Did you know that Apple’s macOS 15.1 Sequoia now lets you install and use applications acquired from the Mac App Store directly onto an external drive? This enhancement is actually particularly useful if your workflow requires you to handle a space-devouring application. Here’s what you need to know about it and how it works. What’s changed? While […]
Microsoft is bundling its Copilot generative AI (genAI) assistant with consumer Microsoft 365 subscriptions in several countries, the company announced last week. Copilot Pro will be included in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand, the company said in a statement first spotted by ZDNet. It means users will gain access to Copilot features in apps such […]
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued an urgent directive barring employees and contractors from using mobile phones for work-related calls, following a major breach in US telecommunications infrastructure attributed to Chinese-linked hackers. According to an internal memo, CFPB’s chief information officer advised staff to move sensitive discussions to secure platforms like Microsoft […]
There’s no question that robotics is transforming our world. Thanks to computerized machines, manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, supply chains, retail, automotive, construction, and other industries are seeing rapidly increasing efficiencies and new capabilities. One challenge with bringing new robots online is that it’s hard, expensive, and time-consuming to train them for the task at hand. Once […]