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Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere

Nov. 28, 2023 17:09 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain that operates 30 hospitals in six states to divert patients from some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals while putting certain elective procedures on pause. Ardent Health Services said it took its...

Amazon launches Q, a business chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence

Nov. 28, 2023 17:08 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon finally has its answer to ChatGPT. The tech giant said Tuesday it will launch Q — a business chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence. The announcement, made in Las Vegas at an annual conference the company hosts for its AWS...

Fake AI-generated woman on tech conference agenda leads Microsoft and Amazon execs to drop out

Nov. 28, 2023 16:40 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Tech executives at Microsoft and Amazon have dropped out of an upcoming software conference after at least one of the women on the agenda turned out to be fake. DevTernity organizer Eduards Sizovs admitted on social media that one of the featured speakers was an...

Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead

Nov. 28, 2023 11:59 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Among images of the bombed out homes and ravaged streets of Gaza, some stood out for the utter horror: Bloodied, abandoned infants. Viewed millions of times online since the war began, these images are deepfakes created using artificial intelligence. If you look...

Apple App Store - Top Apps

Nov. 28, 2023 11:52 AM EST

Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. Max: Stream HBO, TV, & Movies, WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC 3. MONOPOLY GO!, Scopely, Inc. 4. Walmart: Shopping & Savings, Walmart 5....

Morgan Wallen tops Apple Music's 2023 song chart while Taylor Swift and SZA also top streaming lists

Nov. 28, 2023 10:32 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country singer Morgan Wallen ’s “Last Night” topped Apple Music’s global song chart in 2023 as the giant music streamer released year-end lists Tuesday and provided listeners with data on their own most listened-to tunes. Wallen’s hit emerged as the...

Chinese AI firm SenseTime denies research firm Grizzly's claim it inflated its revenue

Nov. 28, 2023 04:27 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — SenseTime, a major Chinese artificial intelligence company, has rejected claims by a research company that it has falsely inflated its revenue. “(SenseTime) believes the report is without merit and contains unfounded allegations and misleading conclusions and...

Cyber Monday marks the year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts

Nov. 27, 2023 18:35 PM EST

Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday. Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of our everyday lives and much of the holiday shopping season, Cyber Monday — a term coined...

EU regulators say Amazon's acquisition of vacuum maker iRobot may harm competition

Nov. 27, 2023 16:42 PM EST

European regulators said Monday that Amazon’s proposed acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot may harm competition. The European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm and top antitrust enforcer, said it has informed Amazon of its “preliminary view” regarding the...

Google will start deleting 'inactive' accounts in December. Here's what you need to know

Nov. 27, 2023 14:37 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Have a Google account you haven't used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should sign in before the end of the week. Under Google’s updated inactive-account policy, which the tech giant announced back in May, accounts that haven’t been...