Google says it has “optimized backend processing” for smart home device controls, alarms, and timers to make Gemini for Home better at the basics. Improved age-gating and content controls mean it should now be able to give you the recipe for a margarita too.
[Google Nest Community]
Mark your calendar for November 11th.
”Season Three takes place at the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron, as the Dark Lord seeks to craft the One Ring that will give him the edge he needs to win the war, bind all peoples to his will – and at last rule all Middle-earth,” according to a press release.
Byron Allen’s family office is taking a majority stake in the embattled BuzzFeed, and Allen will become BuzzFeed’s chairman and CEO while Peretti will transition to the new AI-focused role. In the role, Peretti will “bring his strategic focus to applied AI research, product innovation, and the development of new technology-driven media formats,” according to a press release.
The Federal Trade Commission reminded more than a dozen companies that it can soon begin enforcing the new mandate for platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours of a valid request. The provision is one that critics fear could be enforced selectively or used to limit speech.
[Federal Trade Commission]
Though HBO’s Westworld has come and gone, Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has tapped Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp to pen the script for a new Westworld movie that probably won’t have much to do with the show.
We’re thinking about giving Verge merch a refresh. Not just “put a logo on a hoodie” merch (though a little of that too), but things you’d genuinely use, wear, or proudly confuse strangers with. Our marketing and product teams want your input, including ideas that could inform future store drops or user research thank yous.
[Google Forms]
The logo isn’t too different from the previous version, but I think it looks nice. Threads’ head of design has a… thread… with a little more about the changes.
The family of a victim of April’s mass shooting at Florida State University is suing OpenAI over its chatbot’s alleged role in encouraging the attack, which is already being probed by Florida’s attorney general. OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri called the shooting a “tragedy” but said “ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime.” More from Pusateri:
“In this case, ChatGPT provided factual responses to questions with information that could be found broadly across public sources on the internet, and it did not encourage or promote illegal or harmful activity.”
