The new app, called Candl, puts your contacts’ birthdays into a single calendar where you can track and sort through upcoming birthdays, as well as see whose astrological sign you’re most compatible with, as reported by TechCrunch.
Candl can also help you “grow your birthday network.” If you don’t have a contact’s birthday, but one of your mutual friends does, their birthday will surface in your app.
Security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry broke into the backend of McDonald’s hiring system by entering the username and password “123456,” as reported by Wired. They were then able to view the data of the more than 64 million applicants who interacted with McDonald’s AI hiring bot, Olivia.
The researchers reported this flaw to McDonald’s and Paradox.ai, the company behind the chatbot, which has since addressed the issue.
In a letter to the FCC, T-Mobile executive Mark Nelson confirms that the company is “ending its DEI-related policies... not just in name, but in substance.” He adds that the carrier “will no longer have any individual
roles or teams focused on DEI.”
Earlier this year, T-Mobile updated mentions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on its website to appease FCC Chair Brendan Carr, who said he would not approve mergers — like T-Mobile’s joint venture deal with Lumos — if companies have DEI-related policies.
[fierce-network.com]
The open-source robot is fully programmable in Python, allowing tinkerers to create and test AI applications for the desktop-sized device, which features “expressive movement” with a motorized head and body, as well as multimodal sensing.
The $449 Reach Mini is wireless and powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 minicomputer. There’s also a cheaper, $299 Reachy Mini Lite model that requires a wired connection to a computer.
Someone impersonating the Secretary of State sent AI text and voice messages to foreign ministers, a US governor, and a Congress member, according to a report from The Washington Post. The person contacted the officials on the encrypted messaging app Signal and over text.
A memo seen by WaPo said the imposter “likely aimed to manipulate targeted individuals... with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts.”
[washingtonpost.com]
