The Google leak exposes thousands of privacy and security flaws, but it’s not as bad as it sounds

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C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL; DR A leak has exposed six years of privacy and security issues at Google that were reported internally by employees. The reports range from an algorithm that stores license plate numbers to a Google voice service that collects voice data from an estimated thousand children. Google says the … Read more

Warm seawater flows under the “Doomsday Glacier” and it is as bad as it sounds

Tidal pressure has been observed to push (relatively) warm water under the Thwaites Glacier, exposing a much larger ice surface to the warming pressure. The observations indicate that catastrophic sea level rise could come much sooner than almost everyone is preparing for. Rising temperatures contribute to higher sea levels by expanding existing water in the … Read more

OpenAI says its pulling ChatGPT voice ‘Sky’ sounds like Scarlett Johansson

Topline ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Monday it’s working to drop a voice that sounds like actress Scarlett Johansson, days after the company debuted its new AI voice assistant as part of a major upgrade to its flagship chatbot that rivals for example, Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa. One of OpenAI’s voices for ChatGPT was widely … Read more