Google I/O is normally the place the corporate reveals what’s taking place with its smartphone OS for the subsequent 12 months, however this yr, Android is getting its personal factor. Per week forward of I/O, Google will deep dive into the way forward for Android in a particular version of The Android Present.
The corporate stated folks have been asking for extra methods to study how the Android expertise is altering. (Who’re these folks?)
Google says it has “so many new issues to share” concerning Android, therefore this version of The Android Present — a long-running YouTube collection primarily for devs. The presentation will characteristic Android Ecosystem president Sameer Samat, however Google added that Android will nonetheless characteristic at I/O, the place the corporate says it’ll reveal “much more particular bulletins and surprises.”
The Android Show: I/O Edition will air on Might 13 at 1PM ET.
— Mat Smith
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Nothing sub-brand CMF announced another cheap but stylish smartphone
The battery on the Telephone Professional 2 lasts two full days on a cost.
Nothing says its CMF Telephone Professional 2 is the lightest, slimmest smartphone it’s ever designed. It’s 7.8mm skinny and 6.5 ounces, which can make it the lightest telephone Nothing has ever made, however the iPhone 16, as an example, is simply 6 ounces.
There’s a 6.77-inch FHD+ AMOLED show and a four-camera setup, full with a 50MP principal digicam. That features a telephoto lens, an ultra-wide and a front-facing selfie digicam, however CMF is providing a modular twist, with the flexibility to connect fisheye and macro lenses.
The 256GB mannequin prices simply $279 and pre-orders are open now, delivery on Might 6. Nonetheless, the telephone is simply obtainable for these within the firm’s beta program. I’ve the telephone proper right here, however there’s not a lot to report on till the frivolous equipment land alongside it.
Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments
They used bot accounts in r/changemyview.
A bunch of researchers covertly ran a months-long unauthorized experiment in one in every of Reddit’s hottest communities, utilizing AI-generated feedback to check the persuasiveness of huge language fashions (LLMs). The experiment, which was revealed over the weekend by moderators of r/changemyview, is described by Reddit mods as “psychological manipulation” of unsuspecting customers.
The researchers used LLMs to generate feedback on r/changemyview, a subreddit the place Reddit customers share (typically controversial or provocative) opinions and invite debate from different customers. The neighborhood has 3.8 million members.
In line with Reddit moderators, the AI took on quite a few identities in feedback in the course of the experiment, together with a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor “specializing in abuse” and a “Black man against Black Lives Matter.” Lots of the unique feedback have since been deleted.
Reddit seems to be contemplating some type of authorized motion. Chief authorized officer Ben Lee wrote that the researchers’ actions have been “deeply mistaken on each an ethical and authorized stage” and a violation of Reddit’s site-wide guidelines.
Russian regulators are trying to seize assets from the developers of World of Tanks
Russia took problem with Wargaming’s assist of Ukraine.
Prime executives from Wargaming and Lesta Video games, the joint builders of World of Tanks, might have their stakes of their respective corporations seized by the Russian authorities, in response to experiences from Russian information organizations RIA and RBC.
The execs are reportedly being accused of extremist actions by Russia’s prosecutor common (the nation’s equal of the US lawyer common) due to Wargaming’s assist of Ukraine, RIA experiences.
Improvement of World of Tanks was cut up in 2022 when Wargaming left its places of work in Russia and Belarus. Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine that very same yr. In response, Wargaming ran a marketing campaign in World of Tanks to boost cash for medical support in Ukraine in 2023.
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