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Customer service chatbots are buggy and disliked by consumers. Can AI make them better?
Speakers at Fortune Brainstorm AI Singapore shared how how they're already using AI to make customer service faster and more useful.
Iranians are creating fake websites and impersonating activists to create chaos in the U.S., Microsoft found
Microsoft's report revealed its findings that suggest Iran is evolving its tactics for another election that’s likely to have global implications.
Microsoft says Iranian hackers targeted U.S. presidential campaigns and spread AI content insulting Donald Trump
Attackers connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used a compromised email address from a former political adviser to try phishing another high-ranking campaign official, according to Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center.
The ‘ad cartel’ Elon Musk accused of collusion is shutting down rather than fight X’s lawsuit
The initiative run through the World Federation of Advertisers has just two full-time staff members.
Elon Musk got duped by misinformation on his own platform, retweeting then deleting a fake headline about the British PM
A fake Telegraph headline claimed Keir Starmer was considering “emergency detainment camps” on the Falkland Islands to hold prisoners from the ongoing riots in the UK.
Meta in Talks to Use Voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina and Others for A.I.
If deals are struck, Meta may incorporate the actors’ voices into a digital assistant product called MetaAI, people with knowledge of the effort said.
Amazon is reviving an obscure entry-level interview procedure: ‘Bar raisers’
The goal of bar raisers is to ‘enhance the quality’ of candidates hired.
Hyundai and Kia cars targeted by TikTok thieves see theft rates drop by over half after software updates
Theft rates of the affected automobiles soared after thieves discovered that certain car models lacked engine immobilizers, an anti-theft technology that has long been standard in other vehicles.
