Hugging Face is seemingly plagued with AI models generating adult deepfakes, ChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' styles, and Amazon wants to deploy 5,105 satellites for its direct-to-mobile service episode artwork

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Hugging Face is seemingly plagued with AI models generating adult deepfakes, ChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' styles, and Amazon wants to deploy 5,105 satellites for its direct-to-mobile service

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-The non-profit wrote, "as the EU moves toward banning nudification applications, we assess how Hugging Face, the dominant open-source AI hosting platform, contributes to the risk of non-consensual intimate imagery.” -Upon asking ChatGPT to copy the style of Agatha Christie for a mystery story about a woman investigating the sudden disappearance of her husband, the chatbot told us it couldn't do what I was asking for. - Amazon Leo, a subsidiary of the tech giant founded in 2019, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch up to 5,105 satellites as part of its plans to bring direct service to mobile devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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