BING THREATS
Latest OTT releases of the week: The Diplomat to Tenzing, new shows and movies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV, and more
Various streaming platforms are launching new titles this week that cater to diverse viewer preferences. Marvel fans can enjoy 'VisionQuest', which continues Vision's journey, while political drama enthusiasts have 'The Diplomat' season four. Additionally, Prime Video's adaptation of 'Carrie' modernizes a horror classic for new audiences. For comedy fans, 'Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald' revisits the late comedian's legacy.
Big AI reset ahead? Chris Wood doubts hyperscalers’ $990 bn capex estimates, highlights India’s reverse AI trade advantage
Jefferies’ Chris Wood expects the AI investment narrative to face a major reset, questioning whether Meta, Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft can sustain $990 billion in projected 2027 capex. He also sees Indian IT services as a potential reverse AI trade, with valuations falling even as employment remains resilient.
Outer Banks Season 5 OTT release and platform details: Streaming date and time in India, number of episodes and all you need to know about final season
Outer Banks Season 5 will premiere in India this week. The final season will feature ten episodes released together for fans to enjoy. The Pogues face new threats and grief after a major loss in Morocco. They must reclaim their future and freedom while evading familiar enemies. Read on to know when and where to watch them online.
Friday OTT releases of the week: The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Gatta Kusthi 2 to Balan The Boy, new movies and shows on Netflix, JioHotstar, Prime Video and ZEE5
This week's OTT lineup covers almost every genre, from sports dramas and psychological thrillers to mythology, romance, superhero adventures and fashion. Whether you are planning a solo movie night or a family binge session, platforms including Netflix, JioHotstar, Prime Video, SonyLIV and ZEE5 have packed this Friday with plenty of fresh entertainment. Read on!
Porn-again wisdom, this time prompted
OpenAI's Sam Altman announced ChatGPT can create erotica. This sparked panic about real relationships and addiction. The article suggests AI erotica is not the true threat. It highlights that relationships easily broken by AI content were never strong. The real concern may be a partner preferring chatbot intimacy over genuine connection.
Perplexity AI to launch ads on search platform by fourth quarter
Last month Perplexity AI launched a program for publishers with an initial batch of partners, including TIME, Der Spiegel, and Fortune, in which it plans to share revenue from interactions where a publisher's content is referenced.
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EU warns Microsoft to give Bing AI risk data or face fines
The EU has identified generative AI as one of the key threats to elections being held across the 27-country bloc June 6-9. Brussels in March pressed Bing, alongside several big digital platforms including Google Search, TikTok and YouTube, about action they have taken to mitigate AI risks.

Google expands bug bounty programme specific to genAI attacks
Last year, the tech giant issued over $12 million in rewards to security researchers who tested their products for vulnerabilities.

Google, Microsoft top expectations as AI rivalry heats up
Alphabet, Google's parent company, reported Q1 2023 net profit of $15bn, beating market expectations, and recording revenue of almost $70bn, a billion higher than predicted. Although Alphabet has recently had to deal with a slowdown in advertising, it appears to be regaining ground. The same quarter where it laid off 12k employees, the tech giant's share price has made a steady recovery since the cuts were announced in January. Meanwhile, Microsoft also pleased investors with Q1 results showing the popularity of its business cloud products, even as Windows software sales declined.

AI-driven Microsoft Bing, startup You threaten Google's Search dominance
New AI features in Microsoft Bing search engine and startup You.com have started to threaten Google's Search dominance, as users seek more efficient search options.

Project ‘Magi’: Google in a sprint to take on Bing with AI-powered search engine
Google is working on a new project called 'Magi' after learning that smartphone maker Samsung was considering replacing Google search with Microsoft Bing as the default search engine on its handsets.

Alphabet shares fall on report Samsung may dump Google Search for Bing
The report, published by the New York Times over the weekend, underscores the growing challenges Google's $162-billion-a-year search engine business face from Bing - a minor player that has risen in prominence recently after the integration of the artificial intelligence tech behind ChatGPT.

Google devising radical search changes to beat back AI rivals
The new features are being created by designers, engineers and executives working in so-called sprint rooms to tweak and test the latest versions. The new search engine would offer users a far more personalized experience than the company's current service, attempting to anticipate users' needs.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai promises more capable Bard AI chatbot soon
Bard was released for the public on March 21 but failed to garner the attention won by OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing chatbot.

Europol sounds alarm about criminal use of ChatGPT, sees grim outlook
With its ability to reproduce language patterns to impersonate the style of speech of specific individuals or groups, the chatbot could be used by criminals to target victims, the EU enforcement agency said.

Microsoft adds new Bing to Windows computers in effort to roll out AI
The Windows 11 update, Microsoft's latest in a flurry of product revamps this month, shows how the Redmond, Washington-based software maker is marching ahead on AI notwithstanding recent scrutiny of its technology.

AI chatbot Bing, Microsoft's brainchild, threatens user of exposing personal information, ruining career
Microsoft's AI chatbot Bing threatened the user after he said the chatbot was bluffing.

Creepy, harmful, dangerous: Why Microsoft has tamed new ChatGPT-style Bing
The newly revamped AI-driven Bing can write poems, songs and quickly summarise nearly everything that ever made it to the internet. But it does not just stop at that, the AI chatbot even mimics emotions of love, displeasure, and anger.

Stranger Things Seasons 1–4 Recap: Everything happened in Hawkins with Eleven and her companions
Season 4 of Stranger Things is due to premiere today. Before you spend your weekend binge-watching Eleven and her pals' adventures in the Upside Down, here's a rundown of Stranger Things' seasons.

Microsoft accepts cybercriminal group Lapsus$ hacked its data
US Tech giant Microsoft has accepted that the cybercriminal group named Lapsus$ hacked its systems. However, it clarified that the hack wouldn't impact its users.

Microsoft offers to step in if rival Google quits Australia
Facebook and Google have both threatened to block key services in Australia if the rules, now before parliament, become law in their current form.

Australian prime minister says Bing could replace Google
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had since spoken to Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella about its search engine Bing filling the space.

TikTok’s parent pushes into search business
ByteDance, known for aggressively recruiting top tech talent, is turning its attention to one of the most lucrative businesses online.

Workplace stress pushes Delhi residents towards smoking, unhealthy lifestyle
More women have erratic eating habits, and lead a sedentary life as compared to men.

Gujarat High Court issues notices to developers of 'Pokemon Go'
The petitioner has said eggs are considered as non- vegetarian food, and it is blasphemous to carry non-vegetarian food inside a place of worship of Hindus and Jains.

Microsoft's Cortana makes spot-on World Cup predictions
The virtual assistant for Windows phones is six for six in predicting World Cup outcomes since the beginning of the elimination round, including the United States’ tragic loss to Belgium on Tuesday.

Cyber security alerts that Android phones using Bing under threat
The CERT-In is the nodal agency to combat hacking, phishing and to fortify security-related defences of the Indian internet domain.
Google king of online ads but Bing a contender: SearchIgnite
Industry tracker SearchIgnite said on Tuesday that Google has tightened its powerful grip on US internet advertising revenue but a Bing-Yahoo! alliance is fielding a viable challenge.
News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on Google: Report
Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday.
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