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Federal campaign and political action committee spending on security during the 2024 election cycle was over five times the amount spent ahead of the 2016 election, according to a new report published on Thursday.The report by the Security Project at the nonpartisan group Public Service Alliance notes that the jump in spending comes as violent threats against public servants and their families are rising at all levels of government. Justin Sherman, interim vice president of the Security Project and the author of the report, finds the rising costs of addressing such threats concerning and says for some candidates it can…
The morning news ratings remain close, as NBC News’ Today continued to fend off ABC News’ Good Morning America for the top spot in total viewers for the week of March 30.Today’s lead over GMA dropped to 59,000 total viewers, but it remained America’s most-watched morning show in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. Today’s continued win streak occurred during a week when all three morning shows lost viewers across the board in both measured categories.According to Nielsen’s national live+same-day big data plus program ratings, GMA averaged 2.904 million total viewers and 475,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo for…
X’s decline in engagement and its ability to drive traffic is the topic du jour, with several days of bad PR for the Elon Musk-owned social network. Over the weekend, X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, and data analyst Nate Silver, previously of FiveThirtyEight, feuded over whether or not X was still capable of sending traffic to publishers. This was followed by a report from NiemanLab on Wednesday, which suggested that adding links to X posts is bad for engagement. On Thursday, the prominent digital rights group and nonprofit EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) announced it, too, was leaving X after…
OpenAI is throwing its support behind an Illinois state bill that would shield AI labs from liability in cases where AI models are used to cause serious societal harms, such as death or serious injury of 100 or more people or at least $1 billion in property damage.The effort seems to mark a shift in OpenAI’s legislative strategy. Until now, OpenAI has largely played defense, opposing bills that could have made AI labs liable for their technology’s harms. Several AI policy experts tell WIRED that SB 3444—which could set a new standard for the industry—is a more extreme measure than…
NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas and the CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil finished the week of March 30 in the black in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo.ABC World News Tonight with David Muir saw its demo lead over Nightly News shrink to just 25,000 viewers, the closest margins between the two newscasts since the week of Feb. 2.Additionally, CBS News scored another win on Wednesday, April 1, as it was the most-watched network in the demo during President Donald Trump‘s primetime address from 9 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ET. The network led the way with 1.343…
OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for forever: a $100/month plan. Until now, plans were priced at: free (which now includes ads), an $8/month Go plan (that also includes ads), a $20/month Plus plan (ad free), and then all the way up to a $200 Pro plan (also ad free). OpenAI’s pricing plan page currently does not list a $200/month plan at all. However, that highest tier is still available, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The model maker says Plus (which remains at $20/month) and the new $100 Pro tier are geared to support daily usage…
During my typical benchmark tests, I found some of the images and clips to be a bit lifeless with poor contrast. A smoky morning scene with horses looked washed out compared to the Frame Pro showing the same images. Skin tones were also too flat in almost every test clip.I also watched the twisty time travel movie Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, which looked about as muddy as Sisu. Initially, streaming over Hulu from my iPad over Apple AirPlay, the stream kept stuttering and pausing. I’m on a 600-Mbps fiber connection and a mesh network, so it wasn’t…
Mobile adtech giant AppLovin is shaking up its upper ranks with a new chair of the board and the impending departures of both its chief technologist and its chief legal officer.Adam Foroughi, AppLovin’s CEO and cofounder, stepped down as chairman of the board last week, according to an SEC filing made Tuesday. He was replaced by Wynn Resorts CEO Craig Billings, who has sat on the board since 2020. Foroughi will remain CEO and retain a seat as board member.In a press release, Foroughi called Billings “thoughtful and engaged,” and added that the switch will allow him to “fully focus…
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Thursday his office will investigate OpenAI for its alleged harm to minors, potential to threaten national security, and its possible link to a shooting that took place at Florida State University last year. “ChatGPT may likely have been used to assist the murderer in the recent mass school shooting at Florida State University that tragically took two lives,” Attorney General Uthmeier said in a video posted to social media. On the day of the FSU shooting last April, the suspect allegedly asked ChatGPT how the country would react to a shooting at FSU,…
On Monday, farming equipment manufacturer John Deere announced it would pay $99 million in a settlement to a class action lawsuit brought on by its customers. The suit accused the company of restricting access to tools and repairs of its tractors and other farming equipment, effectively leveraging a monopoly on the repair market for its products.The money, if accepted by the farmer-aligned plaintiffs, will go into a fund, then eventually be distributed to Deere equipment owners who can prove they paid for dealership repairs sometime since 2018. In the settlement, John Deere also says it will make repair tools and…
The company, which owns Credit Karma, TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, launched the SMB MediaLabs business in 2023 as a way for advertisers to target QuickBooks customers across the web. In the process, Intuit aimed to build out a new revenue stream for its own business.Small business owners use QuickBooks to manage accounting, payroll, and other administrative tasks. SMB MediaLabs aimed to be a reliable pool of data focused on small businesses, something that’s not easy to find, Dave Raggio, vice president of U.S.Advertising/Marketing,Business News,Ecommerce News,Exclusive,Premium,Retail Media NetworksRetail Media Networks,Advertising\/Marketing,Business News,Ecommerce News,Exclusive,Premium#Intuit #Shutting #Network #Small #Businesses1775769324
Florida’s Attorney General, James Uthmeier, announced Thursday that his office planned to investigate OpenAI over the alleged role of ChatGPT in a deadly shooting last year. In April 2025, a gunman opened fire on Florida State University’s campus, killing two and injuring five. Last week, attorneys for one of the victims of the shooting claimed that ChatGPT had been used to plan the attack. The family of the victim has said that they plan to sue OpenAI over the incident. “AI should advance mankind, not destroy it,” Uthmeier said in a statement posted to X. “We’re demanding answers on OpenAI’s…
Modern smartphones shoot surprisingly high-quality video, with optical zoom, image stabilization, and onboard processing, but even the best out there have generally pretty awful microphones. Thankfully, there are wireless lavalier microphone kits like the DJI Mic Mini you can use to catch crystal clear dialogue, even when you’re on the go. Right now, you can grab the DJI Mic Mini kit with a receiver, two microphones, and a charging case to carry it all on Amazon for just $79, a $20 discount from the usual price.Photograph: Julian ChokkattuThe most appealing part of this microphone kit is just how easy it…
Everyone talks about AI agents. At ADWEEK’s Social Media Week, you’ll learn how to build your first one. Because there’s no better way to start understanding something than by doing it yourself.On Tuesday, March 15 starting at 1 p.m., three experts from Stagwell agency Code and Theory will give attendees hands-on training on how to build your first AI agent. Expect to leave the course with three autonomous helpers designed to improve your social media workflow.Because this is hands-on keyboard training, capacity is very limited. You’ll want to reserve your seat on the SMW App. I’m personally really excited about offering…
Six months ago, Mercor was flying high after raising a massive $350 million Series C that valued the AI data training startup at $10 billion. But after admitting on March 31 that it was the target of a data breach, the company has been facing a world of trouble. Since then, a hacker group has claimed to have obtained 4TB of stolen data from Mercor’s systems, including candidate profiles, personally identifiable information, employer data, source code, and API keys. Mercor has not commented on the authenticity of the data, reiterating only that it is investigating and “will continue to communicate…
Governments around the world have been struggling to address the rise of industrial-scale scamming operations based in countries like Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia that have cost victims billions of dollars over the past few years. The operations often have ties to Chinese organized crime, use forced labor to carry out the actual scamming, and rely on vast money laundering networks to collect a profit. They have become so widespread and ingrained in the region that even major international law enforcement collaborations targeting individual scam centers or kingpins haven’t been able to stem the tide.The FBI said this week that “cyber-enabled”…