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Trial to decide whether Meta misled users winding down

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Closing arguments began Monday in a landmark trial in New Mexico where social media conglomerate Meta is accused of misleading its users about how safe its platforms are for children. Jurors will take up the case after the arguments and six weeks of testimony from ...

OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence but also raised alarms in Hollywood and elsewhere. OpenAI said in a brief social media message Tuesday that it was “saying goodbye to the Sora app” and that it would share more soon about how to preserve what users already created on the app. “What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing,” it said. The company behind ChatGPT released Sora in September as an attempt to ...

March Madness surges to its best TV start with viewership up 5%

NEW YORK (AP) — The NCAA Tournament is off to its best start on record. The tournament averaged 9.8 million for the first three days (the First Four on Tuesday and Wednesday along with Thursday’s first round) according to Nielsen, a 5% increase from last year. CBS and TNT began showing all of the games in 2011 after CBS had done early rounds in regional windows from 1991 through 2010. Thursday’s opening round games across CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV averaged 9.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen, a 6% increase over last year. The primetime games — which included VCU’s ...

Cyrus returns to her roots to fete anniversary special

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sporting that “Hannah Montana” blond hair and bangs, Miley Cyrus went back to her roots — celebrating 20 years of the TV show that launched the career of a real-life pop star. Cyrus reunited with cast members of “Hannah Montana” in Los Angeles Monday evening ...