OpenAI launches Lockdown Mode and Elevated Risk warnings to protect ChatGPT against prompt-injection attacks and reduce data-exfiltration risks.

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In May 1993, U.S. President Bill Clinton tested whether economic leverage could be converted into political influence over China. Having campaigned on a promise to link trade to human rights, he ...

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ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping. Marchers in Charlotte, North Carolina, protest the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good, on ...

A video script is, in many ways, no different than a script for a feature film or television show: It’s a written blueprint for the visual story you want to tell. Now, in terms of format, a video ...

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