DoorDash seems to have confirmed a viral story about a driver using an AI-generated photo to lie about making a delivery. As reported by Nexstar, Austin resident Byrne Hobart said he experienced this very thing, writing in a post on X: “Amazing. DoorDash driver accepted the drive, immediately marked it as delivered, and submitted an…

Zepto, an Indian quick commerce startup, announced that it has secured $400 million in a funding round. The round was spearheaded by a new investor, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), which is a pension fund based in the U.S. The round encompasses both primary and secondary investment and includes participation from current investors like…

Wikipedia is often called the internet’s last bastion of good, in a digital world increasingly dominated by toxic social media and AI-generated content. However, the online encyclopedia appears to be facing some of the same challenges, with human pageviews dropping 8% year-over-year, according to a recent blog post by Marshall Miller of the Wikimedia Foundation….

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