Calif., N.Y. push major bills to regulate teen social media use
By pluribus news Published on May 22, 2024 The moves come amid rising concern about their effect on teens’ mental wellbeing. The two biggest blue states are considering significant pieces of legislation that would change the ways teenagers interact with social media. In a flurry of floor action this week, California lawmakers […]
Nebraska sues TikTok for ‘fueling a youth mental health crisis’
By THE HILL Published on May 22, 2024 New research finds that TikTok’s powerful algorithms are promoting videos about self harm and eating disorders to teens. The findings come from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which created TikTok accounts for fictitious young people living in the U.S., Britain, Canada and Australia. Nebraska […]
A.I.’s Black Boxes Just Got a Little Less Mysterious
By The New York Times Published on May 21, 2024 Researchers at the A.I. company Anthropic claim to have found clues about the inner workings of large language models, possibly helping to prevent their misuse and to curb their potential threats. One of the weirder, more unnerving things about today’s leading artificial intelligence […]
Work demands an even more human touch as machines take jobs
By FINANCIAL TIMES Published on May 21, 2024 Jon Hilsenrath is a former senior writer at the Wall Street Journal, and author of ‘Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval’ Tia Lee didn’t foresee a career when she first took a part-time job at a Macy’s make-up counter at the […]
Kenyan tech workers urge Biden to end ‘modern day slavery’ ahead of state visit
By THE HILL Published on May 22, 2024 A group of nearly 100 tech workers from Kenya wrote a letter to President Biden ahead of Thursday’s Kenya state dinner at the White House, urging him to end “modern day slavery” in the country’s tech sector. The authors of the letter work as data labelers, […]
ASML and TSMC Can Disable Chip Machines If China Invades Taiwan
By bloomberg Published on May 21, 2024 Firms can remotely shut off advanced EUV chip-making machines US officials concerned over risk of conflict to chip industry ASML and TSMC have ways to disable the world’s most sophisticated chipmaking machines. Tom Mackenzie reports. ASML Holding NV and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. have ways to disable […]
How AI could make workers more productive – but paid less
By THE HILL Published on May 16, 2024 Worker productivity gains enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) are concentrated at the lower end of the skill and income spectrum, a phenomenon that economists and labor unions warn could supercharge the practice of outsourcing jobs to lower paid regions of the globe. Several recent studies […]
EU investigating Meta over addictive effects of Facebook, Instagram on children
By THE HILL Published on May 16, 2024 The European Union is investigating Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over the potentially addictive effects of its platforms on children. The bloc’s executive arm, the European Commission, opened “formal proceedings” against the tech giant Thursday to investigate whether it violated the Digital […]
Space insurers make record-breaking loss as orbit gets cramped
By The Register Published on May 01, 2024 The space above the Earth is getting increasingly crowded as launches become more frequent and satellites are squeezed closer together. Space insurers paid out a record $995 million in claims during 2023, according to a report from Slingshot Aerospace. This surge in orbital launches and […]