A $100 Billion Bet on Semiconductors Hinges on Remaking Upstate New York’s Workforce
By Annie Linskey and Joseph De Avila March 16, 2023 CLAY, N.Y.—A shortage of skilled workers in places such as this Syracuse suburb is posing a major challenge for the Biden administration’s ambitious plan to spur chip manufacturing in the U.S. Micron MU -0.16%decrease; red down pointing triangle Technology Inc. plans to invest $100 […]
An A.I. Start-Up Boomed, but Now It Faces a Slowing Economy and New Rules
Using A.I. tools in hiring is one of the most promising and contentious uses of the technology. The experience of a company called Eightfold AI shows the challenges. Read More
Will UK’s online safety bill protect children from adult material?
By Dan Milmo Published on 10 Mar 2023 The online safety bill is due to become law this year and it imposes a duty of care on tech companies to protect children from harmful content. However, there are calls from campaigners and peers to toughen the legislation’s provisions regarding pornography. Here is what the […]
Influencer Parents and The Kids Who Had Their Childhood Made Into Content
BY FORTESA LATIFI MARCH 10, 2023 Search Claire’s name online and this is some of what you will find: photos of her as a child, merchandise with her face on it available for sale, and a YouTube channel with millions of subscribers and hundreds of videos featuring Claire and members of her family. In […]
China to Create New Top Regulator for Data Governance
By Keith Zhai March 6, 2023 4:30 am ET SINGAPORE—China is set to create a new government agency to centralize the management of the country’s vast stores of data, as Beijing seeks to address data-security practices by businesses and streamline its regulatory structure. The new national data bureau is set to become the top Chinese […]
Disney just unveiled… this.
By Martin Harbech Published on March 06, 2023 If you don’t believe humans will one day have robot companions, this 90-sec clip is really worth watching. Pay special attention to the instant emotional reaction from the audience at 01:06… after just a minute with ‘her’. Built by the creative pioneers over at Disney Imagineering, this […]
For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science
BY LAURA UNGAR Published February 28, 2023 Five years ago, scientist He Jiankui shocked his peers and the world with claims that he created the first genetically edited babies. Now, after serving three years in a Chinese prison for practicing medicine without a license, he faces obstacles and critics as he tries to re-enter science. For […]
‘Take It Down:’ a tool for teens to remove explicit images
BY BARBARA ORTUTAY Published February 28, 2023 “Once you send that photo, you can’t take it back,” goes the warning to teenagers, often ignoring the reality that many teens send explicit images of themselves under duress, or without understanding the consequences. A new online tool aims to give some control back to teens, or […]
Report details how Big Tech is leaning on EU not to regulate general purpose AIs
By Natasha Lomas Published on February 23, 2023 It’s still pretty early in the year but the disruptive power of general purpose AI (GPAI) already looks cemented as the big tech story of 2023, with tech giants including Microsoft and Google duking it out to fast-follow OpenAI’s viral conversational chatbot, ChatGPT by productizing large language models […]