California governor wants to restrict smartphone usage in schools
By THE HILL Published on June 18, 2024 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he wants to restrict students’ usage of smartphones during the school day, citing the mental health risks of social media. The announcement, which was first reported by Politico, comes a day after U.S. […]
Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month to face extra checks
By The Guardian Published on June 14, 2024 Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month are to face extra checks from August, the regulator has confirmed, as part of a large package of measures aimed at protecting the most vulnerable customers. The extra checks come in from 30 August, and the […]
What if the A.I. Boosters Are Wrong
By The New York Times Published on June 13, 2024 Despite the advent of personal computers, the internet and other high-tech innovations, much of the industrialized world is stuck in an economic growth slump, with O.E.C.D. countries expected to expand on aggregate just 1.7 percent this year. Economists sometimes call this phenomenon the […]
Amazon slammed with £1.1B data abuse lawsuit from UK retailers
By TechCrunch Published on June 06, 2024 E-commerce behemoth Amazon recently reached a wide-ranging settlement with the U.K. competition watchdog over how it uses Marketplace sellers’ data, with commitments to more transparent and fair practices going forward. But Amazon is not out of hot water over these issues just yet. On Thursday, the British […]
The Opaque Investment Empire Making OpenAI’s Sam Altman Rich
By The Byte Published on June 03, 2024 Sam Altman has a day job and a side gig. Only one of them is making him rich. As the chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI, the 39-year-old oversees an artificial-intelligence startup valued at $86 billion that is spearheading a technological revolution. He owns no […]
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 […]