‘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 […]
Americans Betting More Pushed Gambling Revenues to Record $60 Billion Last Year
By Katherine Sayre Posted Feb. 15, 2023 Casinos and online sites took in about 14% more than the previous year, excluding tribal-owned casinos. Gambling in the U.S. reached a record high last year as commercial casinos and online betting apps reaped more than $60 billion in gambling revenues, an industry trade group said […]
Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Manisha Ganguly, David Pegg, Carole Cadwalladr and Jason Burke Wed 15 Feb 2023 A team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media has been exposed in a new investigation. The unit is run […]
Meta Pursues Teen Users as Horizon Metaverse App Struggles to Grow
By: Wall Street Journal February 7, 2023 Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META -2.12%decrease; red down pointing triangle is revamping its fledgling Horizon Worlds metaverse app, seeking to draw in more teen and young-adult users after working to improve the service’s design, according to a memo sent to the team working on the initiative. The new strategy includes opening up […]
Child Welfare Algorithm Faces Justice Department Scrutiny
By: AP News February 1, 2023 PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following concerns that the tool could lead to discrimination against families with disabilities, The Associated Press has learned. The interest from federal civil rights attorneys comes […]
Lawmakers Call for Oversight of Telehealth Ads Promoting Drugs
By: Wall Street Journal January 19, 2023 Congressional leaders involved in healthcare policy making are calling for more oversight of telehealth advertising. Federal regulators must work to address regulatory gaps that were made apparent after The Wall Street Journal published an analysis showing companies flouting advertising rules, according to several members of Congress. Read More
Little-Known Surveillance Program Captures Money Transfers Between U.S. and More Than 20 Countries
By: Wall Street Journal January 18, 2023 WASHINGTON—Hundreds of federal, state and local U.S. law-enforcement agencies have access without court oversight to a database of more than 150 million money transfers between people in the U.S. and in more than 20 countries, according to internal program documents and an investigation by Sen. Ron Wyden. The database, housed at a little-known […]
This 22-Year-Old is Trying to Save us From ChatGPT Before it Changes Writing Forever
By: NPR January 17, 2023 While many Americans were nursing hangovers on New Year’s Day, 22-year-old Edward Tian was working feverishly on a new app to combat misuse of a powerful, new artificial intelligence tool called ChatGPT. Given the buzz it’s created, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about ChatGPT. It’s an interactive chatbot […]