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 […]
Meta had its biggest lobbying quarter ever
By The Verge Published on April 29, 2024 The company outspent its peers as the government considers proposals that would impact the company on topics like kids online safety and content moderation. Meta had its biggest lobbying quarter ever in the first few months of 2024, spending a record $7.6 million engaging with […]
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Other Tech Leaders to Serve on AI Safety Board
By The Wall Street Journal Published on April 26, 2024 WASHINGTON—Sam Altman of OpenAI and the chief executives of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet are among technology-industry leaders joining a new federal advisory board focused on the secure use of artificial intelligence within U.S. critical infrastructure, in the Biden administration’s latest effort to fill […]