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 […]
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 […]