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 […]
Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR
By The New York Times Published on April 22, 2024 Much as ChatGPT generates poetry, a new A.I. system devises blueprints for microscopic mechanisms that can edit your DNA. Generative A.I. technologies can write poetry and computer programs or create images of teddy bears and videos of cartoon characters that look like […]
The truth about teens, social media and the mental health crisis
By npr Published on April 23, 2023 Back in 2017, psychologist Jean Twenge set off a firestorm in the field of psychology. Twenge studies generational trends at San Diego State University. When she looked at mental health metrics for teenagers around 2012, what she saw shocked her. “In all my analyses of generational […]
Bits and Bots: How Digitalization & Automation is Reshaping the Workforce & Work Itself
Executive Summary The world of work is experiencing a seismic transformation, brought on by advances in D&A. While there are demographic and psychological shifts underway, automation remains the largest contributor to changing workflows and roles. Introduction Digitalization and Automation (D&A) are already comprehensively impacting labor and workflows. Advances in AI, cloud, data use and apps, […]
How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington
By Politico 10/13/2023 An organization backed by Silicon Valley billionaires and tied to leading artificial intelligence firms is funding the salaries of more than a dozen AI fellows in key congressional offices, across federal agencies and at influential think tanks. The fellows funded by Open Philanthropy, which is financed primarily by billionaire Facebook […]
New A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table
By New York Times Published October 11, 2023 A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can help surgeons decide how aggressively to operate. Once their scalpels reach the edge of a brain tumor, surgeons are faced with an agonizing decision: cut away some healthy brain tissue to […]
Here’s What We Do and Don’t Know About the Effects of Remote Work
By New York Times Published October 10, 2023 Three years into a mass workplace experiment, we are beginning to understand more about how work from home is reshaping workers’ lives and the economy. Read More
JPMorgan’s Dimon Predicts 3.5-Day Work Week for Next Generation Thanks to AI
By Daniel Taub and Hannah Levitt October 3, 2023 Jamie Dimon said artificial intelligence is already being used by thousands of employees at his bank, and is likely to make dramatic improvements in workers’ quality of life, even if it eliminates some jobs. “Your children are going to live to 100 and not have cancer because […]
AI Accelerates Ability to Program Biology Like Software
By Steven Rosenbush Sept. 19, 2023 Artificial intelligence is turbocharging the frontiers of biological research, helping scientists program living organisms much as a software engineer might write code. Some scientists are even creating new proteins not found in nature. The field, known as synthetic biology, is breaking down barriers in medical science and […]