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Congress Takes Aim at the Algorithms
“I agree in principle that there should be liability, but I don’t think we’ve found the right set of terms…
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The Movement to Hold AI Accountable Gains More Steam
A forthcoming report by the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL), a private nonprofit, recommends requiring disclosure when an AI model is…
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Ex-Googler Timnit Gebru Starts Her Own AI Research Center
One year ago Google artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru tweeted, “I was fired” and ignited a controversy over the freedom…
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Jack Dorsey’s Square Is Now Block
Jack Dorsey is no fan of Mark Zuckerberg. He once told Rolling Stone that at dinner at Chez Zuck, the…
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More Companies Offer Fertility Benefits. It’s Only the Beginning
Nyasha Foy was at an alumni networking event in New York in 2016 when an older sorority sister asked if…
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These Startups Deliver Groceries Fast—Without Gig Workers
The gig economy is one of Silicon Valley’s greatest tricks of the last decade. Armed with a smartphone, a car,…
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The Escapist Fantasy of NFT Games Is Capitalism
Thousands of wealthier Axie Infinity players have been renting out their Axies to other players in return for a 30…
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Europe Went Bananas for Gorillas. Then Its Workers Rose Up
Discontent among Gorillas’ Berlin couriers broke out in February 2021. During a bitterly cold snap, riders in the city said…
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Jack Dorsey Was the Soul of Twitter
Jack Dorsey was glum. It was 2009, and we were in Baghdad, among a group of Silicon Valley movers and…
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Whistleblower Frances Haugen Still Believes in Silicon Valley
In those jobs after Google and before Facebook, had your view of tech companies soured? I still feel very positively…
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