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Universal Music Declares War on Streaming Noise
Under the new model, Deezer promises to separate professional artists from the musical clutter of hobbyists, functional music, and system-gaming…
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The Dark Economics of Russell Brand
There was a brief, strange moment in 2015 when Russell Brand mattered in mainstream British politics. With an election looming,…
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Explore the Ancient Aztec Capital in This Lifelike 3D Rendering
The Aztecs did not count time on an infinite scale, as we do, but in cyclical 52-year periods, and at…
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X Challenger Pebble Thinks AI-Generated Posts Can Help Lure Users Away From Elon Musk
Newcomers to Pebble will find that its AI-generated suggestions include posts to introduce yourself on the service or welcome recent…
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Pay Transparency Is Sweeping Across the US
When Colorado first enacted its pay transparency law in 2021, some employers balked, refusing to hire workers in the state.…
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The Auto Strike Threatens a Supply Chain Already Weakened by Covid
In addition to making everyone an epidemiologist, the Covid-19 pandemic schooled the public on the world-spanning network of manufacturers, assemblers,…
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If Elon Musk Had Been a Happy Child, Would He Still Be Launching Rockets?
I meet with Walter Isaacson in a small conference room in the offices of book publisher Simon & Schuster. The…
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Teachers Are Going All In on Generative AI
Past research shows that large language models are capable of generating text harmful to some groups of people, including those…
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Inside the Senate’s Private AI Meeting With Tech’s Billionaire Elites
US senators are proving slow studies when it comes to the generative artificial intelligence tools that are poised to upend…
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Don’t Count on Tesla’s Dojo Supercomputer to Jump-Start an AI Revolution
You’d have to be pretty brave to bet against the idea that applying more computing power and data to machine…
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