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AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous
The United States Environmental Protection Agency blocked its employees from accessing ChatGPT while the US State Department staff in Guinea…
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These Prisoners Are Training AI
Across a sterile white table in a windowless room, I’m introduced to a woman in her forties. She has a…
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Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill currently working its way through the UK Parliament could see Meta (as well…
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TikTok Is Spending $1.3 Billion to Dodge Bans in Europe
Yet the threat of a ban constantly looms over the app, in part because of those longstanding Chinese connections. Although…
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Is Google’s Search Engine Smart or Sneaky? A Trial Court Judge Will Decide
A family member’s hurried Google search for a last-second visa to visit New Zealand recently caused a headache—and provided a…
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Senators Want ChatGPT-Level AI to Require a Government License
The US government should create a new body to regulate artificial intelligence—and restrict work on language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4…
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Trump Squeezed America’s Geek Squad. Biden Built It Back Stronger
Mina Hsiang returned to the United States Digital Service, the US government’s rapid digital fix-it squad, on January 26, 2021,…
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Big Batteries Are Booming. So Are Fears They’ll Catch Fire
As with any development proposal, community opposition is complex and localized. Though easier to hide than wind turbines or solar…
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This Is the True Scale of New York’s Airbnb Apocalypse
The number of short-term Airbnbs available in New York City has dropped 70 percent after the city began enforcing a…
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Pinterest’s New Algorithms Want You to See Every Body Type
Osborn and Pinterest’s Ta hope that by promoting more diverse body types to its 465 million monthly users, the platform…
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