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Grimes Wants to Be Less Famous (and Replaced by AI)
Gideon: I hear you navigating a kind of, I guess, a broad political space. I hear you talking like someone…
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Sex Workers Took Refuge in Crypto. Now It’s Failing Them | WIRED
“You get on an exchange for as long as you can, until they shut your ass down,” says Knox. “You…
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Microsoft’s AI Red Team Has Already Made the Case for Itself
For most people, the idea of using artificial intelligence tools in daily life—or even just messing around with them—has only…
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AI Can Give You an NPC That Remembers. It Could Also Get Your Favorite Artist Fired
AI’s presence in the gaming industry has evolved from a mere novelty to an indispensable force. With every algorithmic breakthrough,…
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The Senate’s AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of Privacy Past
In short, the tentacles of US tech firms are everywhere—vaccines, food, cancer research, psilocybin centers, criminal justice reform, homelessness—the list…
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Apps Are Rushing to Add AI. Is Any of It Useful?
Ever since the ChatGPT API opened up, all sorts of apps have been strapping on AI functionality. I’ve personally noticed…
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Urban Company Lured Women Into the Gig Economy—Then Pushed Them Out | WIRED
But when this doesn’t happen, companies desperately rework their models. When they need to curb spending, or when they struggle…
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The Dream of Geothermal Energy Is Alive in Utah
If you haven’t already, go and read the WIRED feature article “A Vast Untapped Green Energy Source Is Hiding Beneath…
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The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?
He describes Shapiro’s paper as “an awakening.” In CRDTs, Kleppmann saw the technical basis for a new class of software…
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India’s Internet Shutdown Means Manipur Is Burning in the Dark | WIRED
The relationship between the predominantly Hindu Meitiei community, which makes up 53 percent of Manipur’s population, and the Kuki community,…
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