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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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Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won | WIRED
When you watch a video on Instagram, the app’s algorithms are also watching you. As you scroll, they are hoovering…
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LK-99 Is Fueling a DIY Superconductivity Race
All that Andrew McCalip wanted for his 34th birthday was a shipment of red phosphorus. It was a tough request—the…
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It’s Time to Rethink Digital Ownership
Lauren: I do see what you’re saying, and it plays into this rather trippy idea, which is this idea of…
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WhatsApp Made a Movie About Afghan Women’s Soccer | WIRED
For Grand, the timing of that message is key. The online safety bill does not explicitly dismantle encryption. But the…
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A New Attack Impacts ChatGPT—and No One Knows How to Stop It
“Making models more resistant to prompt injection and other adversarial ‘jailbreaking’ measures is an area of active research,” says Michael…
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How AI May Be Used to Create Custom Disinformation Ahead of 2024
“If I want to launch a disinformation campaign, I can fail 99 percent of the time. You fail all the…
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Uber’s CEO Says He’ll Always Find a Reason to Say His Company Sucks
Are you using generative AI at Uber? AI is part of the Uber DNA. We use large models to predict…
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Someone Has to Deliver Your Packages in This Scorching Heat
FedEx spokesperson Adam Snyder says the company reminds contractors to closely monitor working conditions. “We encourage our team members and…
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This Is the Era of Zombie Twitter
The bird is dead, but zombie Twitter is not. Since Elon Musk bought Twitter, the platform has survived rate-limiting, massive…
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