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Elon Musk Has Fired Twitter’s ‘Ethical AI’ Team
As more and more problems with AI have surfaced, including biases around race, gender, and age, many tech companies have…
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There Goes Twitter’s Ethical AI Team
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Twitter began its highly anticipated mass layoffs Thursday evening by eliminating its top internal critics.…
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Algorithms Quietly Run the City of Wasington, DC—and Maybe Your Hometown
Washington, DC, is the home base of the most powerful government on earth. It’s also home to 690,000 people—and 29…
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Europe Prepares to Rewrite the Rules of the Internet
Next week, a law takes effect that will change the internet forever—and make it much more difficult to be a…
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AI’s New Creative Streak Sparks a Silicon Valley Gold Rush
In the years since, a wave of investment from companies large and small has spread face recognition around the world,…
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New US Chip Sanctions ‘Kneecap’ China’s Tech Industry
“The Biden administration believes that the hype around the transformative potential of AI in military applications is real,” says Allen…
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Hurricane Ian Destroyed Their Homes. Algorithms Sent Them Money
When Hurricane Ian churned over Florida in late September, it left a trail of destruction from high winds and flooding.…
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What’s Deepfake Bruce Willis Doing in My Metaverse?
Hi, everyone. So now Elon wants to buy Twitter, allegedly to help him build X, “the everything” app. Sweet of…
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Biden’s AI Bill of Rights Is Toothless Against Big Tech
Last year, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced that the US needed a bill of rights…
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Elon Musk’s Half-Baked Robot Is a Clunky First Step
Some robot experts watching saw a project that appeared to be quickly getting up to speed. “There’s nothing fundamentally groundbreaking,…
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