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What Really Happened When Google Ousted Timnit Gebru
In April 1998, two Stanford grad students named Larry Page and Sergey Brin presented an algorithm called PageRank at a…
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Freedom, Mayhem, and the Uncertain Future of Revel’s Mopeds
People went wild for its shared rides. Then came trouble. Now the startup is hellbent to prove it can be…
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Everything You’ve Heard About Section 230 Is Wrong
These hallowed 26 words shield internet companies from being held responsible for what people post and share. But the web’s…
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I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget
“I think it’s an even stronger statement than that,” Seyal said. “If we solve the problem you describe, the user…
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When the Boss of All Dating Apps Met the Pandemic
On March 1, 2020—11 days before the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, and the scope of human…
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The Secret Auction That Set Off the Race for AI Supremacy
Hinton remained one of the few who believed it would one day fulfill its promise, delivering machines that could not…
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Adoption Moved to Facebook and a War Began
Other child advocates, however, point out that, whatever its cause, neglect can be profoundly damaging to children. Elizabeth Bartholet, director…
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There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain
One afternoon in the fall of 2019, in a grand old office building near the Arc de Triomphe, I was…
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