Axios
AI brings us a new kind of bug
Generative AI is raising the curtain on a new era of software breakdowns rooted in the same creative capabilities that make it powerful. Every novel tec
AT&T's big network fail was a remote work triumph
The big AT&T network outage was a productivity catastrophe for commuters across the country, but remote workers were totally fine. Without
Nvidia's boom, Intel's big plans show how AI has turbocharged chipmaking (Axios)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 02/22/2024 - 10:00SNAP recipients can now shop at an online-only grocery store
SNAP recipients will soon be able to use their funds at an online-only grocery store for the first time. Many in the SNAP program—commonl
"Extremely concerned": UN official warns Silicon Valley execs of AI dangers
Volker Türk, the UN's high commissioner for human rights, was in Silicon Valley last week to deliver a simple message to tech companies: Your products can do real harm and it's your job to make sure that they don't. Technologies like artificial intelligence hold enormous potential for addressing a range of societal ills, but without effort and intent, these same technologies can act as powerful weapons of oppression, said Türk. New regulations are often where the tech debate lands, but Türk tells Axios that the firms should already be ensuring their products comply with the existing
Political gender gap grows as young women move left (Axios)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 02/20/2024 - 10:29How Gen Z gets its news
For Gen Z, catching up on the news is often a side effect of time spent on social media apps like Instagram and, in particular, TikTok—and media outlets are adapting to serve that behavior. "Gen Z is being fed the news whether they want it or not," Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, CEO of the college-aged media portfolio Her Campus Media, tells Axios, noting that Gen Z news consumers are less likely than Millennials to visit trusted news sources directly.
States are introducing 50 AI-related bills per week (Axios)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 02/15/2024 - 11:43Meta won't recommend political content on Threads
Meta will not "proactively recommend political content from accounts you don't follow" on Threads. The policies, which are the same it