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The depressing truth about TikTok’s impending ban (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Wed, 05/01/2024 - 12:10The great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:13Why the Chinese government is sparing AI from harsh regulations—for now (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 04/09/2024 - 11:33How Adobe’s bet on non-exploitative AI is paying off (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:47The tech industry can’t agree on what open-source AI means. That’s a problem. The answer could determine who gets to shape the f (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 03/25/2024 - 16:52The AI Act is done. Here’s what will (and won’t) change (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 03/19/2024 - 12:15Africa’s push to regulate AI starts now (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 03/15/2024 - 10:40Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media
Artificial intelligence, like social media, it has the potential to change the world in many ways, some favorable to democracy. But at the same time, it has the potential to do incredible damage to society. There is a lot we can learn about social media’s unregulated evolution over the past decade that directly applies to AI companies and technologies. These lessons can help us avoid making the same mistakes with AI that we did with social media. In particular, five fundamental attributes of social media have harmed society. AI also has those attributes: