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Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit. (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 05/13/2024 - 06:26A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows
American and Chinese diplomats plan to meet to begin what amounts to the first, tentative arms control talks over the use of artificial intelligence. The talks in Geneva are an attempt to find some common ground on how A.I. will be used and in which situations it could be banned—for example, in the command and control of each country’s nuclear arsenals.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Claims Censorship After Facebook and Instagram Briefly Block New Ad (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 06:30Op-ed | I Love Facebook. That’s Why I’m Suing Meta. (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 05/06/2024 - 06:14Senators Slam UnitedHealth’s C.E.O. Over Cyberattack (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 05:21Your Home Internet Bill Can Be Deceptively Confusing. Now It’s (Slightly) Easier to Understand.
Figuring out what you’ll actually pay for your home internet service each month has often been like trying to follow a recipe with an incomplete list of ingredients. There’s the advertised price, but what will you pay after the promotional period ends? What about the cost for the modem you have to rent?
8 Daily Alden Global Capital Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:58In Race to Build A.I., Tech Plans a Big Plumbing Upgrade (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 04/29/2024 - 06:29Congress Passed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok
A bill that would force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese owner, ByteDance—or ban it outright—was passed by the Senate on April 23 and signed into law April 24 by President Joe Biden. Now the process is likely to get even more complicated. Congress passed the measure citing national security concerns because of TikTok’s Chinese ties. Both lawmakers and security experts have said there are risks that the Chinese government could lean on ByteDance for access to sensitive data belonging to its 170 million U.S. users or to spread propaganda.