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Google Tests an A.I. Assistant That Offers Life Advice (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/17/2023 - 06:50Computer Scientists Tap A.I. to Identify Risky Apps (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/17/2023 - 06:50Majority Leader Schumer and Speaker McCarthy Agree Stopgap Spending Bill Necessary to Avoid Shutdown (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/17/2023 - 06:48When Hackers Descended to Test A.I., They Found Flaws Aplenty (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/17/2023 - 06:48YouTube Ads May Have Led to Online Tracking of Children, Adalytics Research Says (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/17/2023 - 06:47X Slows Down Access to Some Rival Sites
X, the social media service formerly known as Twitter, slowed down access from its platform to rival sites such as Substack and Facebook, but has begun reversing an effort to restrict its users from quickly viewing news sites. The slowness, known in tech parlance as “throttling,” initially affected rival social networks including Facebook, Bluesky and Instagram, as well as the newsletter site Substack and news outlets including Reuters and The New York Times.
Special Counsel Obtained Trump’s Direct Messages on Twitter (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 08/16/2023 - 06:19An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology
How can we protect ourselves from A.I.? That was the question that Mike Masnick found himself fielding this summer in a WhatsApp chat with about 100 directors, actors and screenwriters. The group, including marquee talent, was worried about a grim possible future in which deepfake versions of actors perform screenplays written by ChatGPT.
The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco.
The latest battle between free and expensive information started with a charitable gesture. Brewster Kahle runs the Internet Archive, a venerable tech nonprofit. In that miserable, frightening first month of the Covid pandemic, he had the notion to try to help students, researchers and general readers.