January 24, 2025
(New York Times) – Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored. Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion … Read More
January 24, 2025
(Quartz) – LinkedIn has been sued by its Premium customers for allegedly disclosing personal information to train AI models without their consent. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, proposes a class-action … Read More
January 23, 2025
(Wired) – A new AI-powered search engine called Pearl is launching today, with an unusual pitch: It promises to connect you with an actual human expert if the AI answer sucks. WIRED gave it a spin. Big players like Google … Read More
January 22, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Some of the world’s most prominent names in technology are pledging to pour as much as half a trillion dollars into building artificial-intelligence infrastructure in the U.S., in the latest high-profile initiative timed with the start … Read More
January 22, 2025
(BBC) – A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional radiotherapy. It also takes less than a second. In a series of vast underground caverns on the outskirts of Geneva, Switzerland, … Read More
January 22, 2025
(New York Times) – It has turned doctors into stars, put taboo subjects on main and given all of us a place to explore our well-being. In tens of millions of videos, users have opened up about their health and … Read More
January 21, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Visual analysis is something that AI has gotten quite good at since the first image recognition models began taking off nearly 15 years ago. Even though no model will be perfect, you can imagine a powerful … Read More
January 21, 2025
(TechCrunch) – Leading AI developers, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, are threading a delicate needle to sell software to the United States military: make the Pentagon more efficient, without letting their AI kill people. Today, their tools are not being … Read More
January 20, 2025
(New Scientist) – A man with paralysis who had electrodes implanted in his brain can pilot a virtual drone through an obstacle course simply by imagining moving his fingers. His brain signals are interpreted by an AI model and then … Read More
January 20, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Ask people building generative AI what generative AI is good for right now—what they’re really fired up about—and many will tell you: coding. “That’s something that’s been very exciting for developers,” Jared Kaplan, chief scientist at … Read More
January 17, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – When you think of AI’s contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google DeepMind protein-folding program that earned its creator a Nobel Prize last year. Now OpenAI says it’s getting into the science game … Read More
January 17, 2025
(Wired) – What may be the first commercially available book saved in DNA is the latest example of how consumers might use molecular data storage. As the rate of humanity’s data creation increases exponentially with the rise of AI, scientists … Read More
January 17, 2025
(Wired) – “Without doubt, the remedy Congress and the President chose here is dramatic,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion. “Whether this law will succeed in achieving its ends, I do not know.” The US Supreme Court upheld … Read More
January 17, 2025
(Axios) – A growing number of states are banning cellphones in schools — almost always with bipartisan support. Why it matters: Parents are divided over these policies, which are meant to reduce distractions and boost students’ socialization. Where it stands: … Read More
January 17, 2025
(Scientific American) – A new study shows that large language models make trade-offs to avoid pain, with possible implications for future AI welfare In the quest for a reliable way to detect any stirrings of a sentient “I” in artificial … Read More
January 16, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Neuralink did not reply to emails seeking comment, but here is what our analysis of its public statements leads us to expect from the company in 2025. How many people will get these implants?Elon Musk keeps … Read More
January 16, 2025
(UPI) – Emotional support dogs can serve people with various mental health needs, but many of them can’t care for an animal at home. That’s where Tombot Inc. feels it can help. The company, based in Santa Clarita, Calif., has … Read More
January 16, 2025
(IEEE Spectrum) – Humanity is now rapidly integrating a wholly different kind of mistake-maker into society: AI. Technologies like large language models (LLMs) can perform many cognitive tasks traditionally fulfilled by humans, but they make plenty of mistakes. It seems … Read More
January 16, 2025
(New York Times) – Digital mental health platforms were supposed to expand access for the neediest patients. Researchers say that hasn’t happened. The increase in psychotherapy has occurred among groups that already enjoyed more access: people in higher-income brackets, living … Read More
January 13, 2025
(Bloomberg via Yahoo!) – Neuralink Corp.’s brain-computer device has been implanted in a third patient and the company has plans for about 20 to 30 more implants in 2025, founder Elon Musk said. “We’ve got now three humans with Neuralinks … Read More
January 13, 2025
(Men’s Health) – Artificial intelligence might present some handy shortcuts, but it makes a terrible wingman Much has been made of the loneliness epidemic. During the summer of 2023, over in the US the surgeon general Dr Vivek Murthy laid … Read More
January 10, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Algorithm glitches are one facet of a dilemma that computer scientists and doctors have long acknowledged but that is starting to puzzle hospital executives and researchers: Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put … Read More
January 10, 2025
(Plough) – Learning that one’s job might soon be eliminated by the emergence of an overhyped new technology puts one in good company. Say, for example, you’re a college English teacher, and a significant portion of the nation’s venture capitalists … Read More
January 9, 2025
(Ars Technica) – Since 2016, Microsoft has required all Windows devices to include a strong, trusted platform module that enforces Secure Boot. To this day, organizations widely regard Secure Boot as an important, if not essential, foundation of trust in … Read More
January 9, 2025
(CNN) – Artificial intelligence is coming for your job: 41% of employers intend to downsize their workforce as AI automates certain tasks, a World Economic Forum survey showed Wednesday. Out of hundreds of large companies surveyed around the world, 77% … Read More
