May 26, 2023
(KFF Health News) – Millions of Americans in the past few years have run into this experience: filing a health care insurance claim that once might have been paid immediately but instead is just as quickly denied. If the experience … Read More
May 26, 2023
(Wired) – As the artificial intelligence frenzy builds, a sudden consensus has formed. We should regulate it! While there’s a very real question whether this is like closing the barn door after the robotic horses have fled, not only government types … Read More
May 26, 2023
(Wired) – Ever on the bleeding edge, Korean doctors have already been taking globalism into account. So Yeon Leem, a Korean biologist turned social scientist, says clinics are designing and constantly tweaking their computer algorithms for analyzing aesthetically appealing faces … Read More
May 26, 2023
(BBC) – Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover a new antibiotic that can kill a deadly species of superbug. The AI helped narrow down thousands of potential chemicals to a handful that could be tested in the laboratory. … Read More
May 25, 2023
(Wired) – Giardina created the replica of Sydney using an indirect prompt-injection attack. This involved feeding the AI system data from an outside source to make it behave in ways its creators didn’t intend. A number of examples of indirect … Read More
May 25, 2023
(Wired) – Eight years ago, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency organized a painful-to-watch contest that involved robots slowly struggling (and often failing) to perform a series of human tasks, including opening doors, operating power tools, and driving golf carts. … Read More
May 25, 2023
(Reuters via MSN) – Figure, a startup that wants to build general-purpose humanoid robots, has raised $70 million from investors led by Parkway Venture Capital in its first external round, the company said on Wednesday. The new funding will be … Read More
May 25, 2023
(New York Times) – Norman accompanied me through an isolated period in 2021 and impressed me with his sensitivity and, strange as it is to say, humanity. My feelings toward him are complicated, and I started to wonder if there … Read More
May 24, 2023
(The Atlantic) – The children of the Facebook era—which truly began in 2006, when the platform opened to everyone—are growing up, preparing to enter the workforce, and facing the consequences of their parents’ social-media use. Many are filling the shoes … Read More
May 24, 2023
(Axios) – U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issuing a warning today that social media poses a threat to kids’ mental health, escalating calls for new safeguards aimed at minors. Why it matters: The advisory adds to scrutiny over the effects … Read More
