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May 26, 2023

Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising–And Getting Weirder

(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

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May 26, 2023

Everyone Wants to Regulate AI. No One Can Agree How

(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

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May 26, 2023

Digital Culture Is Literally Reshaping Women’s Faces

(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

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May 26, 2023

New Superbug-Killing Antibiotic Discovered Using AI

(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

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May 25, 2023

The Security Hole at the Heart of ChatGPT and Bing

(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

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May 25, 2023

Humanoid Robots Are Coming Of Age

(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

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May 25, 2023

Figure Raises $70M to Build Its Humanoid Robots

(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

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May 25, 2023

My A.I. Lover

(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

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May 24, 2023

The First Social Media Babies Are Growing Up–And They’re Horrified

(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

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May 24, 2023

Surgeon General Issues Advisory About Social Media Risks for Kids

(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

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