The One Internet Hack That Could Save Everything
The impact on the public sphere has been, to say the least, substantial. In removing so much liability, Section 230 forced a certain sort of business plan into prominence, one...
Nick Hornby’s Brain-Bending Sculptures Twist History Into New Shapes
You can get a crash course in Nick Hornby’s work in the span of an hour-long London walk. The artist has three permanent sculptures installed across the city, metal silhouettes...
Martin Scorsese’s Squarespace Super Bowl Ad Wants You to Put Down Your Phone
Even on Zoom, Martin Scorsese knows how to frame the shot. Ostensibly he’s dialed in to talk about his new Super Bowl ad for Squarespace, but as he’s settling in,...
Meet the Pranksters Behind Goody-2, the World’s ‘Most Responsible’ AI Chatbot
Goody-2 also highlights how although corporate talk of responsible AI and deflection by chatbots have become more common, serious safety problems with large language models and generative AI systems remain...
Here’s the Thing AI Just Can’t Do
Google says its powerful new chatbot Gemini can supercharge your creativity. But who is really providing the creative spark? Source
London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime
Staff at the transportation body ran “extensive simulations” at Willesden Green station during the trial to gather more training data, the documents say. These included members of staff falling on...
AI Tools Like GitHub Copilot Are Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next
Many people—like, say, journalists—are understandably antsy about what generative artificial intelligence might mean for the future of their profession. It doesn’t help that expert prognostications on the matter offer a...
AI-Generated Voices in Robocalls Are Now Illegal
It’s now illegal for robocallers to use AI-generated voices thanks to a new ruling by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday. In a unanimous decision, the FCC expands the Telephone...
Gemini Advanced Is a Central Part of Google’s Subscription Future
Google got to where it is mostly by offering free services stuffed with ads but has increasingly experimented with a different business model: Selling subscriptions for extra perks. Its first,...
