‘Game-changing’ fashion app helps users pick out perfect outfits for body type
Gone are the days of blanking staring at your closet, loathing every piece of ill-fitting clothing you own or not knowing what to wear. Instead, a new app helps users...
Silicon Valley titans used ‘strong-arm tactics’ to get land for utopian city: local farmers
A shadowy firm backed by Silicon Valley billionaires used a variety of “strong-arm tactics” to wrest away nearly $1 billion in California farmland where they intend to build a utopian...
People shouldn’t pay such a high price for calling out AI harms
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This week everyone is talking about...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai grilled over company’s deleted chat logs at antitrust trial
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was grilled Monday about the company’s attempts to keep internal chat logs private during his widely anticipated appearance on the witness stand at the landmark federal...
Meta unveils paid ad-free option for Facebook, Instagram users in Europe
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe are getting the option to pay for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy...
Unlocking supply chain resiliency
Tracking a Big Mac hamburger’s journey from ranch to fast-food restaurant isn’t easy. Today’s highly segmented beef supply chain consists of a wide array of ranches, feedlots, packers, processors, distribution...
New York Times tech workers to strike over return-to-office rules: report
Tech workers at the New York Times plan to strike for half a day on Monday, accusing the publisher of attempting to unilaterally force them back to the office, Bloomberg News reported Monday. The...
Joe Biden’s Sweeping New Executive Order Aims to Drag the US Government into the Age of ChatGPT
Kaushik also welcomes the way Biden’s order demands changes to immigration policy to make it easier for AI talent to come to the US. A plan to allow immigrant workers...
We need to focus on the AI harms that already exist
This is an excerpt from Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini, published on October 31 by Random House. It...
