New book reveals how the whistle got blown on Facebook
On a December afternoon in 2020, Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz drove to Redwood Regional Park, just east of Oakland, Calif., for a mysterious meeting. For months, he’d been...
Are AI faces ‘more human’ than real ones? See if you can tell the difference
Face the facts. AI-generated faces look more “real” than some humans, according to a new study — at least, when it comes to white people. Published in the Psychological Science...
Big Tech companies lose bid to toss lawsuits alleging harm to children
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major social media companies to dismiss nationwide litigation accusing them of illegally enticing and then addicting millions of children to their platforms,...
AI is at an inflection point, Fei-Fei Li says
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 moment in AI is an...
Google DeepMind’s weather AI can forecast extreme weather faster and more accurately
This year the Earth has been hit by a record number of unpredictable extreme weather events made worse by climate change. Predicting them faster and with greater accuracy could enable...
Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard
In September, researchers at Google’s DeepMind AI unit in London were paying unusual attention to the weather across the pond. Hurricane Lee was at least 10 days out from landfall—eons...
How Facebook went all in on AI
The following is excerpted from BROKEN CODE: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz. Reprinted by permission of Doubleday, an imprint of The Knopf...
How Lauren Sánchez makes fiancé Jeff Bezos more interesting
Evangelists for life in outer space, Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos are already living on a different celestial body. Welcome to Planet Ridiculous, population: 2. The December issue of Vogue,...
AI training simulates real conversations to help prevent veteran suicide
Artificial intelligence is working to save the lives of America’s heroes. A new product by ReflexAI called HomeTeam was just released this week, with the goal of preventing veteran suicide. San Diego-based...
Google will delete many Gmail accounts soon — is yours safe?
Don’t let this news get lost in your inbox. Google is scheduled to delete troves of inactive Gmail accounts as a cybersecurity initiative that goes into effect on Dec. 1....
The SAG Deal Sends a Clear Message About AI and Workers
On Monday, the leadership of the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists held a members-only webinar to discuss the contract the union tentatively agreed upon last week...
Google, Meta should pay $14B a year to news publishers: study
Google and Meta should be on the hook for at least $14 billion dollars per year to news outlets to account for the ad revenue generated by their search traffic,...
How to help older relatives steer clear of internet scams
This summer, Daniel Goldstein’s 86-year-old mom got an email that looked like it was from her bank. She was alarmed because she hadn’t spent the money it mentioned, so she...
OpenAI boss Sam Altman seeking Microsoft funds to build ‘superintelligence’
Sam Altman is reportedly seeking additional financial backing from top investor Microsoft as the OpenAI chief looks to build “superintelligent” tech tools that would be as smart as humans. Altman...
Google witness accidentally reveals company pays Apple 36% of search ad revenue
Google pays Apple a 36% share of search advertising revenue generated through its Safari browser, one of the tech giant’s witnesses accidentally revealed in a bombshell moment during the Justice...
