Please Stop Asking Chatbots for Love Advice
As he sat down across from me, my patient had a rueful expression on his face. “I had a date,” he announced. “It didn’t go well.” That wasn’t unusual for...
Leaked Google pay data reveals fat salaries for top engineers
An internal Google spreadsheet containing salary data for over 12,000 US-based employees in 2022 was leaked to Insider, and it shows that the tech giant’s highest earners are software engineers,...
Meta, Google, OpenAI commit to White House pact on responsible AI development
Meta and Google are among a group of seven Big Tech firms that have pledged to responsibly develop artificial intelligence amid mounting scrutiny of its potential risks to society. The...
Amazon ordering corporate workers to relocate as part of return-to-office policy
Amazon is asking some corporate workers to relocate to other cities as part of its return-to-office policy, which mandates workers to be in the office three days a week. An...
The New Minstrels Are Here
AI-generated video and images are ushering in an ungovernable reality—where the remixing of stereotypes is not only accepted, but big business. Source
‘Bitcoin Bonnie & Clyde’ Ilya Lichtenstein, Heather Morgan to plead guilty for alleged $4.5B cryptocurrency laundering scheme
Crypto heist couple Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan — who were charged with laundering $4.5 billion in hacked Bitcoin in 2016 — are reportedly preparing to plead guilty ahead of...
This Startup Wants to Give Farmers a Closer Look at Crops—From Space
Aspia Space is joining the ranks of companies and space agencies working on remote sensing, tracking the physical attributes of things on the ground by using sensors on satellites. The...
Linda Yaccarino will mute hate speech on Twitter to win back advertisers
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is preparing to unveil new safety features in the coming weeks to address advertiser’s concerns about hate speech, On The Money has learned – but her...
AI Giants Pledge to Allow External Probes of Their Algorithms, Under a New White House Pact
The White House has struck a deal with major AI developers—including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI—that commits them to take action to prevent harmful AI models from being released...
FTC withdraws case against Microsoft-Activision deal before in-house judge
The Federal Trade Commission official on Thursday withdrew the agency’s case before an in-house judge that sought to block Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of game-maker Activision. The agency has been pursuing a...
Apple could face iPhone shortages this fall due to manufacturing issues: report
The latest versions of Apple’s iPhone Pro and Pro Max models could be in short supply this fall as the tech giant contends with manufacturing woes, according to a report...
Using societal context knowledge to foster the responsible application of AI
Posted by Donald Martin, Jr., Technical Program Manager, Head of Societal Context Understanding Tools and Solutions (SCOUTS), Google Research AI-related products and technologies are constructed and deployed in a societal...
Google developing AI tool ‘Genesis’ that writes news articles
Google is developing an artificial intelligence tool — code-named “Genesis” — that will be capable of writing news articles and crafting headlines, the company said Thursday. The search giant has...
Don’t Ask Dumb Robots If AI Will Destroy Humanity
Hanson and I talked about the idea of adding real intelligence to these evocative machines. Ben Goertzel, a well-known AI researcher and the CEO of SingularityNET, leads an effort to...
Introducing MIT Technology Review Roundtables, real-time conversations about what’s next in tech
On August 10, MIT Technology Review is launching Roundtables, a participatory subscriber-only online event series, to keep you informed about emerging tech. Subscribers will get exclusive access to 30-minute monthly...
