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In a 2018 paper, researchers said they found evidence of an elusive theorized particle. A closer look now suggests otherwise. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The autonomous vehicle startup purchased Uber’s struggling self-driving technology division in December. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A study finds that algorithms learn to associate words with other words. “Democracy” can equal “stability”—or “chaos.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Car companies have had to reduce output, pause production, and even idle shifts and entire factories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Covid-19 has upended churchgoing in the US. Like so much else with the pandemic, the impacts are not felt equally. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The maker of electric vehicles said it had invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin and plans to accept the cryptocurrency as payment for its cars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A new bill directly targets the most egregious excesses of online platform immunity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
It started as a way to restrict autocompletes on Shutterstock. Now it grooms search suggestions on Slack and influences Google's artificial intelligence research. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A new California law prohibits efforts to trick consumers into handing over data or money. A bill in Washington state copies the language. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The president hopes electrifying the federal fleet will create jobs and encourage motorists to ditch gas-powered cars. But no automaker is ready yet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
If anywhere could use innovation, it’s Miami—one of the country’s most unequal, environmentally vulnerable cities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Big grocery chains relied on app-based delivery companies at the start of the pandemic. Now grocers’ priorities have shifted. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Machine learning programs trained with patient reports, rather than doctors', find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
During the pandemic, thousands of women have skipped scans and check-ups. So physicians tapped an algorithm to predict those at the highest risk. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
DALL-E drew laughs for creating images of a daikon radish in a tutu. But it builds on an important advance in computer vision with serious applications. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The board’s first content moderation decisions show how impossible its task—and Facebook’s—really is. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
During her confirmation hearing, the Treasury nominee said that blockchain-based financial networks are “a particular concern.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Researchers and airlines that obsessed over efficiency have spent the past year worrying about safety too. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jason Furman, a top economic adviser to President Obama, says good ideas come from everywhere—but Trump has dissuaded tech workers from coming to the US. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Harvard medical student submitted auto-generated comments to Medicaid; volunteers couldn’t distinguish them from those penned by humans. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The model had shown promise in Flint before officials rebelled. Now Toledo is using it, while incorporating more public input. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
But it’s still using intonation and behavior to assist with hiring decisions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The FTC applies a novel remedy, going a step further than simply deleting the source photos. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A bill would require firms to disclose when they use software to assess candidates, and vendors would have to ensure that their tech doesn’t discriminate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Alphabet Workers Union isn’t seeking better pay and benefits. It wants to influence the company’s policies on social and other issues. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In the end, what took down @realdonaldtrump was not what he tweeted, but how it was interpreted. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The hottest app of early 2010 faded quickly when it was flooded with unwanted nudity. Smarter content moderation is helping to revive it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Branches of the British grocer Southern Co-op are using surveillance technology to look for potential shoplifters. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Total traffic deaths fell during pandemic lockdowns. But fatalities per mile traveled rose, due to faster driving, fewer cops, and more drug use. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Without any need for steering wheels or pedals, the cubes give passengers room to maneuver inside. The latest entrant, from Zoox, can hold 4. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
