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Hashtags have provided a kind of emergency hotline—but the need for mutual aid on social media is also a rebuke to the government. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The game touted its use of the GPT-3 text generator. Then the algorithm started to generate disturbing stories, including sex scenes involving children. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
It’s all about how you define the market. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Shopping online means fewer unplanned purchases. Manufacturers and retailers are testing tactics to bring impulse buying to the web. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A new report shows that US mobile customers are tapping into the technology’s speediest networks less than 1 percent of the time. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Workers from urban centers will continue to work from home, at least part-time. Officials and developers are planning the shops and services they'll want. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A transmission factory shows how artificial intelligence may creep into industrial processes in gradual and often imperceptible ways. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Most scholars thought the Isaiah Scroll was copied by a single author. New handwriting analysis just revealed otherwise. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Kate Crawford, who holds positions at USC and Microsoft, says in a new book that even experts working on the technology misunderstand AI. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Programs such as GPT-3 can compose convincing text. Some people are using the tool to automate software development and hunt for bugs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The EU released draft laws that would regulate facial recognition and uses of algorithms. If it passes, the policy will impact companies in the US and China. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Consider it like Shark Tank on your phone: Every week on Angelhouse, founders make a pitch to a panel of investors as hundreds of people listen in. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The company offers a feature called “Full Self-Driving Capability.” But it remains far from a self-driving car. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Amazon defeated the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s bid to represent workers at one warehouse. The union claims the company fought dirty. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The German automaker uses new software from chipmaker Nvidia to simulate train robots and human workers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The company plans to buy Nuance, a speech-recognition firm that grasps the specialized language of medicine — tech that won’t be easy for others to replicate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In a record quarter for VC funding, California still takes the cake—further evidence that reports of the region’s demise are greatly exaggerated. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The largest cryptocurrency exchange goes public through a direct listing, and it could make a bigger debut than Facebook. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Facebook is being sued for weakening data protections. Google is being sued for strengthening them. Can that paradox be resolved? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
During the pandemic, insurers accelerated the use of automated tools to estimate repair costs. Garage operators say the numbers can be wildly inaccurate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Facebook has been criticized for failing to curb misinformation in English. But little attention has been paid to the scale of the problem in Arabic. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Medtronic's GI Genius, awaiting clearance from the FDA, will help doctors identify precancerous polyps. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The $100 billion proposal will probably be met with fierce resistance by telecom companies, but there's a lot to like for internet users. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A growing number of robots are operated remotely, often by workers thousands of miles away. Could it be a job of the future? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Growth slowed last year at the tech giant, as it had trouble securing the most advanced chips. China's government has a plan to change that. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
“Now is the time to start stepping on the gas,” as one prominent VC firm put it to founders. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Locus Charter asks companies to commit to 10 principles, including minimizing data collection and actively seeking consent from users. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The president's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal boosts funding for buses and rail. It even envisions actually tearing down some freeways. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The labels attached to images used to train machine-vision systems are often wrong. That could mean bad decisions by self-driving cars and medical algorithms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Spot is a new platform dedicated entirely to walking meetings, launched by a longtime remote work evangelist. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
